Brian
I mostly enjoyed the book. I liked the alternating chapters of history and narrative. The main character was both sympathetic and aggravating (which I like - I'm so tired of the trope of the perfect hero unjustly exiled). I did not really enjoy the big twist at the end though. It felt like deus ex machina, but maybe I was just too thick in not trying to work out the puzzle as it was revealed.
I mostly enjoyed the book. I liked the alternating chapters of history and narrative. The main character was both sympathetic and aggravating (which I like - I'm so tired of the trope of the perfect hero unjustly exiled). I did not really enjoy the big twist at the end though. It felt like deus ex machina, but maybe I was just too thick in not trying to work out the puzzle as it was revealed.