Hrm, not as addictive as the first book. Frustrating in that the good guys are continually being outmaneuvered or one-upped by the bad guys, and there's not enough good people to stand up against the violent nutcases. Also, the main character finds out about something that everyone is chasing after, and suddenly believes that it is the possible cure-all to solving the divide between normals and brilliants. What boggles my mind is that for someone so smart and used to enforcing the law, and as an observer of humanity, he would be so clueless about the chaos and untested health repercussions that this cure-all would enact on the world. This "solution" felt like a convenient Hollywood plot twist rather than something someone truly experienced would come up with. My respect for his character fell quite a bit...I probably won't feel a need to read the 3rd book.