I read this years ago. Honestly, I loved this series. It felt real, in the sense that it felt human. The characters weren’t perfect. They had flaws. They could be selfish and wrong, without being evil.
I was happy that they could still turn back, from how wrong they’d been, because they could recognize their mistakes and regret them (not just regretting what their wrong behavior had cost them). It shows that the characters had morals, and a conscience.