My first DNF of the year and the first since May 2017. I'm not one to give up on a book (I've been known to slug it out for a month on the same book) but I just couldn't get through this one. I'm sure a lot of people loved this book but, sadly, I'm not one of them. I made it about 50 pages in and, in those 50 pages, almost nothing had happened. And by nothing, I mean nothing. People talked, bits of history were given, and the main character got hired on as an apprentice. Snooze fest, as far as my tastes go.

In a weird, nostalgic way, this book reminds me of books that I used to read when I was younger. It was wordy, overly descriptive, and slow, which is how a lot of books in the 80's and 90's were. I suppose it shows that my tastes have changed. I much prefer a good, fast moving story now to one that takes its time getting setting up. And, at almost 800 pages, I have a feeling that this story was only ever going to take its time getting to the point.