I have kind of mixed feelings about this book. I came very close to abandoning it, and on the whole think I should have. The first two thirds is highly tedious, the language is offensive, and frequent enough that the book would be substantially shorter without it. I could not recommend this book because of it. However the story is interesting, and the character development is pretty great. The multiple POV is interesting, once you get the different people into your head, there are a lot of them, and for the most part it is well executed, though a few of characters seem unnecessary, though they may feature more prominently in the later books; my problem with it is how often it switches. I can understand all the main characters getting their turn every chapter, but switching back and forth for a few sentences became irritating. 
 This book could've been great, and no doubt will be considered as such by many, I sympathize with the main character in a way, his struggles with God and faith, but the blasphemous nature of the language is such that I don't want more of it in my head. I won't be coming back for the rest of the series, exciting as it may be.