Were this the last of Fitz's story, I think I would be discontent with the ending. There was not as much closure as I would have liked. Well, closure for the characters I had come to care for.

Fitz continues to be horrible at taking advice, even when he knows that he should.

Most of the significant events were foretold pretty strongly. I felt like some of the foreshadowing was practically beating me over the head, but in the end I didn't interfere with my enjoyment. But I preferred discovering the more subtle foreshadowing on my own.

These books also had the downside that, when a book is written from the point of view of a character writing their memoirs, there isn't really question that they will survive, just what they they'll lose in the process.