Given that I can't find anything I really don't like, I'm going to say my vote on plot is 6 of 10 or so. I like the way it was set up, with his childhood, tragedy, Tarbean(? I need my book!) and University experiences leading up to the deepening Chandrian investigation. I think we're getting a solid sense that he believes he does what he needs to do and doesn't make too many insane choices that didn't need to be taken (in his opinion). It's a pretty good set-up for why he would eventually become a king-killer and believe/be able to convince us he had reason. Or something.

Edit: I get that he needed a way to get in good with the townspeople near the Chandrian-attacked farm, but that dragon/sweeteater part of the novel sits like a weird blob I must poke with a stick. Accidentally running into Denna out there, having her eat something disgusting sounding and clearly Not Food, finding a druggie dragon and then having to save a town from it really doesn't feel like it fits into the story for me. He did have several other unexpected occurrences through the course of the novel, but this doesn't work well w/o some major disbelief-suspension, imo.