Minion

Minion by John David Anderson
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

When I first picked up this book, I thought it was going to be a continuation of the first book in the series. Instead, it is like the flip side of a coin. Where the first book focuses on the sidekicks of the heroes, this one focuses on the minions. Minions are of course the sidekicks of the villains. I guess not everyone wants to grow up to be a hero, right?

This was just a really fun read. The characters were crazy with their powers and evil ways, and yet, at the same time, really kind of relatable. The fact that Michael has a great power, but still struggles within himself about whether he should use it or not brings something deeper to an otherwise pretty light-hearted read. He doesn’t want to force anyone to do anything, even though he has the power to do so. This makes him a great protagonist, because the reader can feel the internal struggle going on between right and wrong in his head.

I would really like to see him interact with the characters from the first book to see if he ends up switching sides. He has always been on the side of evil, but it just didn’t seem like his heart was really in it. It seemed to be peer pressure more than anything that caused him to act the way he did. If he was away from all the people that were leading him down that path and met the sidekicks, would that make a difference? I don’t know, it doesn’t really matter, it has nothing to do with the book, just my mind wondering. With there being two books in this series with different locations and characters, I would really like to see what would happen if they were combined. Maybe there will be more books and my questions will be answered.

Author: John David Anderson
Publisher: Walden Pond Press
Publication Date: June 24th 2014

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