I was halfway through when I had the sudden feeling that I had been tricked into paying for a poorly written but great narration of an SJW manifesto. I was ready to drop the book right then and seek a refund. Fortunately, book 3 is already out, and the reviews are very favorable for that book. I really wish earth politics wouldn’t somehow make their way into books set in a fantasy world. Other reviewers say the section can just be skipped because it doesn’t add anything at all to the progress of the story. Unfortunately the section is supposed to take up to 1/3 of the book. Second unfortunately, the author apparently didn’t finish the story arcs within this book.