A review by imyerhero
Castle by Garth Nix

3.0

I went into this sequel with the characters and storyline a little stale in my memory, having shoved a 650 page work of “feminist” literature into my brain between the first and the second of the series. But Nix was quite gracious in recapping everything important from the first book in a short page. I was glad to find out a little more about Uncle Ebbitt, a character whom I enjoy. However, his character seemed a bit less put together than in the first book. I am pretty sure I’ll have to have a little more experience with him before I understand if this is something Nix has put in purposely or if it’s just a fluke. I was very impressed with the Hall of Nightmares scenes, but other scenes (mostly involving the royal guard) seemed a bit cartoonish. Overall, I think this was the second installment of “story set up” books in the series. Hopefully, the third will move on a little more.