The first of a planned trilogy, this is the first Corey book I've read. I haven't watched any of The Expanse either. Definitely a dark book, it involves first contact and the destruction of the world of our main characters. We do know that the attackers will eventually be defeated by the "final statement"s at the start of each Part of the book.

I found the story fascinating and the issues it deals with providing a lot of food for thought.
I expect this is a book my mind will be pondering for a while.

I've seen that there's a novella out in the universe that takes place after this book. I'm not sure if I'll read it, but I will definitely be getting Book 2 when it's published. Very curious how species survival will be possible through the series.

One of the characters has the best description and representation I've seen of mental illness requiring medication (specifically depression).