Started book 2 of Mistborn. Still not sure if I'll finish it but the friend who suggested it ("recommended" is too strong a word) said that the 2nd one is where things go completely off the rails in an either hilarious or infuriating way, so I'm looking forward to watching the fireworks.

For right now though, I'm just slogging through the opening 5 chapters from an author who thinks he has to recap everything down to the most basic worldbuilding at the start of his sequel. Loads of clunky asides and weird tangents just to clarify who everybody is and how they can use their superpowers. Has anyone actually ever picked up the 2nd book of a series and gotten mad that they didn't re-explain all the stuff from the first entry?