Romance 1.5 Typical and lacking.

Characters 2 I just didn't find any of the characters that interesting. I liked the animals of course but the humans were all very meh and when you don't care about the characters, what is to care about?

Enjoyability 2.5 I don't know whether reading about someone climbing a mountain is just not that fun or something else was missing but the constant mountain climbing never seemed to change or be anything different. It was a little repetitive.

Plot 2.5 Expedition race to save the world sounds more exciting then the book actually delivered.

Writing 2.5 The mountains I felt could have been written to be a bit more interesting considering they were the entire backdrop.

Originality- 2 I liked that we were shown this mountain culture but that's pretty much where it stops.

World Building-2.5 While it was there, I didn't get a sense of the world as a whole.
For a total of 2.21 rounded down to 2.