ohh.. the book starts n builds slow to get the readers to empathize and follow pak's growth from small sheepfarmer's daughter -> what she is at the 3rd book.
As the story follows her point of view and she only sees the events that involved her ( she's jus a grunt/recruit intially) so it might be boring to some readers.... until you read to a point where "certain" thing happen to Paks (2nd or 3rd book) , then it ties up neatly and u will notice that everything happens for a reason