For what it's worth, I'm a curmudgeonly atheist who found that HDM steadily decreased in quality over the course of the three books as it ramped up the anti-rel

For what it's worth, I'm a curmudgeonly atheist who found that HDM steadily decreased in quality over the course of the three books as it ramped up the anti-religious emphasis. It's definitely not the case that the only people who find it annoying are those who feel that their own religion is being attacked.