Rating: 3.5* of fiveWell, second books often don't rise to the level of the first in inventiveness and freshness. This one is typical of the syndrome.Beginning where the extraordinary and original The Pox Party left off, The Kingdom on the Waves makes the adventures of Octavian Nothing complete. His...
This second volume is less engaging than the first, though still ultimately enjoyable. Octavian is bored, and often, so is the reader. This is tale of a claustrophobic, uncertain time, which also affects the reader. I read the first book very quickly, but this volume took more work. I admire this di...
I'm halfway through and I'm having a hard time ... I want to know what happens, but I don't care so much about the battle play-by-play as I do about the social/emotional plotline. Is skimming bad?
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