Kate's Reviews > The One Impossible Labyrinth

I'm a huge fan of Matthew Reilly's thrillers (some are among my favourite books) and The One Impossible Labyrinth feels momentous as, after a fair few years, it finishes the Jack West Jr series and our hero's endeavours to save the universe. It's all action from page one, immediately following the previous book which had a very irritating cliffhanger of an end, so don't read this without reading that one first. The writing is energetic and surprisingly emotional - this is fundamentally a novel about love, family and friendship, with a lot of puzzles, monsters (human and otherwise), traps, with everything on an epic scale. As usual, there are lots of illustrations to chart the labyrinth. Not my favourite of the series - it's a bit too full on and jumps about as the race speeds up, but I think this was probably inevitable now that we're at the end. I'm interested to see where the author heads next. He's written some stunning standalone thrillers (sometimes featuring the same characters). I'd love another of those. 3.5 stars rounded up.