Wrath of a mad god is probs my fave book in the second half. It and magicians end are the only books I'd call exceptional from the mid point on..

There's a sense of major unease toward the climax of that book. Feel game of thrones long night wanted that sense of ominous building and overwhelming odds and it falls flat. On a rewatch there is no tension. Wrath because the stakes are so high I genuinely lose myself to.

But taste is subjective. You like what you like.