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3.64 AVERAGE
3.64 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Fun and fast moving adventure with some nice original elements.
medium-paced
Another dystopic novel this time set in a futuristic London where society has broken down to the point of the reemergence of medieval times with some old tech still be salvaged and used. Think Mad Max meet Brother Cadfael. Fever Crumb is a 14 year old girl raised by the Order of Engineers a monk-like group looking for knowledge and reason within the crumbling world of London. Fever Crumb as an archaeological assistant comes face-to-face with the prejudice, half truths, and secrets of the world of the Scriveners, the super humans that use to rule London. Although the book was touted as a fast-paced novel, I found parts of it slow and laborious. This future was rather depressing and just a bit too off-putting for me to find the story interesting enough to be fully absorbed.
3.5 stars. This was a very unique sci-fi/dystopian/steampunk world. For the most part, I enjoyed listening to the audiobook, although parts were a bit violent (and I didn't like the whole concept of the "stalkers").
Finally! A well written, unique young adult novel that doesn't fall hazard to predictable boy/girl romance or silly unbelievable plot twists. Instead we get a unique universe set in a future London (the first book of the Fever Crumb trilogy is a prequel to another series which I'm looking forward to reading as well), an engaging plot, interesting family dynamics and a teenage female protagonist that I actually like. Also, Noodle Poodle.
Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Looking forward to reading the rest of the series.
Delightful. Fever Crumb's story in a dystopic, post-apocalyptic London is excellent. Her heritage and growth as she transitions from childhood bubble to adult aware of the world and her place in it is well told. Characters abound but are not confusing and even though I might have wished some of them were more fleshed-out--just so I could understand their (generally horrible and selfish) actions even more, it was still fully realized characters and plot with continuous pacing and a well delivered end.
The far future world was well imagined. Populated with characters with great depth, especially Fever.
I honestly got very confused and I really don’t care about Fever’s story. Whoops
So this is this steampunk of which they mention...this is a new genre for me. I was delighted, at the beginning with the ease, the fluency, and intuitiveness of the words. I thought we have here a winner. But this type of book needed a few strong twists. Instead, we get predictable plots, lazy devices which are excuses for shifting this and that character around without much invention(no pun). I have the two sequels of this trilogy ready to be read. But this book relied too much on a parables like preach. The book supports themes. Like childhood, innocence, coming of age, responsibility, history, legacy, genetics etc. For this book to turn on its head(again, no pun), it had to be just a bunch of original and exciting things that simply happened. Instead, it's not.