no its the writing, one of those guys i dont know which one couldnt write for shit. the other guy was ok but he sucked and so i couldnt get into it. also the story is all filler that entire trilogy can be told in 2 250-300 page books not 3 350 page books. youll see what i mean, the other thing is that it is too predictable. the only story line in that trilogy that i liked was the tahari sotryline al of the other ones sucked.