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3.7 AVERAGE
3.7 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
hopeful
inspiring
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Unique twists for YA dystopian novels. I enjoyed it immensely, and once again Reeve built on some neat new tech for his fictional world.
I love this book; it's just really telling that it took me a while to read it because I dislike Wren Natsworthy so damn much as a character. The fact that she managed to evoke such a strong response in me speaks volumes to Reeve's ability as a writer. I really enjoyed the plot, I really enjoyed everyone else, I'm starting the next book right now - but oh dear god Wren pleaseshutupugh.
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
fast-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:
Yes
Ok. So the setting is great, the plot is passable and simple (but hey, this is YA), but GEEZ are the characters one dimensional. It would be ok if maybe 1 or 2 were, and maybe the side characters, but this guy wouldn't know character development if it jumped up and down on his head! It wouldn't even bother me if there weren't SO MANY opportunities to give the characters some depth. But nope. They all have 1 track minds, and the emotional range of a toothbrush. I think the most compelling character in the series was Kate Valentine in the first book (actually, I think most of the characters had a little more umph in the first book). Really, that just makes what could be a stand out series just a mediocre one.
adventurous
emotional
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Infernal Devices is the third book in the Mortal Engines, steampunk, science fiction Quartet by Philip Reeve and boy did this book set me off. I am currently reading this Quartet along with my partner as a little joint buddy read, with it being one of his favourite childhood series. After finishing book 2, Predator's Gold, I went into this book not all that excited, as I pretty much lost a little interest and skim read the majority of that book. Maybe it just suffered from second-book syndrome.
This book takes a giant leap forward from where we left on from the previous book, roughly 16 years, so the characters we have grown to know have gotten a little older time has past since we last seen them. We begin with something quite dramatic that really got me right back into this story and grabbed my attention, bringing me back to the spirit of the first book, Mortal Engines, that I had initially loved about this series. It's the new action, the danger and the characters, that quite possibly may make this my favourite in the quartet so far.
Hester Shaw is one of the main characters within this series, if not the main character. She is definitely a flawed character, there's no denying that. Throughout my read, I've never had a clear view on how I've felt about her, sitting a little on the fence, regarding whether I liked or disliked her and whether she was actually good, bad, or utterly selfish. This book put an end to that indecisiveness from me as I now hate her, with a hate that's so pure! Her characters background explains her actions, her feelings, with how she was brought up and by who, but that doesn't make any of it right, especially when it is sometime contradictory.
I don't know where this book is going to go from how it ended and how it is finally going to conclude. I am seriously fascinated and am really excited for this conclusion, but I do hope that it is a good and oh so satisfying conclusion, rather than just trying to sum everything up quickly. Very few book series/trilogies/quartets/duologies have a great ending, so I am a little nervous. Fingers Crossed
This book takes a giant leap forward from where we left on from the previous book, roughly 16 years, so the characters we have grown to know have gotten a little older time has past since we last seen them. We begin with something quite dramatic that really got me right back into this story and grabbed my attention, bringing me back to the spirit of the first book, Mortal Engines, that I had initially loved about this series. It's the new action, the danger and the characters, that quite possibly may make this my favourite in the quartet so far.
Hester Shaw is one of the main characters within this series, if not the main character. She is definitely a flawed character, there's no denying that. Throughout my read, I've never had a clear view on how I've felt about her, sitting a little on the fence, regarding whether I liked or disliked her and whether she was actually good, bad, or utterly selfish. This book put an end to that indecisiveness from me as I now hate her, with a hate that's so pure! Her characters background explains her actions, her feelings, with how she was brought up and by who, but that doesn't make any of it right, especially when it is sometime contradictory.
I don't know where this book is going to go from how it ended and how it is finally going to conclude. I am seriously fascinated and am really excited for this conclusion, but I do hope that it is a good and oh so satisfying conclusion, rather than just trying to sum everything up quickly. Very few book series/trilogies/quartets/duologies have a great ending, so I am a little nervous. Fingers Crossed
I am 99% sure I never finished this book in 2007, though I have it marked down. it is so horrible in the beginning but the ending is wonderful.