As a mystery, it's not great...but the social commentary was still as good and important as it was in the first book. If you're looking for that then I would recommend, but as a mystery, the first book was a lot better IMO. Also this is like a minor spoiler (I don't even know if it's really a spoiler) but I don't think Moon is a Vietnamese surname and it bothers me a little that a Viet character decides to give herself that name. Maybe I'm wrong but it feels a little like Neely is treating Asian names are interchangeable, which may not have been her intention, but it sorta bothered me regardless.