so characters, MC is kinda weird with his code as the right hand of a gang leader, which he tries to use to make himself or the author make us feel that he is a good person or whatever, female character is basic and just so good they are cardboard cutouts with no real depth and are there to just make him choose the right path.
the plot is also predictable. I knew who the final bad guy was before we even hit the halfway mark.
hope book 2 will be better with the characters more thought out, and the world established.