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I've finished with The Other Lands, book 2 of David Anthony Durham's Acacia trilogy. I liked it a lot more than The War with the Mein; where the latter started reeeeaaally slow and really only got me hooked 2/3 of the way through, I was invested in this one from much earlier on. I don't know if this was because the whole book is that much better or whether I've just become more patient?
Either way, it was a pretty good read. I still don't really feel very connected with any of the main protagonists, and I was a little perplexed with the sudden deification of Aliver Akaran. While Aliver certainly did rile up the people in the first book, I found his sudden status as the savior of mankind to be a bit random. Or perhaps I should say 'forced'. And despite the title of the book, we saw disappointingly little of the Other Lands.
The story, however, does interest me and the pacing of this novel was much better than the first. I still wouldn't call it a great book, because I've read enough books that are simply better, but it is... decent. Let's give it a 7 out of 10.
I am now reading a book called The Hidden Stars by Madeline Howard.
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