I didn't feel this book. I felt disconnected from it. I didn't care when any character died really. It felt like the whole book was just describing the 'outside' of events while nothing took place 'inside' or rather inside the characters views and perceptions if this makes any sense.
While people might like one huge action sequence and I do, the flaw to me I think is that you're never given a chance with the characters at all. Why is this? Because they get a couple pages then it's on to the next character.
When 2/3's of the borderlanders died, I didn't care. All I really rememb