I truly hated this book.

I’m giving it two stars because I did like some of the writing style, and it was enough at certain points to keep me going.

Now, the content. First of all, throw away all notions of science fiction and fantasy you know or have read before picking this up. It’s nothing like anything else. And while that can be delightful sometimes, this book was like biting into too tough meat. You chew until your jaw hurts and you need to chug water to get it down. It’s heavy worded, convoluted, and often condescending. It has crude depictions and mentions of sex, way too frequently and without purpose. It has too many characters and storylines and not enough context. I read this entire book and I still don’t know what the actual STORY was.

It often gave me headaches, and had me longing for my traditional Tolkien-esque fantasy worlds.