I don't even know how I end up reading this book, I guess I just started clicking recommendation links until I ended up reading its description. I have no regrets. 
 The plot is amazing, and the worldbuilding even more, you just want to keep on learning about it and keep on reading despite the length of this book. The dumaqui's culture and how it got to be that way is really well thought (although Ancients where a bit too similar to humans). Most people feel the book it's a bit boring until you reach 20% of it, I must disagree. I found the backstory of how Amber crashed into this planet and Meoraq's life before he meets her really interesting and necessary. 
 I was at first a little concerned about the romance between two different species, but it kind of worked. Beware those of you faint of heart because this is no easy read. It's dark, it has a lot of sex, rape, suicide, murder, and violence. So if you are looking for a happy go lucky sci-fi romance maybe this is not for you. 
 The things I didn't like: 
 1. How the secondary human characters were portrayed. I like to think that in a moment of desperate circumstances, humans tend to become survivalists. Their instinct takes over them in order to survive bringing the best and the worst of them. But these colonists, instead on having this survival instinct just follow an idiot and don't even care about food or shelter. They seemed so unrealistic! One dimensional, stupid characters, whose only purpose in the story is to bully the main character. It didn't feel real to me. 
 2. Some scenes seemed repetitive and unnecessary, like Amber being hurt, apologizing to Meoraq and Meoraq taking care of her. 
 3. I didn't understand something of the end; if someone can explain it to me I would be grateful (view spoiler)[ How come the skies just cleared out of nowhere? That was a timely coincidence, or wasn't it? (hide spoiler)]