tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450543349448165337.post5935734919836437918..comments2023-02-27T12:58:29.826-05:00Comments on Unpublished For a Reason: The Quest for Skye: Chapter 29Hannah Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00849529277859991156noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8450543349448165337.post-8012457957426437182014-02-17T14:12:44.891-05:002014-02-17T14:12:44.891-05:00I'm pretty sure that Rothdiener's sense of...I'm pretty sure that Rothdiener's sense of storytelling is rooted in episodic television, where the buildup promises consequences that the fact the cast is already signed for three seasons means that everything has to be put back in order at the end of this week's show. I can see Chapter 29 being a sweeps episode (helicopters! explosion! guns! SOMEONE DIES!).<br /><br />Someone should have told him that a showdown only has heft if we understand the nature of the two sides. We'd never even <i>heard</i> of this Dmitri Petrou guy, but all of a sudden he makes his first appearance, has this confrontation, and winds up arrested - off-page, at that - all here in this one chapter?<br /><br />One question you didn't ask that crossed my mind: Is there some reason that the Leontiou-Greece treaty would only be in effect until Leontiou died? Is it an actual treaty or is it just the terms of sale for the island?<br /><br />Also: Why does Petrou even care about The Island of Dr. Leontiou, anyway? He doesn't seem to have any interest in the people there. I assume he wants Leontiou's money, but how does attacking the island get him it? He's a judge, so why not just rig some kind of skeezy legal seizure of Leontiou's assets? I don't understand any part of this scheme, and I don't believe Rothdiener does, either.<br /><br />Petrou is now my most-hated character in this book because he had the power to end it and he failed.Travis S. McClainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15774869483357940473noreply@blogger.com