As I said on Goodreads: Yet more generic fantasy not saved by a Chinese tinge. Dull, with dull characters and dull writing and dull plot. There isn't much more to be said without bothering to talk about it, which I can't bring myself to do at any length, so won't. The plot is desperately generic as are the characters as is the setting as is the dialogue; there is nothing there yet it continues at vast length - it is yet another doorstop, and predictably enough the first in a series.
I gave up after about 150 pages when nothing interesting had happened - the assassination by glider was almost interesting, but he ruined it by allowing three passes and the pilot not to get killed by archers - and I realised that rather than being a pleasant distraction from the prickly heat, it was just bland pap my mind wouldn't even focus on.
Anyway, the point I'm trying to make to myself here is: you've just got to stop starting to read this stuff. You will be disappointed. There is better out there.
Speaking of which, E M Forster's Guide to Alexandria turned up today.
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