Yes, I totally agree. Thomas was a vile person but thankfully changed during the story, grew into the hero. And it was not boring. But people with shorter attention spans probably had a hard time with all of the books.
Yes, he did change eventually but I sure wanted to b*tchslap him to begin with. LOL
I enjoy reading series because I’m not in a hurry to leave that “world”. I’ve read single books that left me feeling the journey was too short.