The author has definitely refined a lot of the characters in this book into something quite detailed. The world building is also quite exquisite. I have hated and loved the choices of the main character, which is something that a lot of authors don’t dare to do and leave a lot of characters one-dimensional. I think this effort to take us on a true journey of fallibility gives us something much more genuine than most can achieve. Earlier on, I grew to hate the main character’s seeming patriarchal tendencies, but the author shows us a departure and growth from this and does not do it in an accelerated timeframe that is unrealistic, but superficially pleasing to the reader.