As others have stated before, this book was so frustrating. It was, at the same time, extremely interesting and dreadfully boring. Reynolds has turned into a self-styled artistic genius who has decided to write an immense book that focuses on the mundane, the trivial, and the pointless while hand-waving over the major events. Plus, he

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commits the cardinal sin of bringing in major plot developments in the epilogue!

I really wanted to like this series but I feel cheated by an author who seemed to deliberately set out to not answer any questions that he himself asked.

Unless I hear something very positive about them, I doubt I will read his prequel trilogy.