A review by rosamune
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves by M.T. Anderson

2.0

After enjoying the first volume so much, this one came as a big disappointment. The language I enjoyed before when used to describe the odd philosophical doings of the College of Lucidity became plodding when for nearly half of the book, it was used simply to tell me over and over that food was scarce, people were sick and dying, and that it sucked living on the ships of Lord Dunmore. Besides a trip into a burning town, the entire middle section of the book bored me to tears.

The first section of the book, I quite enjoyed, and the final climax was decent--except that it was tainted by my annoyance at what I had to read to get to it.