The Shadow Rising

Idk guys this is the hardest won four star of my life. Robbie Jords and I see the world in fundamentally different ways but dude also made me want to know what happens despite not caring if 97% of these characters all immediately died. I'd really like to finish this series but people always point to this one as the bee's knees, the farmer's factory, the fish's foundry, the bobcat's catbob, whatever the kids are saying these days. They tell me it's the best. And it didn't feel like the best of something. Mostly it felt like the same but also with plot. And “Same but also with plot” might not get me through.