Status Updates From The Photonic Effect

I have continued with this - I don't know if I should have. I was curious about the plot (it's not without imperfection, but it's catching + the book makes for a light and fast read, so I felt more inclined to keep at it)... still can't get over the amateur writing though, both in style and content (SF bits, character building, interactions, etc.)

"That man did not have a gun pointed at us. Without a weapon, there's always a chance to back down. To make a choice."
"He did have a weapon. He had data."
Started a little slow, far more complex than his usual fare, and more complex than any space opera I've read. But the middle is worth the build up.

I think I'll have to DNF. The story is piquing my curiosity, but the writing is just so amateur. It's clumsy introducing characters, clumsy making references to their past (we get into the story when half of it already happened, so this is all the time), clumsy with dialogues... I like the content enough though it feels like a made up word, rather than "photonic", would have helped, as this makes zero sense as is ^^

This feels like a winter read, not a summer read.

I'm barely 10 pages in, but the writing is pretty bad? Introductions of characters are clunky, comparisons/contrasts made to reflect on the past/current situation that are just silly, characters and their pairing that seem incredibly uninspired... yeah in just 10 pages. I'm going to stick with this a bit more to see if I'm being too harsh on what's just a different style, but feeling a bit baffled right now.

I will finish this but it is a dreary slog.