Magnus Mills' Three to See the King isn't what you'd call a trying read. I finished it in the space of two brief train journeys. It's less than demanding, I suppose. Enjoyable, but no more so than reading one of those newspapers that are handed out at the station.

It's not a long work, nor a particularly interesting one. I understand that it's essentially a meditation on the role of faith in group dynamics, and I'm sure that it can be read in a much broader way than I've probably taken it... but it just seems to be a little too knowing. That's fairly offputting.

I found it difficult to think that there was any weight to the actions of the characters when they appear to have been thrown together without any real reason. I know it's meant to free them from any history, to allow the reader to focus on the task at hand - but I found it more annoying than anything else.

Certainly, this isn't as good as Mills' other works.