5/28/2023 0 Comments Artemis novel reviews![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He isn't cruel or malicious by nature, but he is borderline arrogant and frequently lacking in empathy. With his father missing and presumed dead and his mother slipping steadily into insanity, he has been left to his own formidable devices. His intelligence is admirable and his motives, while shady, are at least somewhat justifiable. The characterization is strong, the pacing is snappy, and the variable points of view work effortlessly with the flow of the telling.Īrtemis (whose name I still wish was explained, it being far from Irish and traditionally female) is a shakily sympathetic quasi-villain of a character. A memorable Middle Grade urban fantasy featuring a hidden subterranean world of "faerie" people, a female "cop" with a lot to prove to her own technologically advanced-yet-misogynistic people, a deadly and dedicated bodyguard, and one 12-year-old Irish prodigy with deviant aspirations for securing his family fortunes.Ĭolfer has a clever and pithy way about his prose that feels reminiscent of Douglass Adams crossed with Terry Pratchett-plenty of droll sarcasm and social commentary without a caustic aftertaste. ![]()
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