I agree with you on this. According to me the writing and character work is subpar and so I have stayed away from other works by the author. But this series is very popular and I don’t get why that is the case.

I personally do enjoy world building, but not at the cost of characterisation. So I guess this series is definitely not for me.

Will try that out next.

Me too. Tried the first. Didn’t make much progress.

Red Rising. I tried to like it. Couldn’t get through more than 20%. Seemed very YA and characters seemed very flat.

I started watching star trek in my late thirties. Tried TOS, couldn’t tolerate more than one episode. Then started TNG and fell in love half way through first season. Now I am on Voyager. According to me, it’s a good replacement for me for TNG. Not sure what I will watch once I finish this.