Sometimes I fall into the trap of getting really excited about something because of hype. I try to avoid it, I try to lower my expectations but that doesn't always work. And sometimes hype is great, particularly when the topic at hand lives up to it. However all too often it's too much and I end up disappointed. 
 This was the case here. I certainly didn't dislike the book. The art was amazing, the characters were interesting and the overall plot is compelling. There was just something about it all that didn't really work for me. I suspect it's partly due to the aforementioned hype, but I can only hold that responsible for so much. 
 Maybe one day I'll re-read it and it'll all click into place in the same way that re-reading Saga did for me.