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thestoryowl's review against another edition
5.0
Another great installment! I love the little nuances that tie these stories to real life historical events! I'm so excited for the next book!
annkniggendorf's review against another edition
5.0
Perfect. The middle book of a trilogy is oftentimes weaker with an unfinished feel to it. This is not the case here, though the series is really of connected books. Behemoth clearly keeps you glued to your reading chair for the last part of the series!
mmeagan's review against another edition
5.0
Totally hooked on this one!
When I finished the first book, Leviathan, I said to myself that I better immediately start the next instalment in the same sitting or else I might drift away from the series and never finish. I was interested enough in Leviathan which gave 3 stars but I wasn't invested yet.
That was not the case with the second book, Behemoth! This one was so much better! Now that the characters and world building was set up, the story just took off. I couldn't get through it fast enough and I wanted to start the third book immediately not because I was trying to trick myself into finishing the trilogy but because I couldn't wait to find out what happened next! The ending to this book was truly satisfying. I also loved how and when the title came into play in the story.
When I finished the first book, Leviathan, I said to myself that I better immediately start the next instalment in the same sitting or else I might drift away from the series and never finish. I was interested enough in Leviathan which gave 3 stars but I wasn't invested yet.
That was not the case with the second book, Behemoth! This one was so much better! Now that the characters and world building was set up, the story just took off. I couldn't get through it fast enough and I wanted to start the third book immediately not because I was trying to trick myself into finishing the trilogy but because I couldn't wait to find out what happened next! The ending to this book was truly satisfying. I also loved how and when the title came into play in the story.
penguini1976's review against another edition
4.0
I liked this much, much better than the first one. Hopefully the next one is just as good!
bougies_et_etoiles's review against another edition
4.0
I definitely took significantly longer to finish this book than the first book. However I can say for sure that the series only gets more interesting as I go along. Excited to see what Goliath has in store for our characters!
ameserole's review against another edition
4.0
Hello scientific world nerds that understand machinery.. spoiler alert, not me. However, I absolutely loved this audio Behemoth was such a good addition to the Leviathan series. I didn't think it would be possible to love certain characters even more.. but I did.
I feel like this book was less confusing than Leviathan by a mile. I definitely understood everything a little bit easier. HOWEVER, every timed Beastie was mentioned, or however it was spelled (spoiler alert (again): I listened to the audio) well, it reminded me of the movie Maleficent. EVERY TIME.
Besides all of that, there's still Deryn and Alek. Deryn was pretty cool in the first book, and sort of in this book, but she just annoyed the shit out of me when she was whining about Alek not being in love with her. *INSERT EYE ROLL GUYS*. I can't even tell you how many times my eyes rolled because she mentions how she has feelings for him and how he wouldn't or doesn't for her. UGH. Annoyance level was high with this book guys.
Alek was less annoying in this book which made me like him more. I also like how he's starting to question Deryn's character in this book. Does he really know who Deryn is? Nope, but he sure has hell can try. I'm all for that but if I'm being 100% honest, I don't really care for the romance between them. If it happens, it happens.
Overall, I really enjoyed listening to this book. I have already started Goliath, and so has my eye rolling, and I'm hoping it gets better and better before it ends. Hoping till the day I die guys.
I feel like this book was less confusing than Leviathan by a mile. I definitely understood everything a little bit easier. HOWEVER, every timed Beastie was mentioned, or however it was spelled (spoiler alert (again): I listened to the audio) well, it reminded me of the movie Maleficent. EVERY TIME.
Besides all of that, there's still Deryn and Alek. Deryn was pretty cool in the first book, and sort of in this book, but she just annoyed the shit out of me when she was whining about Alek not being in love with her. *INSERT EYE ROLL GUYS*. I can't even tell you how many times my eyes rolled because she mentions how she has feelings for him and how he wouldn't or doesn't for her. UGH. Annoyance level was high with this book guys.
Alek was less annoying in this book which made me like him more. I also like how he's starting to question Deryn's character in this book. Does he really know who Deryn is? Nope, but he sure has hell can try. I'm all for that but if I'm being 100% honest, I don't really care for the romance between them. If it happens, it happens.
Overall, I really enjoyed listening to this book. I have already started Goliath, and so has my eye rolling, and I'm hoping it gets better and better before it ends. Hoping till the day I die guys.
audreychamaine's review against another edition
4.0
When we left off at the end of Leviathan, the potential future Archduke of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Alek, and his group had joined up with the team of the British airship, the Leviathan, including a plucky girl-disguised-as-boy, Deryn (or Mr. Dylan Sharp to everyone, including you!) The partnership is an uneasy one, as very few on the Leviathan know anything about the Austrian group. They only know that they are enemies of the Germans. The Leviathan makes a diplomatic visit to Istanbul (not Constantinople), where things go very wrong. Alek and some of his crew make an escape into the city, but are soon pursued by the Germans who have taken over the city. Deryn is sent on a very dangerous secret mission where she loses her team. The two adolescents must find and help each other if they are to save themselves, the crew of the Leviathan, and perhaps end the war.
I enjoyed Behemoth better than Leviathan, mainly because we already have been introduced to the characters and are able to really get into the meat of the action and plot. In this book, we could sense the tension forming between Alek and Deryn, which was pretty obviously set up from the start. We’re also introduced to an incredibly cute prefabricated beast, Bovril, who knows much more than Alek and Deryn give him credit for. Deryn’s guilt has greatly increased about not telling Alek that she’s really a girl, but she also feels that it’s her duty to not tell him, since he’d have to fall in love with a girl as awesome as her, and since she’s a British commoner that would not do.
Like Leviathan, Behemoth is illustrated by Keith Thompson, and the illustrations are great. He does a nice job of capturing Westerfield’s description. I myself didn’t always know how to picture the prefabricated beasts or clanker machines, so Thompson’s drawings definitely enhanced my reading experience. Once again, the endpapers are really incredible and capture the character of WWI propaganda. I’m really curious to see what Thompson does for book 3′s endpapers to top the first two.
The trilogy’s final installment, Goliath, is set to be released on September 11 of this year.
I enjoyed Behemoth better than Leviathan, mainly because we already have been introduced to the characters and are able to really get into the meat of the action and plot. In this book, we could sense the tension forming between Alek and Deryn, which was pretty obviously set up from the start. We’re also introduced to an incredibly cute prefabricated beast, Bovril, who knows much more than Alek and Deryn give him credit for. Deryn’s guilt has greatly increased about not telling Alek that she’s really a girl, but she also feels that it’s her duty to not tell him, since he’d have to fall in love with a girl as awesome as her, and since she’s a British commoner that would not do.
Like Leviathan, Behemoth is illustrated by Keith Thompson, and the illustrations are great. He does a nice job of capturing Westerfield’s description. I myself didn’t always know how to picture the prefabricated beasts or clanker machines, so Thompson’s drawings definitely enhanced my reading experience. Once again, the endpapers are really incredible and capture the character of WWI propaganda. I’m really curious to see what Thompson does for book 3′s endpapers to top the first two.
The trilogy’s final installment, Goliath, is set to be released on September 11 of this year.
liketheday's review against another edition
3.0
I was not as excited by Behemoth as by its predecessor. Deryn, the soldier, is no longer as badass as she previously was... I mean, she's still fighting and doing awesome things, but she spends less time being like "I'm awesome and you can't argue with that" and more time mooning over his archduke-ness, Alek. I dislike mooning.
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