It really dragged for me. It took me a year to finally read the complete thing (after two other starts where I got bored and stopped,) where it has only taken me a month for each previous installment. I also liked the ending, but I wish more of the book was like it. It would have been nice to have more action and plot in the earlier part of the book too. I did enjoy reading it, and I look forward to finishing the whole series.. I have just noticed that in the past few books, the amount of extra information not as relevent to the plot has started to overwhelm the majority of the novels, and it's getting to be a bit much.
