Thomcat
10/24/2021
Enjoyed the first book of this series, though it dragged at times. This book had all of the sophomoric humor and added an Egyptian background and many other things that don't make sense. The one plus was the narration of Fisher Stevens.
Yes, it was good to see the characters again. This book was released 9 years after the first. In one way, it brought the story to a better conclusion than the first book did. I can see where the author was trying to go with a plot, and even commentary on Buddhist rebirth - Christopher Moore has described himself as a Buddhist with Christian tendencies.
So where did it fail? The first half of the book is mostly people talking - very little action. The omnipresent sophomoric humor gets in the way of the narrative, the rebirth, and even the action at times. The powers of the characters change without explanation, convenient to the plot but confusing to the reader. And just how does the "Great Big Book of Death" rewrite itself all the time?
I rated the first book 3 stars, with the narration. I think it was fine without this book, and would advise against reading this. 1½ stars.