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Not hooked yet, and the cast is very large, which is disorienting me. It's not bad either, however.

I don't think his differentiation of three types of moral rules holds from a strict metaphysical perspective, but it's useful didactically. It also isn't far from the truth.

The action falls flat, at least to me. It's all mindless spilling of guts and bodily fluids. There's no sense of struggle, and the monsters aren't that threatening as they're mangled by the smallest efforts from characters that have no combat training.

Also, the pop culture references feel out of place.

Now the monsters got interesting. This could've been a decent short story, maybe. I don't think any ending can make up for how bland most of the novel was. The characters, the situations, the themes, nothing was strong enough to carry the story.