The Blade Itself

For some reason I always expected this book to be very action-packed and be very fast in pacing. Truly it was neither of those things, but that isn't at all a bad thing.
The book focuses a lot on its world, the characters it inhabits and just its rules in general. Even having finished it, I still have no clue what this trilogy is supposed to be about, but I do know what these characters are about and in what state the world is in, which is enough for me for now.
And though the characters are pretty much all assholes, they're interesting assholes, and they have true potential to be lovable assholes. So I'll very likely get my hands on the sequel eventually.