Good overall read. It can get a bit repetitive and some time throws out too many numbers for you to really comprehend and remember everything it talks about, but very interesting overall. It can be a hard read as well, because if you're like me, you'll find yourself getting angry at all the ‘subtle' ways sexism and inequality exists and how much if affects women in ways you may not even think about.
Overall I think the book is decent, has interesting magic and an interesting plot line. My only real gripe with the book is that I find it to be repetitive and there's too much monologue in it (a fair amount seeming to be a repeat from something he's already monologued about). While I like learning about the magic and his thoughts, I find the way it's laid out to lack depth.
I think overall it just lacks a bit of focus and is drawn out when it doesn't need to be. I still recommend it if you want a quick read with an interesting magic system but I wouldn't expect top level writing. After the first book though, which I loved, I'm interested to see what the next will be like and will definitely plan on reading it.
Overall I enjoyed the book, however I think the first books pacing and story building was a bit better than this one. I feel that the story didn't go as deeply into the plot as it could have and it felt like the discovery + resolution was rushed near the end.
The character building was good and seeing the relationships bloom between characters was rewarding, however again I think this could have been a little more in depth as I didn't feel that any of the relationships really built up to that much depth or changed much.
I think the idea behind this story is a great one. A young wizard struggles to learn more and his pride causes him to make a huge mistake which he spends a lot of his life trying to fix and coming to terms with. However, the way the story is written seemed a bit bland to me. I didn't feel an arch in the story and when he came face to face with his problem it was very anticlimactic for me. The whole story just seemed a bit monotone to me.
Besides that I do think it has some great messages, it just needed to be more climactic for me.
