The Wise Man's Fear

The first book in this series was great, epic. This...couldnt, and didn't, live up to the first book. It's okay, but it's really a bridge to the third book and that's about all. The first 400 pages drag horribly, and when it starts to get interesting, there really doesn't seem to be a point to it. The third book is set up to be quite interesting, but for the most part, I look at this book as something of a dull, tedious exercise.