95% Poor dialogue, 195% laughable narration

Before I slam this series, I will state the good. It had an interesting story foundation with believable science,
realistic space travel economics and the fallout from such technilogical revolutions.

The bad:
- Since nearly the entire story is told through dialogue you get to know how every character takes their coffee, the temperature its at when they drink it, what blend it is and and how the person offering it is feeling about coffee at that moment. Seriously at least one entire hour out of this 30 hour story is about coffee... I turned it into a game while listening... lost count after 150 or so.
- Entire chapters are dedicated to the assembly of a single component device, with every single wire, nut, screw and access panel accounted for... however, major plot conclusions are passed over without a single thought and in most cases; without a proper conclusion, clearly not important to the author.
- The author uses "anyways" in moving dialogue forward as often as a nervous speaker says "um". Every character says it at least once during each and every piece of dialogue they have.

The really bad:
- An educated, respectable and sympathetic character legitimately uses the word "retard" in relation to a disabled child. It wasn't done ironically, in jest, or in proper or emotional context. Never been offended by that word before but I was in this story's context.
- Once again, since this is ALL dialogue between many different characters, with varying genders, nationalities and personalities, a very strong narrator is required, I would have settled for a mediocre one. Accents were laughable (and EXTREMELY inaccurate), women's voices were cringe worthy and most of the time you could only tell who was talking by putting what they were saying into context.
- Last but not least, there is an entire chapter that repeats the narrators different takes during recording. He can be heard clearing his throat and chastising his reading errors before making a second and even third attempt... personally, I thought this was HILARIOUS!
- No climax build up, no conclusions, and no satisfaction. Each book just ends with a weak cliff hanger attempt and you're left with a confused, disappointed feeling of "really? Thats it?"

I endured the entire three book series to give a proper review... Do not purchase unless you're stuck in solitary confinement with nothing else but this three part series and a teen vogue magazine.

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