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crystalisreading's review against another edition
4.0
This is a well-written book. I am skeptical of people writing a book from the perspective of a different gender, but the cover and description both were very intriguing, and the story wasn't written in first person, so I gave it a try.
and I am very glad I did. I found this book engrossing from beginning to end. I guess this is steam punk dystopian young adult? A fascinating world he created, terrifying and mesmerizing, all the more intriguing because it's set in London. I loved the references to my era as "Ancient", and found the idea of archaeologists digging for reusable plastic pieces and Ancient tech completely fascinating and believable.
I also really liked most of the characters, and hated the ones I was supposed to, as well. I found Fever charming--she reminds me of Temperance Brennan, on Bones. I also loved Dr Crumb. What a good guy! Even Kit and Charley and Bagman were likable, if extremely complex. the children were written well, too, which was a pleasure. Not made into mini adults. Not immaturity glorified. Just kids, plain and simple. Ted Swiney was just horrible. ick! the only character I didn't really care for, and couldn't understand Dr Crumb's reaction to/ feelings for was Wavey Gotshawk. I thought she seemed pretty obnoxious and unlikable. I found Fever's view of Wavey to be more realistic.
I see there are two more books to this series, and I'm looking forward to reading them.
and I am very glad I did. I found this book engrossing from beginning to end. I guess this is steam punk dystopian young adult? A fascinating world he created, terrifying and mesmerizing, all the more intriguing because it's set in London. I loved the references to my era as "Ancient", and found the idea of archaeologists digging for reusable plastic pieces and Ancient tech completely fascinating and believable.
I also really liked most of the characters, and hated the ones I was supposed to, as well. I found Fever charming--she reminds me of Temperance Brennan, on Bones. I also loved Dr Crumb. What a good guy! Even Kit and Charley and Bagman were likable, if extremely complex. the children were written well, too, which was a pleasure. Not made into mini adults. Not immaturity glorified. Just kids, plain and simple. Ted Swiney was just horrible. ick! the only character I didn't really care for, and couldn't understand Dr Crumb's reaction to/ feelings for was Wavey Gotshawk. I thought she seemed pretty obnoxious and unlikable. I found Fever's view of Wavey to be more realistic.
I see there are two more books to this series, and I'm looking forward to reading them.
slizha's review against another edition
2.0
I'm not sure if this was horrible or wonderful. Maybe it was a bit of both. Like a train wreck.
kateofmind's review against another edition
4.0
Narrated by the author himself, with a delightful "unpublished excerpt as a coda, this might be my favorite entry in this universe so far. Fever is a great protagonist and I sort of love her. On with the binge!
alparks's review against another edition
4.0
I love weird steampunky future societies.Throw in some genetic mutation and a heroine with her crazy grandfather's memories running about in her head, and you've got something far more interesting than the typical young adult offering. Fever is anything but the normal 15 year old. She's obsessed with reason and logic, thinks emotions are absurd, and shaves her head. The only 'romance' in the book deals with the girl's parents' odd relationship and that hardly qualifies as lovey-dovey. She is a strong character who never falls into the 'woe-is-me' trap, even at her darkest moments. And, there's robot-ish soldiers, too.
chief_cook_and_librarian's review against another edition
5.0
If you can, listen to the audio book. Philip Reeve does the narration, and there's a deleted chapter at the end as well as a short interview.
sonshinelibrarian's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. The story was unexpected, gorgeous, and intriguing. I love the world building. It reminded me a little bit of Paolo Bacigalupi's Shipbreaker - but set in London. In a futuristic world where technology has almost completely disappeared, Fever is the only female Engineer. Adopted by one of the well-respected members of the field, Fever has grown up in a completely logical and rationale environment. But when she is 14, an archaeologist requests her help in a dig that might contain one of the greatest technological discoveries since the Downsizing and the overthrow of the Scrivens. But when Fever starts remembering things she can't possibly know, she will have to learn more about her past in order to figure out who she really is.
Beautiful story, fascinating history, exquisitely crafted backstory. A book you don't want to miss.
Beautiful story, fascinating history, exquisitely crafted backstory. A book you don't want to miss.
fell4's review against another edition
3.0
2.5
I like it, but only mildly. it was a quick read which was very nice and I would recommend it for younger kids. If you liked the Claudi Journals, you will like this book. Similar style in that this is the future, but it is much like the past (including women being considered, on the whole, inferior but not without their own agency which is a trope annoying me of late). Overall, a quick good to decent read to help me get out of a book slump.
I like it, but only mildly. it was a quick read which was very nice and I would recommend it for younger kids. If you liked the Claudi Journals, you will like this book. Similar style in that this is the future, but it is much like the past (including women being considered, on the whole, inferior but not without their own agency which is a trope annoying me of late). Overall, a quick good to decent read to help me get out of a book slump.
andromeda_1998's review against another edition
3.0
I’ve really liked the original series “the predator cities” and I was really hopeful about this book. It kind of let me down. The story felt cruel, a lot of harsh things where happening and I didn’t feel like they got the emotion they deserved. I feel like the book was written to fast and a bit sloppy. I’m still gonna read the other books in the fever crumb trilogy though. And I hope they will be better.
mrhslibrary's review against another edition
4.0
I've been looking forward to reading this novel and am glad that I did. It was a very interesting story line of the future. The misconceptions of different races of people that can cause them to war against each other and the destruction of technology and most things we take for granted and how that affects the lives of people was very interesting to see laid out. i was saddened by the loss of Kit though and really hoped that he would remember his children; having young children myself it made my heart break. I found myself hoping that the Movement would have had technology to help Kit.
josamarie's review against another edition
3.0
This was interesting and fast-paced, Fever was a fun character, though I'd love to have gotten a little more into the back story of some of the other characters. There were things that bothered me (poor Kit), but all in all it was fun to read and intrigued me enough to want to read his other Fever books and probably his Mortal Engines books as well.