A review by briarrose1021
The Lost Compass by Joel Ross
5.0
Reader's Log Start-8 173.2
The Lost Compass picks up right where The Fog Diver left off. Immediately. The kids have made it to Port Oro, Mrs. E. is being helped by the doctors, and the cogs want Chess to dive for them; he just needs to find the map that leads to the Compass, find the Compass, and trigger it to start all before Kodoc starts attacking Port Oro. So, no big deal, really.
This book was just as much fun as The Fog Diver, or perhaps even more so because of the hope the kids were beginning to feel as they explored Port Oro, very cautious at first, and learn that life here was very different from life on Rooftop.
Throughout this story, we got to see more of each of the characters, learning about what makes them ... them, and while most of that time was spent on developing the characters of the crew, we also learned more about Vidious, Nisha, and other adults around the crew, Of course, now that the crew is on Port Oro, there is a whole new city of people to introduce, but it was done in a way that didn't feel overwhelming.
Just like in The Fog Diver, there are lots of pop culture references that sound like they've been through several rounds of the telephone game, and I think reading those was actually my favorite part of the book. Kudos to the author for thinking about how knowledge would change after several hundred years of people living above the Fog, with no way to access electronic databases - only paper ones - and how misunderstandings of information would happen over time.
So, long story short, if you read The Fog Diver, then you NEED to read The Lost Compass. If you haven't read The Fog Diver, then you REALLY NEED to read it so you can read The Lost Compass afterward. You will not be disappointed. Though, the stars-tangled pandas may confuse you. Anyway, as Bea would say - don't be a chuzzlewit! Go get a copy to read right now!
The Lost Compass picks up right where The Fog Diver left off. Immediately. The kids have made it to Port Oro, Mrs. E. is being helped by the doctors, and the cogs want Chess to dive for them; he just needs to find the map that leads to the Compass, find the Compass, and trigger it to start all before Kodoc starts attacking Port Oro. So, no big deal, really.
This book was just as much fun as The Fog Diver, or perhaps even more so because of the hope the kids were beginning to feel as they explored Port Oro, very cautious at first, and learn that life here was very different from life on Rooftop.
Throughout this story, we got to see more of each of the characters, learning about what makes them ... them, and while most of that time was spent on developing the characters of the crew, we also learned more about Vidious, Nisha, and other adults around the crew, Of course, now that the crew is on Port Oro, there is a whole new city of people to introduce, but it was done in a way that didn't feel overwhelming.
Just like in The Fog Diver, there are lots of pop culture references that sound like they've been through several rounds of the telephone game, and I think reading those was actually my favorite part of the book. Kudos to the author for thinking about how knowledge would change after several hundred years of people living above the Fog, with no way to access electronic databases - only paper ones - and how misunderstandings of information would happen over time.
So, long story short, if you read The Fog Diver, then you NEED to read The Lost Compass. If you haven't read The Fog Diver, then you REALLY NEED to read it so you can read The Lost Compass afterward. You will not be disappointed. Though, the stars-tangled pandas may confuse you. Anyway, as Bea would say - don't be a chuzzlewit! Go get a copy to read right now!