Just finished Assassin's Quest (spoilers), should I keep reading?

[matt_o]

So do you feel that Fitz did not succeed at all?

If you're still trying to decide whether to continue reading the series, it might come as a relief that the next trilogy isn't about Fitz. The events in it will come around to affect his life in the later trilogies, however.

I am probably overreacting, I am sorry

Fitz did succeed at finding Verity, and that probably saved the kingdom.

However, Fitz did not succeed at sneaking into Regal's palace to kill him.  In his own words, he's really not a very good assassin.

Fitz constantly got captured.  The first time, he did poison the soldiers himself which was good and an awesome scene.
However, when he got captured crossing the freezing river, Starling saved him from the prison.
When he was running from the horses and dogs, Nighteyes saved him (after he got shot in the back with the arrow).
When he was near death, the Fool saved him, nursed him back to health, etc.
When he was pulled into a trance on the skill road, Kettle (sp? I only listened to the book on audible, didn't read it) was the one who saved him by teaching him the board game.
When he was threatened by the soldiers around the camp fire, Verity saved him by coming through the pillar.
When he was threatened by Will/Burl at the end, the Fool saved him via the Girl on the Dragon.
He never mastered the skill and could only use it sporadically.  It is kinda implied that him never mastering the skill is a core part of his identity.
Despite being seemingly proficient at using the wit, other wit users he came across (black roth?) told him that he was doing that wrong too.

He's basically not a very competent character who endears himself to the reader by being very proactive.

I actually felt bothered by his incompetence as I continued to read, but thought "Dangit, if he can at least get back to Molly, maybe all of his suffering will be worth it."

That's kinda where I'm at.  I don't mean to be a downer.  I just want Fitz to grow and you know.. actually excel at something... and be rewarded as a result.