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That third book had some interesting ideas, but really failed to create a compelling narrative. I'd much rather he compressed the entire book into a first act and then explored the implications elsewhere.
The third book is definitely slow in the middle, but overall I think it's another strong addition to the series. At first I was quite lost with the characters and setting constantly changing, but once I started seeing what was really going on I was hooked.
The partners are brilliant too. Very relevant to current questions about sentience with all the AI discussions going on at the moment.