Thanks for the comments, folks. I really want to like this series and in some ways I love it, but dammit, how many POVs does Erikson need to tell this story? Sheesh!
All in all, I love the whole concept and I think if I step away from it for a while and read a few more books (like aarti put it!

) then I'll be better prepared mentally for Memories.
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