The main character is not perfect, he has several major personality flaws that break through and screw up his actions again and again. I think taking every thi

The main character is not perfect, he has several major personality flaws that break through and screw up his actions again and again. I think taking every thing into account, his actions are consistent with his personality. That said, the first book's exploration of combat in space was, IMHO, some of the best Sci-Fi work in the series. Although I get why the books gave up on even trying to be hard sci-fi at all early on, science was pushed out of the way to make writing the story easier.