Note: I'm breaking my own rules by reviewing a book that I've not read recently. I read these books as they came out, so there's the possibility my opinions might change were I to read them again today, but I doubt it.

This is where I finally started to lose hope for the series. It had less to do with any failings of this book specifically, but more to do with the progress of the series as a whole. I was no longer invested in the characters, and was becoming increasingly less interested in the fate of the world as a whole.