The Blade Itself

It's more of a 3,5 rounded to four, because there were things I liked. Lots of them. Characters are full of life and emotions and conflicts, huge world full of different cultures and a ton of bad guys.

BUT. Maybe I missed something, but what was the point of half of the events? A ton of hints and still barely a half of understanding of what is the big challenge. All this felt so underwhelming. What was the climax of this particular book, this story? The fight with Practicals?