At the beginning it was hard for me to get into it, and I didn’t fully manage it, I just adapted. I feel like it’s due to the writing style, because in the end it made me feel more like an observer than someone who participates in the story.
The world, in this first book, doesn’t develop much. It’s like it just exists, it is what it is. Or maybe I missed that explanation… there was a scene where they kind of mention it, but I don’t know if it was true or just another lie from the system :/
The characters themselves stay kind of superficial in terms of their personality or motivations, which adds to that feeling of being an observer.
But overall, the story, the narrative, is very engaging, and it makes you want to know what happens next, what follows, how it will end.