A Challenger Appears! Minerva Paradizo,
basically a slightly younger, blonder, female Artemis. Although her aims
seem more scientific and humanitarian than Artemis’ ever did. Minerva
has a thing with demons, though has no actual idea that she’s scratched
the surface of the fairy world, so that’s a fun brain blast she gets to
have.
I really like the demons. They have a distinct culture
that’s so completely different from any other “fairy” species in the
series. Abbot was, uh, interesting as a villain to No1, but then kind of
devolves into more of an annoyance through the rest of the book.
I
am highly annoyed by Billy Kong. He fits into Colfer’s apparently
preferred trope of goons who are none too bright. Billy, specifically,
has some mental illness something-or-other going on. Trauma, definitely,
coupled with a belief that things his brother lied to him about when he
was eight are true, even though it’s staring him in the face that it
was a lie. I’m really not a fan of these types of unhinged characters,
whether they have slightly understandable backstories or not.
Ending
is really crazy, which makes sense, given what’s going on. Little hard
to follow in places, though. But that’s rapid time travel for you.
Overall,
pretty solid story. Colfer writes very cinematically, and that’s very
much on show here. There are some bits of overlapping action, though
less than in previous books. I enjoyed myself through most of The Lost Colony…
when I wasn’t rolling my eyes at Billy fucking Kong. I am interested to
see how Artemis gets his shit together for the next book. That
explanation will definitely prove to be interesting.
Favorite Quote
"No matter what dimension you’re in, there’s a bigheaded male trying to take over the world." - Holly Short's thought
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