Reading Response #2

The book has taken a turn that I didn't expect. Instead of there being a flashback, there is a novel being read in the book. Hence I am reading a novel-within-a-novel.

The new main character's name is Victor Arledge. He has boarded the ship Tallahassee to go on an exploration. He wants to go because he heard Hugh Everett Bayham will be going. He has been interested in him since his friend sent him a letter explaining how he had been kidnapped to Scotland. Arledge does get to meet Bayham while on the ship. He also meets his companion Florence Bonington and her father Dr. Bonington, who Arledge suspects is the man who kidnapped Bayham.

The book has been pretty confusing. There is not much dialogue, yet not a great deal of description either. Most of it is just explaining what has been happening. Everything goes by so fast it's a little bit hard to keep up.