
After the action kicks in, though, things improve drastically. Forced to act, the character gets much better and certainly becomes an easier narrator to tolerate. The situations and violence in this book are, at points, horrific. This book is gritty and unflinching in those regards. However, by the end I was drawn into the world and grudgingly drawn to Faythe. That's quite an accomplishment for Vincent to take me from near loathing of the main character to acceptance, and a credit that the darkness of the story never feels exploitative or over the top.
I definitely feel that the book and series is worth a shot and that the first half is worth plowing through to get to the end.