Review: Good follow-up
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 18, 2011
This was a quick, fun sequel... if you enjoyed the first one, you will enjoy this. For the price, I'm not going to complain about how fast a read this is, but I would say that Larson has the potential to create something much bigger and more satisfying to sink your teeth into. He is able to adeptly weave multiple viewpoints/storylines into a dialog driven narrative that doesn't leave you skimming back to the "action". There's even some very nice subtle humor combined with good insight into the human condition.Book 3 will need to break out of the formula set in 1 and 2 in order to keep the series fresh, and I think a swerve toward a larger scale/scope, tactical confrontation would be welcome. I hope it doesn't focus to much on internal politics (as the blurb in book 2 epilog suggests), as I really don't have the feeling that's where the author's strength lies. But will definately check it out and see...