Going by themes and plot alone I should have loved this book, but the execution was all wrong. The format was clumsy, the characters were insufferable, the dialogue was annoying, the political details were unrealistic, and the sexism was straight out of 80s. (Practically the first thing said about the giant female-presenting robot was that it had "perky tits", seriously?) Even the translation was uninspired.

While I'm interested in seeing where the story goes, I hate the idea of spending any more time with these people trying to out-sass each other and prove that they can be oh-so-tough and not affected by anything that happens. Editors, what were you thinking?