Many people were thrilled with this book. I was not. It was long and drawn out. It was too wordy. I am a huge nerd and sci-fi fan, and you'd better have something new and interesting to hold my attention. This book did not. I thought I'd never get through it. Of course, I was terribly disappointed with the Twilight series as well (too much lovey dovey blah). So that tells you where I'm at. :)