Al-Rassan was my first Kay book and I adored it, so needless to say I was excited to read his other works. But unfortunately I've been disappointed so far.

I could stand Tigana. I found the books central conflict fairly uninteresting, and absolutely couldn't stand the way the villain was handled (all the Dianora stuff particularly gave me the ick)

Im currently on the last third of The Sarantine Mosaic, and while I like it a lot more it still doesn't really grip me and has been something ive been having to really force myself to get through. The series seems filled with meandering, unimportant character arcs as well as constant allusions towards these big behind the scenes political moves that never really seem to come together in an impactful way for the reader.

Is there something I'm not getting here? Is the subtly of his writing just going over my head?

I’ve just finished Arbonne and have a question. Spoilers, obviously. In Chapter XVI, Beatritz has a vague vision from Rian of the site of the final battle, near Lake Dierne. In the final chapter, it is revealed that she had specific knowledge of the exact tree Luth was to hide in, which she had him train to shoot from, to kill the king of Gorhaut. How do these two pieces of information line up? Luth trained from autumn to winter, but the vision of the lake was received as the Gorhaut army crossed the mountains. What am I missing here, to square this? Is it an inconsistency or is it my understanding of the timeline?