** spoiler alert ** 
 Overall, I enjoyed this series. 
 I found it interesting how quickly the general run of people accepted patriarchy, despite the long run of egalitarianism in their country's history. (And how quickly they switched back once Tamir was revealed.) 
 I was disappointed in the sequel, since it implied that even though no precautions were taken to keep the problems that caused the whole succession crisis from happening again, none of them ever cropped up again and everything was hunky-dory. 
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