If you know me, then you know Ed's go to isnit Fantasy. Despite this, I decided to dive into this behemoth book as firstly it has been compared to LOTR, my favourite trilogy of all time, and I made a reference to it in my WIP so had to read it for research. Despite fantasy not conforming to my taste as much anymore, I can understand the books popularity. The story, worldbuilding and character development were all strong and Shannon's use of imagery is brilliant. Despite this, in my eyes it has only earned 3 stars as though enjoyable, it was very long. Further, I feel the ending us somewhat rushed in proportion to the length of the book and many useless side quests took place during it. If fantasy is your thing, definitely give this one a try, whereas if your more alike to myself then the time it takes to read isn't quite worth it