Review: Disappointing after first book
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2012
This book left me very disappointed. It picked up shortly after the first book ended, but had almost no returning characters and didn't answer many of the questions I had after reading the first book. I did learn quite a bit about a particular period of Adam's history, but there were so many rambling asides that it was hard to keep track of the many storyline.I found the humour to be much less than in the first book. The story kept my attention in the second half, but it didn't have the same impact as the first.Each chapter started with an excerpt from a story about Silenus the Younger. These excerpts didn't really make much sense until late in the book. Then it tied in smoothly, but they were distracting and disjointed for most of the book, especially when the excerpt was on the longer side.Overall, this was an okay read, and maybe if I had left more time between reading this and first book I might have enjoyed it more. As it was, this second book didn't even compare to the first.