2.5 stars?

This one was so bleak. And I know the series as a whole is all "death or madness," and I never expected a happy ending, but this is so hopeless. Lear as a brand-new character with no real motivation that I could discern. So many awful deaths. A seeming total deviation from the purpose of the first couple books. Basically just a world going mad.

The book is written so outstandingly well. There are some amazing twists, and so much I didn't see coming. I just think those things were introduced too late.