I read this directly after volume one as, despite the kitsch-ness and repetitiveness, I was rather engrossed with the writing. Interestingly, I noticed this had a lot fewer reviews on GoodReads - and I can see why. I think David Jones should really have stopped with one book. Or combined these two books and done a fair amount of editing so there was less repetition! From 600 ratings of the first book, to nine of this one is a fair drop for a sequel - and I think this might be the first review... unless I've missed the correct edition!
Unfortunately, there's not much more to say about this book than about the first one - very much continues in the same vein. The prosaic section at the end is longer: a conversation between the astronaut and a young girl who thinks that astronauts grant wishes. This isn't an idea I've heard of before - not that it matters! She wishes to go to the horizon and is dissatisfied with the idea that there is always a horizon, there is no way of reaching it (like the end of the rainbow). I didn't enjoy this section; I actually found both characters sort of irritating.
Disappointing.