Usually I enjoy this series a lot, but this one was not the best by a long shot. The backstory for every incidental character can be enjoyable but this book didn't need any padding as it was already very long.

Worst was the ending - I felt like the final act of the book was unnecessary, and (maybe an even worse crime) kind of clumsy. Not George's usual smooth writing. The character who did it was the worst drawn character in the entire book (Libby) and what happened seemed unrealistic or at least not really believable. And the extra bit of pathos it added in sort of pushed me to eye rolling, rather than the dramatic irony/tragedy intended.