> ...spend an inordinate amount of time doing scene-setting without advancing the plot. I find I dislike the conversational style. I've tired so much of these

> ...spend an inordinate amount of time doing scene-setting without advancing the plot. I find I dislike the conversational style. I've tired so much of these characters feeling and pretending to be clever about their strategizing, and it continues in the same style without regard to the change in characters. I totally agree on the foreshadowing. I had to stop after a few chapters of the third book. I don't know that I'll make it back.