The Thousand Names

What I noticed with this book is that it didn't take me too long to like the characters. Characters are an “end all be all” for me, and I need to like them for a book to be even remotely enjoyable. Sometimes I just never even warm up to any characters, so this was excellent.

I had trouble caring for the main storyline though. The action sequences were very long, half the time I was just confused, and other times I just wanted things to be over with. It also took me an embarassingly long time to learn the characters' full names. Why is this important exactly? In one character's POV people would be referred to by a different name (their first name, or family name) than in the other character's POV. I had to reread the summary just to double check sometimes.

My main points are just silly personal things I have trouble explaining, so it kind of comes across as if I didn't like it. But I did! And I especially liked Winter and Bobby! But I wouldn't say I liked it or them enough to be interested in checking out the sequels.