Deploy the topological thought weapon; "Hey lib, this book you hang your identity on is derrivative of other, much better series and even on it's own merits distinctly mid with poor plotting, inconsistent and unimaginative world building, and shallow characters who lack agency and are pushed by circumstance rather than acting on their own agendas and convictions. In the end the status quo is maintained and the jock hero becomes one of the very cops who abused him".