One of the worst books I have ever read and I don't say that lightly.
A bad book is self contained but this one made me look at the first with disgust. Disgust at the creepy egocentric incel Wade would become. Frustration in seeing Artimis fall into his trap of insecurities.
The challenges are a mess without the kind of visual language needed to express the complicated things going on. A reference to Tolkens least read book? Why not make it the final challenge?
The first book was full of things that needed a surface level of information but this one just goes to far.