"I tried to make clear how fear and hate, for all the abuse the forest had been through, can make people take bad political decisions, and that once you give power to someone it's not so easy take it back."
Seriously, this. Yes, there are some plot holes (which any DM can work around pretty easily), but the overarching story is just *so* relevant right now that it's hard not to get involved. My party are having great fun going into book 3, and I've had a blast running it. Great setting, really interesting characters (not too many at all), a fun mix of combat, subsystems, roleplay, etc. This AP does not deserve all the hate it's getting. It requires adjustments, like literally every single AP out there, but not hugely more than any other.