I kept trying but could not finish this one. The story just wasn't interesting enough to overcome the convoluted prose. Too many sentences made no sense, even after multiple times trying to parse them. ( )

I have to say that for the longest while I was extremely confused with what was going on and who was who.

When I finally got to the "what's gone on before" section located at the very end of the book I was frankly, pissed off at both the author and the publisher. To me it was extremely disrespectful to any and all new readers, and steps should be taken to correct that in the next edition.

I also have to say that I found sections, especially the entire section taking place under the mountain, to be just a blatant rip off of Tolkien.

I sincerely doubt I will pick up any more books in this series. or by this author ( )

I....whew. This series took a turn for me in the last book of the first trilogy, and it hasn't come back. While this novel has more action and moves at a quicker pace, the darkness is, if anything, more palpable, and made it difficult for me to get through. The author uses sentence fragments consistently throughout the novel, which pulled me out of the narrative, and uses SO MANY WORDS to describe things. I think this is a style of fantasy that doesn't appeal to all readers - I am finding it isn't for me. I think this is a good example of that dark, horrifying type of fantasy, if that is your thing. If it's not, I would definitely steer clear of this one. ( )

http://speculiction.blogspot.com/2015/09/review-of-judging-eye-by-r-scott-bakker... ( )

I simply was not captivated by the characters, writing, what passed as a plot or anything else for that matter. It was confusing, that is all. ( )