While 2nd in the Foundation series, it was written last of the Foundation novels, and it shows. It felt very much like an "in between" book.

I think I didn't like the frequent time jumps throughout the novel. There are 5 "sections" to the book, each one separated by about a decade. It reminded me of sitcom episodes - little events happen in each one of them, but everything is "reset" to a known good between them.

Certainly don't regret reading it, but from what others have said I'm looking forward to more from the remaining Foundation novels.