Witch King

I received the audio from NetGalley for review. I've heard nothing but good things about The Murderbot Diaries, so I was excited to get into this. 
First, I would just like to say that I technically gave this book 1.27x chances. I tweeted about having no idea what was going on at 27% and how I was afraid it was just me or how fast I was listening. I completely restarted, with a slower speed, and it did not help. 
Second, I have written several rave reviews about books that drop you right into the deep end from the jump, but this one just never recovers. It more so drops you right off a cliff...into a bottomless pit. I had problems remembering and deciphering between characters, locations, lore. The names never stuck, and remember, I listened to the opening twice! There are different beings called witches and demons and other things, but our main character seems to be referred to them all by the end as if they are interchangeable. To be honest, I'm still really not sure what this is about or even what happened during it, and let me tell you that is such a strange feeling because I WAS paying attention. 
Third, and maybe this is just me and the style really didn't work for me or something, but there is not really any climax? We're just going going going, end. The action scene towards the end didn't feel impactful, I didn't feel the build, and maybe that's why it didn't read as climactic to me? Also afterward it literally launches like directly back into dialogue and travel and then END. 
Personally, and sadly a 2/5* for me. Not a fan. The snippets of lore that struck me as great were just too few and far between.