Took a while to get through, but i ended up enjoying it MASSIVELY at the end! Really enjoyable with a colorful cast of characters! 

One thing i would like to criticize about this book though : even though i like how Rick  didn’t dumb down the readers by explaining the difficult marine technology terms and weapon names each time, they STILL aren’t  common terms to most. Especially how this book is targeted towards Middle Grade. It might be just a me problem , but  it really made the story much more difficult to wage through when you have to google at least one term every one or two page just in case you picture it right. Kinda took the joy out of it :/ 

Nonetheless, once i ended up ignoring it, the story  just  flew through, and i would love for a sequel!