That's because Vol II deals with largely technical rather than political aspects of capitalism, that being circulation, turnover, and flows of capital between departments of the economy. Engels explicitly acknowledged this when corresponding with Russian(?) Marxists. It's filled with a lot of tedious mathematical formulas and equations which will literally put you to sleep.
Ah, I have always heard more hype about VOL I and VOL III, never much about VOL II.
That's because Vol II deals with largely technical rather than political aspects of capitalism, that being circulation, turnover, and flows of capital between departments of the economy. Engels explicitly acknowledged this when corresponding with Russian(?) Marxists. It's filled with a lot of tedious mathematical formulas and equations which will literally put you to sleep.