I am interested to see how this series shakes out, but honestly I am not sure I want to slog through another TWO of these books. So, in this one, there's a dude who runs around Renaissance Europe for Reasons, only I think he spends a lot of time thinking or reading or whatever. In [b:Aegypt|90622|Aegypt (The Aegypt Cycle, #1)|John Crowley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1388878200s/90622.jpg|2444575], the parts in the past were very entertaining because of all the angels hanging around that you did not know if they were real or not, but in this one I cannot tell you what this man was going through because I kept falling asleep. Perhaps, judging by the title, this was the author's intent. No, in THIS book the thing you are not sure at first about if it is a thing is incest. Considering the cousin-love in [b:Little, Big|90619|Little, Big|John Crowley|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1435452849s/90619.jpg|518635], I worry this is a theme for Mr. Crowley and perhaps he should seek therapy.

Anyway, I finished reading this like a month ago and so I've forgotten exactly why the man felt compelled to flee his monastery life (I think he wanted to build some additions to his memory palace that weren't up to code. Also a demon or an angel or something shooed him by drawing a picture at him? Is it very fuzzy). But by the time I got to the end of it, damn it, I found myself invested in all the characters again.

The trouble is that my pile of books has become unwieldy again and so I'm giving it a real 50/50 on if I'll track down number three. Like, I got this dang space book full of happy people loving each other that's taking forever to get through while I keep thinking about this book I found in the stacks about why American Christians are hung up on work that I think would help me chill out and so . . . you know how it goes. I think I've already stated my opinion on books in serial. I got like four more of these to do, so read this book or don't, but you have a good day.