A very wordy and sluggish second volume. There's some steam picked up in the second half but not enough.

I think the fact Millar writes Peter as extremely hot headed is odd. Peter can be, and he has been, but here he's always shouting or angry. And I get his Aunt is missing but he's had this happen before and figured out a plan. Here he feels lost all the time, and it doesn't build tension, it makes Peter look dumb.

But the venom stuff is interesting enough and there are touching moments like the diner scene. A 3 out of 5.