Farseed

I had a hard time with this one. Perhaps I should not have picked it up just after reading Earthseed?
This one seemed so bogged down in politics, and I finished the book still unsure of what Ho's motivations were. I just did not get him or why anyone would follow him. I cheered for Nuy, but many of her successes seemed based on luck. I also found myself disliking most of the residents of the main settlement and, in my mind, saw the settlement people vs the river people as class warfare that was so unbalanced, there could only be one ending.
My library does not own the third one, so I am going to wait for awhile and see if I can pick it up somewhere, but I want to allow some time to pass before jumping back in and see if that makes a difference.
Note: I did love this cover!