Story
Simply put, the more you progress through the story arcs, the more convoluted it becomes. It gets really bad during the survival game part that is covered in 2 volumes. It is equivalent to an 8 year old continually making rules to a game that is changed to his or her convenience. That really summarizes all the story sections in general.

Characters
The way the characters think and talk seem like they are trying to sound really clever when it really is a bunch of bs that would make a politician blush. The amount of dialogue needed to convey their feelings and attitude is often only a third of what is there. It's like the author just had free-writing exercises and forgot to edit it.

Overall
I will probably be cyber-lynched for sharing my opinion on this critically acclaimed piece of literature, but personally this series just screams mediocre to me, hence the score. I'm really just reading it because I literally have nothing else to read during my breaks. Though the characters and their story of struggle had potential, in the end it's just a big ball of convolution for you to un-ravel with sticky fingers.