Well written and epic. I felt like it had epic fantasy problems at times as well. Some characters are introduced and removed, large swathes of time go by, not overly concerned with theme a lot of the time. Stuff like that. The advantage is that it really does feel epic and the main characters that are expounded on do feel well characterized, which is something I find this brand of fantasy isn’t great with. I just really like to have themes being driven and a lot of times it’s just a whole lot of events taking place all over, so it’s kind of impossible. In the end it feels pretty good and has something to say, it’s just not as satisfying to the type of fiction I generally prefer. Enjoyable none the less, though. Will continue to the next one, no doubt.