Sometimes you come across a book that is recommended in this way "if you liked a, you should try b"
So I liked Tolkien his work and started in this book. It started slow an frustrating, really 2/5 quality. Half the story seemed shallow and/or stolen.
It took about half the book to get the story going and feeling unique. Once it did, it was rather nice.
The final few chapters seem a bit out of the blue, like they needed to be there so it could close with a BANG.
Overall it was alright, I am curious enough to look into the next book of this series.