Review: Admittedly, the torture could have been skipped
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 27, 2011
Admittedly, the torture and the way the girl was treated could have been skipped, or at least, just alluded to, but it didn't overwhelm the book and other than that I enjoyed it very much.I'm not sure I'll enjoy the rest of the series, because the charm of the book was the "fish out of water" aspect of the main character, John Lyon, being thrust into a different world and role.  Watching him learn and adjust was what made the book for me.I believe future books are more about the development of the world under the stairs, and since John Lyon has learned how to cope, future books will have a different feel.  I might still try it, but I'm not as anxious to forge forward as I may be for other types of series.I also thought the idea of a world with colored bands separating the lands was clever.