Okay so I'm going to be talking very generally here so as to avoid spoilers, but if you've read the book you'll know what I'm talking about.
The protagonists gets an almost impossible string of luck early on this book, to the point where I began to get annoyed that it seemed like for a long time the answer to every problems was simply being handed to him. I pushed on though, and was pleasantly surprised with the turnout.
In the latter half of the book he struggles a lot, and information about him is revealed that starts to recontextualize his earlier interactions in a way that is logically consistent with universe. All of his good fortune takes on a much darker tone once you have the context to understand why it all worked out so well for him, and by the end of the book I found myself quite enjoying the story.
I haven't gotten around to reading the sequel yet, but I keep thinking about how interesting it is that the story starts with the protag being handed everything the needs to succeed, only to pull the rug out from under his feet and reveal some hrd to swallow truths about himself.
by Hormo_The_Halfling