This was just okay. It was entertaining enough to finish at least. Recently I've been enjoying getting absorbed into book series (see The Three Body Series). I was expecting this to be the next universe I got sucked into, but there wasn't a compelling hook to get me to the next book. Not having that hook was a letdown. The entire book being told from a first person narrative didn't connect with me either. Okay, I just didn't like this one. A lot of people liked this book. It won a lot of awards, but not for me.