The Flame in the Maze

It's a dungeon crawl.

Sure, it's a smart reimagining of an ancient Greek myth, written with the ruthlessness typical of the author. It has numerous, interesting, well-written characters -- some carrying over from The Door in the Mountain, some new. It's a twisting, non-linear story featuring bad things happening to all kinds of people. At times, it's so horrific that you feel like you don't want to keep reading, knowing that you will anyway.

But still, it's a dungeon crawl. This is a good thing in my book.