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Reading the extremely detailed passages about how all the mechanics work and each movement of the "machines" (be they purely mechanical or bio-mechanical) echoed back to my experience with the second Transformer movie: I wanted to get over the technical parts and the visual effects to reach the core of the STORY. It's a frustrating experience.

Leviathan does have better storytelling than some of the recent big budget movies and as I approached the end of the tale, witnessing the two main characters develop respect and affection toward each other, I thought, "Now let's hope the second book is a better read, with a more solid plot and more character development." Also have to note that the world-building is definitely superb.]]>