This is a book I didn't like, but I'm glad I read.  I understand why so many people liked this book - and I can acknowledge it's a good, well-written book.  I didn't connect with the protagonist, and I didn't care about the development of the Earthseed movement.  The dystopian world in this book was exceptionally bleak and miserable, I didn't want to spend time in it - it was an effort to finish the book.