Review: Not as Good as the First Book
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 03 17, 2014
I really liked the first book, but this one just wasn't as good. My recommendation is to read "Naked Hero - The Journey Away" and forget that there was a second book written. The story and characters in the first book do not need a sequel. Perhaps that's part of the problem with this book. It starts OK, but about halfway through when they arrive on the island of Gozo, the characters morph from competent men into teenage girls. Pages of text are written and yet only one day has passed. Angst and self-doubt become the norm, no one says what they actually think. Both Lewis and Gavin become emotional cripples and crap if I care what happened to whom beyond this point. I tried, but the whole episode on the island just turned me off until I no longer cared what happened and I closed the book. I assume it ends at some point.