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A review by silea
The Cydonian Pyramid by Pete Hautman
4.0
Vastly more coherent than the first book, that's for sure.
There are basically three conditions under which you might be reading this review, so i'll address them in turn:
1) You haven't read the first book (The Obsidian Blade). If so, go read the reviews of that and make your decision. This book will make no sense whatsover if you haven't read Book 1.
2) You loved the first book, and just want to make sure this one isn't dreadful. If so, buy it. Buy it now.
3) You were intrigued by book 1, but couldn't help but admit that it had many failings, both in terms of writing and narrative structure. Then you, dear reader, are in the same camp i was, and i assure you, you need to read this one. The story of Book 1 caught me, but the book itself was mediocre. I waffled about picking up this one. But whatever growing pains the author had in book 1 are not evident in book 2. This is a good, trippy book, with entangled timelines and... well, i'm not going to say, because it verges on spoilery. But if you're waffling because book 1 was... flawed, then fear not. Book 2 does not suffer the same issues.
There are basically three conditions under which you might be reading this review, so i'll address them in turn:
1) You haven't read the first book (The Obsidian Blade). If so, go read the reviews of that and make your decision. This book will make no sense whatsover if you haven't read Book 1.
2) You loved the first book, and just want to make sure this one isn't dreadful. If so, buy it. Buy it now.
3) You were intrigued by book 1, but couldn't help but admit that it had many failings, both in terms of writing and narrative structure. Then you, dear reader, are in the same camp i was, and i assure you, you need to read this one. The story of Book 1 caught me, but the book itself was mediocre. I waffled about picking up this one. But whatever growing pains the author had in book 1 are not evident in book 2. This is a good, trippy book, with entangled timelines and... well, i'm not going to say, because it verges on spoilery. But if you're waffling because book 1 was... flawed, then fear not. Book 2 does not suffer the same issues.