Doctor Clone

*Minor spoiler warning.* This book is a political drama more than it is a fantasy setting. When I picked up the book I was excited due to the map and the obvious eastern inspiration. With some subtle hints toward an impressive plot. The map being in the table of contents sets an expectation for the world to be explored. The world itself is like that of a poorly executed open world game. Huge map, but empty. I as a reader longed for the details that the world could contain should the author choose to explain further. This book's lulls can be taken as exciting moments if the reader switches there perspective to one that is concerning of social standing, in these cases the book provided an excellent drama to the reader. The plot itself is interesting to say the least, but the romance felt forced and inclusive to a point where the actual meaning of the story was lost. On top of that, the book is structure into 3? parts. Where each of these parts would have served much better as a trilogy more than an anthology. The actual parts of the book that served to incite the readers attention were heavily telegraphed and poorly executed. And when these exciting moments of action were spun into being they fell flat due to a sense of urgency to contain the story into one book. I found myself forcing myself to finish the book, due to being able to speak fully on my opinion of the review. This book is a great example of not enjoying the journey along the way. I picked up the prequel but find myself decreasingly motivated to read do to past events being referenced throughout the first book, and due to that i feel that I already know the ending. So if things don't change then why read it?