I”ve listened to over 150 dystopian novels, some excellent and some marginal. This author reminds me of the old “blue book” essay tests in college when, knowing little or nothing about the topic, the student writes and writes any and all of the most tangential, irrelevant thoughts simply to fill up the blue book. But the worst aspect is the stupid, suicidal decisions the characters make time and again in crisis situations. There’s no suspense or drama because its like following Alice through Wonderland. I was patient, but as the books progress they only get worse.