I just read some other reviews and people seem to really hate this. and say it's only for Robin Hobbs truest fans. well, weirdly I have not read anything else by Ms Hobb and I could not put this down. it is even more bleak than the first one and there is a lot of talk about getting fat and eating and being judged for being fat and Navarre is painfully stupid sometimes and yet, it was intriguing to me. I will start the next one tomorrow.