Go get yourself a juice box!

When I first started the series I almost quit at the first book, it felt very American Military masturbatory, and I wasn't a fan. Eventually though, the worldbuilding and the cast captured me. At this point however it feels like the author signed a contract to squeeze out a quota of books and quality has suffered. It's gotten so intensely formulaic to the point of not being interesting. I've fallen victim to the gamblers fallacy though so I'm still reading it; I just want it to end.

At this point you can tell that he struggles to make compelling storylines because he's started writing self-contained short stories he's throwing in at random parts of the book just to pad it out. It's a good move though, I think they're my favourite parts of the recent books.

Overall I like the series, I just wish it hadn't been dragged out so much.