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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
It was ... fine.
There was ... a story.
Stuff ... happened.
Yeah.
2 out of 5 stars.
There was ... a story.
Stuff ... happened.
Yeah.
2 out of 5 stars.
I think I'll come back to this later! Not quite the right time for it yet.
Third entry in [a:Philip Reeve|27379|Philip Reeve|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1436868938p2/27379.jpg] 's Mortal Engines quartet, set 16 years after the end of [b:Predator's Gold|48722|Predator's Gold (Mortal Engines Quartet #2)|Philip Reeve|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1390103686l/48722._SY75_.jpg|1065641], and which largely shifts the focus away from Tom Natsworthy and Hester Shaw onto their daughter Wren, whilst also - at least in the first section - finishing off the story of Freya and Caul (the former Lost Boy).
As before, I found this to be uncertain of its own identity: the language and general style of the prose would lead you to believe it was written for children (or even the so-called tweenage audience), but then you get into the 'meat' of the story, with child slavery, death and mutilation all abounding!
Professor Pennyroyal also makes a return, with Hester Shaw herself coming across more - in this - as a complex anti-villain than she did in the previous entries, and with this also seeing the return of the Stalkers Shrike and Fang, both of whom largely drive the plot.
Worth a read, but maybe not the best 'jumping-on' point.
As before, I found this to be uncertain of its own identity: the language and general style of the prose would lead you to believe it was written for children (or even the so-called tweenage audience), but then you get into the 'meat' of the story, with child slavery, death and mutilation all abounding!
Professor Pennyroyal also makes a return, with Hester Shaw herself coming across more - in this - as a complex anti-villain than she did in the previous entries, and with this also seeing the return of the Stalkers Shrike and Fang, both of whom largely drive the plot.
Worth a read, but maybe not the best 'jumping-on' point.
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
This was probably one of my favorite books in the series so far. At this point, this world and these characters have quite grown on me.
I will admit - I had a bit of a spoiler from glancing at some other reviews before I started this book, and I was already informed that this book starts 15+ or so years in the future, with Tom and Hester having settled down in Anchorage/Vineland, and now having a daughter named Wren. I think it helped me mentally to know this going in, so it wasn't a shock, and I didn't have preconceived hopes and ideas about what would be happening in this story.
Anyway, we are introduced to Wren, who feels unsettled and unhappy with her boring and safe life in Vineland, and longs for the type of adventure she has heard in the stories of her people, especially her parents. Some old friends/foes resurface as the plot moves steadily along, and everything is about to change for Wren, Tom, and Hester.
I loved that Wren was the perfect mixture of both Tom and Hester, so different in their personalities that I have come to both know and love. I love Hester as a character, even though sometimes she can be so downright unlovable, and she knows this, and she fears it. It seems that her love for Tom is the only redeemable thing about her, and the only thing that keeps her from going completely over the edge. Leads one to think what would happen to her, what darkness would consume her, if she were to somehow lose Tom in her life ...
Definitely enjoyed getting some 'blasts from the past' characters, and enjoyed the new ones added as well. This book still holds a lot of somewhat unexpected violence, and it's written in such a way ... I'm not sure. Impartial? Distant? Nonchalant? But sometimes I cringe.
Still loving the audio-book version, Barnaby is still rocking the voices. I feel like he himself is a character I am going to miss when all this is said and done!
The fourth book is quite large ... looking forward to seeing how everything plays out. :)
I will admit - I had a bit of a spoiler from glancing at some other reviews before I started this book, and I was already informed that this book starts 15+ or so years in the future, with Tom and Hester having settled down in Anchorage/Vineland, and now having a daughter named Wren. I think it helped me mentally to know this going in, so it wasn't a shock, and I didn't have preconceived hopes and ideas about what would be happening in this story.
Anyway, we are introduced to Wren, who feels unsettled and unhappy with her boring and safe life in Vineland, and longs for the type of adventure she has heard in the stories of her people, especially her parents. Some old friends/foes resurface as the plot moves steadily along, and everything is about to change for Wren, Tom, and Hester.
I loved that Wren was the perfect mixture of both Tom and Hester, so different in their personalities that I have come to both know and love. I love Hester as a character, even though sometimes she can be so downright unlovable, and she knows this, and she fears it. It seems that her love for Tom is the only redeemable thing about her, and the only thing that keeps her from going completely over the edge. Leads one to think what would happen to her, what darkness would consume her, if she were to somehow lose Tom in her life ...
Definitely enjoyed getting some 'blasts from the past' characters, and enjoyed the new ones added as well. This book still holds a lot of somewhat unexpected violence, and it's written in such a way ... I'm not sure. Impartial? Distant? Nonchalant? But sometimes I cringe.
Still loving the audio-book version, Barnaby is still rocking the voices. I feel like he himself is a character I am going to miss when all this is said and done!
The fourth book is quite large ... looking forward to seeing how everything plays out. :)