I'm dropping this one down to a 3 stars "I liked" vs the 4 "I liked a lot" because more than the others it suffers from middle-book syndrome. There's a lot of battle and pacing and endless endless scenes of camp following (no, not *that* type of camp following) and the one major development that involves (view spoiler)[weaponizing money (hide spoiler)] i.e. the "coin" in the Dagger and the Coin felt a little unnaturally developed and possibly a little judge-y. 
 And now onto waiting for what I hope is the concluding book within a reasonable period of time. (Take that Rothfuss.) 
 Update re-read in preparation for March's finale release (and no, Rothfuss is nowhere near finishing Doors of Stone, if ever.): 
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 While re-reading, I kept trying to convince myself to bump this one up to 4 stars. And, at the same time, this again was the book that I struggled most to read, putting it aside and finding chores to do because it's just so much bookkeeping and paperwork to get through. I still love the characters. I still love the plot. There were some terrific highlight moments (mostly involving Clara, and when Cithrin creates paper currency) but it just didn't hang together the way book three did. 
 I was most disappointed in Inys, and was hoping for far more backstory about the races, discussion about history, and so forth. Instead, he starts off as an ineffective pin-cushion, is used a few times to signify status for the main group of characters, and is otherwise ignored. 
 I appreciate how Abraham created the texture of a moving army, their path of destruction they create just like any swarm of locusts, the culture of the army-followers, and so forth, but it really didn't lend enough to the overall path (or dragon's path) this story needed to be telling. 
 Even for a draggy book, it was beautifully told, full of lots of engaging moments, but lacked the coherence of its predecessors. I really did like it. I just didn't love it. 
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