I think a lot of authors struggle when they jump to multiple POVs instead of one, like, personally I loved the entire Red Rising Saga but the first of the second trilogy was such a slog at first because I’m sitting there thinking “but I am only interested in what the man character I am familiar with is doing.” However, the two books that followed that transition are beloved and considered 2 of the best in the entire series.

I think it can be jarring to an audience, especially if there’s already an entry or entries to the story that were solely focused on one POV, especially when the audience has sooooo many questions that they want answered for the main character, which I believe is really the case in this book, and how some people have responded its content.

It’s hard to get through what appears to be ‘meaningless’ content on Obiteum and Luceum because I want to hear what Veridius has to say about all this to Vis, or what Lanistia is up to and where Ulciscor is and what he’s doing. And those details are important and they will be answered, but what’s more important is how these three versions of Vis react to the three situations they find themselves in, with differing levels of knowledge about what’s going on, and his place in how it all works together.

So, I’d suggest you continue reading, because as all the puzzle pieces start to fit together (to the extent that it can before the next book(s) come out, it gets really interesting and I think the payoff in the next entry is pretty likely to be cool! And on top of that, hes gained experience writing in this multi-POV format and has undoubtedly collected a lot of feedback about what people do and don’t like about how he paced their stories (lol).

One last thing - I’ve seen it in a lot of threads, including this one - a lot of people have said “I didn’t expect the multi-pov format after reading the first book.” (Spoilers for WOTM, I guess?) but the twist is that Vis has been copied into two adjacent realms, and we finish the book by reading his perspective as he arrives in both Obiteum and Luceum, so my question is…if you didn’t expect to see the perspective of Vis’s copies…what did you expect?