Random Sh*t Flying Through The Air
ISBN: 9780356510460
Description
A young boy with the ability to cause earthquakes has come to Los Angeles - home to the San Andreas, one of the most lethal fault lines in the world. If Teagan can't stop him, the entire city - and the rest of California - could be wiped off the map.
Reviewed on 16th November 2024
I’ve put off reading this second book for some years, based on a memory of finding the first a bit of a slog. But my experience her was better than I was expecting.
Things have settled back to a new normal for Teagan and team after the events of the first book, until LA is hit by massive earthquakes, which naturally cause a lot of drama.
This is balanced by it being a massive thriller full of action and violence punctuated by slow bits and clever bits. There’s a lot of time spent in characters’ heads too, which actually makes for quite a varied diet over all.
I found the first half a bit of a struggle still. There are a lot of words it feels in some places that my eyes skim past and I have to force them back to. But after the first 40% maybe, and aided by a bunch of train journeys, I got into the pace of the story and raced through the rest.
Definitely better than I was worrying about, and gives me confidence that when I get around to choosing book three from the shelf, I’ll be okay there too.