I got around to reading this a few weeks ago, and was I ever pleased. I knew the general premise going in, but this sort of thing can be really hard to pull off in a compelling way. This project nailed it. Probably the greatest feat that the authors pulled off was lending actual depth and emotion to a format that leaves almost no room for character development. It's hard enough to get readers to connect emotionally with a character when you have a full novel, but near impossible in the short clip format of this book. Yet they managed to, and I was left caring what happened to the 'mech itself, beyond just connecting with an individual pilot here or there.