Minion isn’t a Book, it’s a Prologue
So I finished Minion. Still uncertain on the book. My current opinion is that without reading more of the series, there just isn’t enough in the first book to give it a grade. The writing is still ok, a couple of characters have broken from their casts and started to show a little bit of depth (just a little), and the plot hasn’t really advanced very far at all. In the last few chapters there was finally some broader parts of the lore “revealed” that started getting me curious (just as the lexicon had done) so that’s good. I figure I’ll order the sequel and read it, perhaps it will blossom into what I hope :)
For now, I’ve picked up He’s Scared She’s Scared. My fear, going into this book, is that it will be informative and fun but I won’t really feel like I’ve gleaned anything from it. I was also afraid I wouldn’t be able to connect with it. However, in the first bulleted list I found an example that applied to me, and then I came across this sentence:
Years of conducting interviews have convinced us that people with commitment problems gravitate toward each other.
That spoke to me, and I liked it. All right, Steven Carter and Julia Sokol, I’m in! I look forward to getting deeper into this book.