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greektragedyy's review against another edition
5.0
Beautifully written, with believable characters, I loved watching Fever grow from an enjineer to a young adult. This quick paced story is set like no other.
hollylynna's review against another edition
3.0
Yay to Philip Rreve for revisting his "mortal engines" world once again. Reeve was the author who turned me on to Steampunk when i first heard about. Fever Crumb was an intriguing character and I enjoyed this prequel very much. I would love to hear more of Fever's story!
linasbookcase's review against another edition
5.0
Philip Reeve takes us into the future of our own world, but also back into the history of the world of Mortal Engines in an (as always) amazingly well written way. His attention for detail is as astonishing as it is clever, portraying our own "ancient" civilization as forgotten, mystified and as alien to them as, lets say, the culture of the Maya people is to us. I particularly enjoy the way Reeve let the language develop, using "blog" or "blogging" as an insult or swear word, let different parts of London have their names changed (Pickled Eel Circus, Eefrow) and describes "Cheesers Crice" as "the name of some obscure cockney god".
All this I already knew and loved about Philip Reeve's writing, having adored the Mortal Engines quartet during my teens. And this being a prequel to those particular books I found immense delight in having part of the history of the Traction cities explained; meeting Quercus: the to-be God Quirke of the moving city of London; having the story of the Stalker Shrike's making and flaws told and seeing how the inhabitants of the non-moving London at first feared the Tractionists, or "The Movement", the same way the people of the moving cities later fear the Anti-Tractionists in the Mortal Engines quartet.
All this I already knew and loved about Philip Reeve's writing, having adored the Mortal Engines quartet during my teens. And this being a prequel to those particular books I found immense delight in having part of the history of the Traction cities explained; meeting Quercus: the to-be God Quirke of the moving city of London; having the story of the Stalker Shrike's making and flaws told and seeing how the inhabitants of the non-moving London at first feared the Tractionists, or "The Movement", the same way the people of the moving cities later fear the Anti-Tractionists in the Mortal Engines quartet.
woolfardis's review against another edition
2.0
Oddly, not nearly anywhere near as good as the prequel-sequel books of the Mortal Engines quartet. It enjoyably explains a few things about the traction city London that appears in the quartet, and has the same good humour that is subtle but often far too wonderful.
ceridwyn's review
3.0
I enjoyed this, but compared to Mortal Engines it didn't have the awe-inspiring depth and swoop. It didn't pick me up and hurtle me along to something surprising, shocking and wonderful.
I'll certainly read more in this universe if Reeve writes it, because his world building is beyond compare, but I need a little more oompf in the character development department I think - it felt strangely emotionless.
I'll certainly read more in this universe if Reeve writes it, because his world building is beyond compare, but I need a little more oompf in the character development department I think - it felt strangely emotionless.
nannahnannah's review against another edition
4.0
Fever Crumb is an interesting read.
I think, to be honest, it's more interesting than enjoyable, but it definitely wasn't bad.
I feel as though Reeve cheated us on some great emotional impact and plot twists by the way he laid them out and wrote them, but some were still surprising enough. And though the ending was fairly lackluster, it was still an okay read.
I think, to be honest, it's more interesting than enjoyable, but it definitely wasn't bad.
I feel as though Reeve cheated us on some great emotional impact and plot twists by the way he laid them out and wrote them, but some were still surprising enough. And though the ending was fairly lackluster, it was still an okay read.
katlikespie's review against another edition
3.0
An odd but interesting futuristic/dystopian novel that has a steampunk feel to it.
goodmd14's review against another edition
Reasons for not finishing.
1. I am discovering that I am not a huge straight science fiction fan.
2. 70 pages in and it has not captured my attention. I could care less what is going to happen next.
Reasons why I might pick it up again.
1. The writing is excellent. I like the idea of the book and the author is very clever.
2. If it wins a Printz award or a spot in the top ten best books for YA. I picked it up in the first place because there is some buzz surrounding this novel.
1. I am discovering that I am not a huge straight science fiction fan.
2. 70 pages in and it has not captured my attention. I could care less what is going to happen next.
Reasons why I might pick it up again.
1. The writing is excellent. I like the idea of the book and the author is very clever.
2. If it wins a Printz award or a spot in the top ten best books for YA. I picked it up in the first place because there is some buzz surrounding this novel.