iirc Black Dossier was very badly received at the time it came out. I agree with sic though, that after the first two volumes it only really becomes about metatext and format jokes which Tempest probably does better than the preceding volumes (and I don't think the Janni books are necessarily much worse than those surrounding them).
― Doubling down on out of date information (aldo), Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:34 (four years ago) link
“Fanboy faves” = James Bond?
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 4 January 2020 15:39 (four years ago) link