The book felt like it could go places but it never really did. All the plot points in the book where it felt like now something awesome will happen just seemed to fizz out into random things written to fit the plot neatly. 
 Most people have mentioned the overdose of pop-culture in the book and they are absolutely spot on. 80's pop-culture has no business being in Armada, pretty much everything is added just for the sake of it. 
 This book could have been something good, but it turned out to be a big pile of nothing.