Reached the end & wow, was it a wild ride. I don't read a lot of SF (I should fix that) so I can't compare, but suffice to say this blew my mind (enough that I should do a reread). I love the vastness of the ideas explored here, & the realism & beauty of the human endeavour: we are always both everything & nothing all at once. Also makes you think about bleak stuff like ethnic-cleansing (species-cleansing!) & the inherent violence of the universe.
Whew! This was one wild ride. 1850 pages of immersion in a sci-fi world that repeatedly draws you in. I highly recommend this trilogy if only to see the myriad possibilities of what could happen to our planet. The last book will really blow your mind with its twists and turns and eventual outcome. And the big question persists: Who‘s out there? You‘ll have to read these books to find out.