Eh, this review was well-written, but it's not up to your usual standards. Could have been a little more detailed in parts, I think, like when talking about tactics in the middle bit.
"Either, sir, you're an ass or masquerading as one."
- Nero Wolfe
The start of this doesn't sit nicely at all with me, I'm afraid. It's better than your original version that I talked about on the staff board, but your alteration manages to add a level of arrogance. "I gather it's a sequel but I don't care" - or whatever you wrote - just sounds like an admittance that you can't be bothered to research your material properly, and claiming that "a novel idea is still a novel idea" just doesn't seem to make much sense. How many times does that novel idea have to be repeated until that novelty wears off?
It's still a good review, though, having said all that.