I wanted to like this siries...and it started ok but at 30% way of the third book I just can't anymore.
I'm just not a fan of the way the series is written. For example at the beginning of chapter 12 "Prior to the Phenomenon, America had become a nation full of rules and regulations. So much so that it nearly paralyzed most small business owners from conducting business, on a day-to-day basis.
Regulators were trained to look for one thing: what was wrong. And much like attorneys, whenever they spoke, whether or not you liked what they had to say mattered not; you usually got billed.
Except they didn’t call it a bill like attorneys did. They called it a fine. It had gotten so bad that if small business owners were fortunate to show a small profit at the end of the year, it was a minor miracle. In normal times, there was no way any bureaucratic regulator would allow an airplane to take off under such dicey conditions. It would have been unthinkable. But they were barred from showing up today, clipboards in hand, red flags flying and whistles blowing, looking for something petty to complain about."
So much of the series is just narrative with very little dialogue. And what dialogue there is, is pretty bland and doesn't really sound realistic. It feels like 75% of each book I've read has been narrative.