/lit/ - Literature

I loved this, especially the first 70% or so.
After two books in the series where the reader gets to really know the protagonist this takes the pov away from him and puts the reader in the eyes of an everyman type who hasn't seen any of the brilliance or intrigue of the first two books.
This leads to a novel which plays off of the contrast between this characters impression of the protagonist as a hated idiot and the reality that the reader knows where they're a brilliant schemer.
Slows down a bit in the end because this dynamic is pulled away and we get a bit of character work to end but it's still a fantastic read.