The Pattern of the World

This was the most frustrating read this year, not because its bad, which it is but because there is an awesome book hidden between the endless pages of repetitive monolog somewhere.
This should be a 2 book series, not 3. More than half of the book is just pointless recap of what happened before and the same inner monologues again and again and again and again. No one can make a decision whatsoever, it's mindnumpingly boring.
The awesome parts are awesome though and kept me from DNF-ing it.
The world is great, the magic system is new and fresh, the moral dilemma the book throws at us are nice to think about but ultimately the execution is just not there.
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