Ancillary Sword

This is book 2 in the trilogy and the first one, Ancillary Justice, was excellent. This one, though... SMH. This had some early potential, but then, for the vast majority of the book, became a bit dull. Basically, Breq was investigating some injustices and irregularities in a station around a tea-growing planet. There was nothing exciting about it. A small bit of action occurs near the end. Not enough. I'm seriously wondering if the trilogy is worth finishing at this point.

Which brings up a peeve of mine. Why do blurbs on subsequent books in a series always refer to the first book? That's not helpful. I've already read the first book, how are those blurbs supposed to influence or inform my thinking on reading the next one!? It's frikkin annoying. Cut it out.