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sizrobe's review
3.0
Meh. It contained a character that could passively read the minds of everyone around him, essentially granting him the ability predict any actions and read the future. Not as good as the first volume. I don't think I'll be continuing the series.
kjboldon's review
4.0
For fans of Jeff Lemire's stuff, and reminds me of weird conspiracy tales like Lost and Max Barry's Lexicon. This is a wild ride.
andystehr's review
5.0
I love this book! It's almost like Unknown Armies with superpowers instead of magic.
jhstack's review
4.0
Things get crazier, if that's even possible when there's a disbanded secret highly manipulative organization that utilizes people with special mental abilities up for grabs.
rouver's review
3.0
It's the same unexciting illustrations, but additional details & stories are printed along the edges of the page. In this book are the notes about Meru's successful true-crime book; the one that started leading her into trouble. Make sure to read them so later stories make more sense.
Meru is once again searching for the mysterious Henry Lyme with her journey leading her and those around her directly into the path of danger. We meet other agents of Mind Management and learn more about where they come from & what their powers are. Even though the government disbanded Mind Management, there are others who think it should be resurrected and it's become a race to see which side can recruit and awaken the agents first.
Meru is once again searching for the mysterious Henry Lyme with her journey leading her and those around her directly into the path of danger. We meet other agents of Mind Management and learn more about where they come from & what their powers are. Even though the government disbanded Mind Management, there are others who think it should be resurrected and it's become a race to see which side can recruit and awaken the agents first.
narflet's review
4.0
Upon realising this was due back to the library today, and. then discovering the that I couldn't renew it because someone else has a reservation on it, I decided to read it today. Which I could do as I've taken a sick day. So whereas the first volume took me weeks to get through, this took me about an hour and three quartets I think. That's more like it.
This continues to be a wonderfully twisty, mind hurty, tale that makes you question your whole reality. It'd been a while since I finished the first volume, but thankfully this has a handy little recap at the start. Even so, I some how managed to totally forget Bill (did the Eraser get to me?!), so the full significance of his story managed to surprise me.
Looking forward to the next volume. This hasn't, so far, managed to totally blow me away like, for example, Locke & Key did, but it's a good story and has enough to keep me hooked.
This continues to be a wonderfully twisty, mind hurty, tale that makes you question your whole reality. It'd been a while since I finished the first volume, but thankfully this has a handy little recap at the start. Even so, I some how managed to totally forget Bill (did the Eraser get to me?!), so the full significance of his story managed to surprise me.
Looking forward to the next volume. This hasn't, so far, managed to totally blow me away like, for example, Locke & Key did, but it's a good story and has enough to keep me hooked.
joelipsett's review against another edition
4.0
Admittedly I didn't enjoy the first half because it felt like a rehash of the first volume (Meru wanders around collecting information and various Mind MGMT agents). By the end, however, this book began paying off aspects of the first volume and sets up an interesting three way conflict for book three.
As a sidenote, I really enjoyed the excerpts from Meru's book 'Premeditated' on the sides of the page, especially when it reflected the content within the main storyline. It's an interesting way of packing in more story without compromising the A story or simply throwing it in at the end.
As a sidenote, I really enjoyed the excerpts from Meru's book 'Premeditated' on the sides of the page, especially when it reflected the content within the main storyline. It's an interesting way of packing in more story without compromising the A story or simply throwing it in at the end.