The real standout of the entire book is the descriptions of Purple Haze's destruction which are stomach churning and bone chilling and do the stand more justice than the anime or manga ever could. That part is a 10.
The classic Jojo action of enemy stand users and their abilities (once it finally starts) is also very good, however it all happens far quicker than you'd like, one stand user is dealt with in a matter of pages. That part is an 8.
Coniglio (The original protagonist character of the story) is just a YA novel girl discovering herself and is mostly boring and about a 5, however it pushes into a 6 due to the ending of the book actually accurately reflecting on Coniglio's actions instead of simply absolving her, which was unexpected and needed in order for her character to work for me.
The amount of time establishing visual descriptions of characters you were probably seeing eye fulls of in manga panels days before reading this book? That part is abysmally boring and a 4. Especially because they go to an effort to slightly redesign characters in the descriptions...only for the Araki art pages to not account for this at all, leaving them more muddled and confused than anything.
Pacing is a little sluggish, but once it picks up from Coniglio brooding and establishing a group of characters you already damn well know it reaches heights I certainly didn't expect based on first impressions. Overall a very good read. Everyone's 7 score is very accurate. It's definitely a recommended read for any Vento Aureo/Golden Wind fan, although if it's not a well liked part for you I don't think it'll be a great read.
A final note as far as the current translation goes: It's perfectly serviceable, it fumbled a few times, but never so hard I couldn't understand it. And it includes some very useful translators notes.
