" I finished. It felt like it took forever, but realistically, The Dark River is an easy read. You may wonder while reading this volume 2 of 3 why the characters occasionally turn into such idiots whereas in the first book they were smart and sensible. Or you may get turned off by the repetition of the Panopticon description. Or you may get impatient by how every little thing requires a massively violent response. But you might just find that, despite all that, the story continues - and you might even be curious about how it ends. I find that, unexpectedly, I am. Perhaps I just can't stand to quit a trilogy at the end of book 2. I'm hearing in my head a little voice saying something about suckers and how one is born every minute.... "
— Youndyc, 1/20/2014