a weird thing happened with this book: for about the first 70% of the book, I found it hard to put down and I found the politics gaining. but the last 20% was hard for me to convince myself to read. It felt a bit like the third Lord of the rings movie where there are three endings. so that's why it only get 4 stars from me 
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