What is the author's style in The Second Ring of Power by Carlos Castaneda?

Like The Teachings of Don Juan, The Second Ring of Power is written in the first person past tense, but this volume drops the pretext of being author Carlos Castaneda's field notes as a graduate student of anthropology at the University of California, Los Angeles, and turgid analysis of his experiences during an extended introduction to the drug culture of ancient Mexico. With the density gone,this work reads much more like a novel, engaging readers with fleshed-out, memorable characters and movement along a plot line.