The plot had potential but….

I like the plot that’s why I listened to all three books. But there were definitely times where I had to stop myself from hitting stop and switching to something else altogether.
The character , supposedly a Coast Guard member, has the survival skilsl of an earthworm. Makes the same mistake over and over multiple times and keeps saying to himself he should learn and not let his guard down.
In my opinion, either the character is an average person thrown into a situation who learns by making mistakes , Or an experienced person that performs better than average. You can’t say someone’s from Coast Guard with training who then doesn’t know anything about anything. It was frustrating.

Also, the story was unnecessarily long . It felt like my school days when I had to write a 20 page paper and had only four pages of material ; using every adverb or adjective that I could think of to extend sentences. And then repeat the most obvious things Over and over and over to get page count.

I don’t know How many times the main character mentioned that he can’t let this event or that event get between him and the thing he’s searching for. I get it, you have a goal.
Unless the book was written for 10-year-olds that every single interaction and event and situation has to be explained.

I’ve definitely had some audiobooks on Audible that I just turned off and deleted After an hour of listening. This book is not one of them. I listened to all in the series. But definitely not as silky smooth as the pros.