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amlibera's review against another edition
4.0
The middle books of a series are always a bit more complicated - you can feel some of where it's going but you can't get there and you don't have quite the same pleasure of discovering the world. Having said that, the pleasures of this middle book of the series are considerable - my personal favorites being Ono and Karl the raccoon.
ameserole's review against another edition
4.0
THIS WAS SO GOOD! Please tell me there's another book?
The Clockwork Ghost was, again, so freaking good! I don't know what it is about this series but it's a lot of fun to listen to. Maybe next time around, whenever I'm in the mood for a re-read, I will try out the physical or ebook version. Just like in the first book, the gang is still solving the cipher which honestly had me completely sucked in. I'm a terrible detective and an okay-ish problem solver.. so I was glad that I wasn't in this book because it would've been a complete shit show.
Now the whole solving per say didn't really go that quickly - which in a way, I liked. I felt like things weren't getting rushed and it gave my brain time to piece things together. Then there's getting random pov's - like candy. I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT.. BUT I'M SURE IT WILL KICK ME IN THE ASS LATER.
Other than that, it made me laugh and smile. Definitely can't wait for the next book to come out because I just want the next adventure!
The Clockwork Ghost was, again, so freaking good! I don't know what it is about this series but it's a lot of fun to listen to. Maybe next time around, whenever I'm in the mood for a re-read, I will try out the physical or ebook version. Just like in the first book, the gang is still solving the cipher which honestly had me completely sucked in. I'm a terrible detective and an okay-ish problem solver.. so I was glad that I wasn't in this book because it would've been a complete shit show.
Now the whole solving per say didn't really go that quickly - which in a way, I liked. I felt like things weren't getting rushed and it gave my brain time to piece things together. Then there's getting random pov's - like candy. I STILL HAVE NO IDEA WHY THAT WAS IMPORTANT.. BUT I'M SURE IT WILL KICK ME IN THE ASS LATER.
Other than that, it made me laugh and smile. Definitely can't wait for the next book to come out because I just want the next adventure!
rachelbookdragon's review against another edition
4.0
4.5 Stars. Ummm. That ending. Wow, I did not see that coming. This book’s plot hints at something impossibly complex being unspooled in the next book in the series, and I am eager to pick it up.
This was another great installment in the series, keeping the momentum generated from the first book, and like an underway car speeding on the tracks, doesn’t stop. This incredibly imaginative alternate NYC remains intriguing and full of secrets.
I really enjoyed the chapters told from unexpected points of view, like Carl and the blondes. There is so much happening in this series, from experimentation of chimera animals, to wealthy and corrupt people pulling strings behind the scenes, to the mysterious machines, and what they found in the trunk and the lady in grey. I almost cannot wrap my head around it all, and yet I think there is only one more book in the series. I cannot wait for it to be released.
The characters in the story continue to grow and mature. I particularly like Aunt Esther and her quirky nature and impossible job history. Ohno was also a funny highlight. Beyond everything, I marvel at the great Jewish representation in the story. The mention of horas at weddings, shivas, Hanukkah, and everything else Jewish woven into the story just makes me so happy. I love seeing myself represented on the page.
Laura Ruby writes such beautiful prose. I am thoroughly impressed with the intelligence of this series and the great narration of the audiobooks. Can’t wait for the next one.
This was another great installment in the series, keeping the momentum generated from the first book, and like an underway car speeding on the tracks, doesn’t stop. This incredibly imaginative alternate NYC remains intriguing and full of secrets.
I really enjoyed the chapters told from unexpected points of view, like Carl and the blondes. There is so much happening in this series, from experimentation of chimera animals, to wealthy and corrupt people pulling strings behind the scenes, to the mysterious machines, and what they found in the trunk and the lady in grey. I almost cannot wrap my head around it all, and yet I think there is only one more book in the series. I cannot wait for it to be released.
The characters in the story continue to grow and mature. I particularly like Aunt Esther and her quirky nature and impossible job history. Ohno was also a funny highlight. Beyond everything, I marvel at the great Jewish representation in the story. The mention of horas at weddings, shivas, Hanukkah, and everything else Jewish woven into the story just makes me so happy. I love seeing myself represented on the page.
Laura Ruby writes such beautiful prose. I am thoroughly impressed with the intelligence of this series and the great narration of the audiobooks. Can’t wait for the next one.
emromc's review
4.0
Cute, witty, fun, nice mystery, cool clue, BANG, total twist ending! Where's book 3??
simoneclark's review against another edition
4.0
3.5 stars rounded up to 4.
This one wasn't as good as I had expected. I found the end confusing. In addition, I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was horrible when he read older characters. He made them sound like howling ghosts.
This one wasn't as good as I had expected. I found the end confusing. In addition, I listened to the audiobook and the narrator was horrible when he read older characters. He made them sound like howling ghosts.
haleybeck's review
3.0
Ok this was surprisingly better than the first one. Maybe like 2.75 stars. The first half was still pretty boring and slow. Then the seconds half got quick paced but it felt like when a kid comes up with a story and keeps throwing all these random things in that totally weren't there in the beginning.
We get some enemies in this one. We've got the animal perspective (weird). We might have time travel? Also, a creepy abandoned medical facility on an island. Honestly that's more scary than crime books I read. And we have many many more questions and no answers... so I guess I must read the third one.
I love Aunt Esther, she seems to have the answers to everything and be so extremely supportive. And Ono! He's basically Pickett in machine form. I love him.
I didn't like the racism (again) of pretty much only describing people by their skin color and the long digression of "evil white people colonizing America" that literally has nothing to do with the story. oh also the main character is constantly "cursing under her breath." If this author simply stuck to the actual storyline, she'd have a much better book.
We get some enemies in this one. We've got the animal perspective (weird). We might have time travel? Also, a creepy abandoned medical facility on an island. Honestly that's more scary than crime books I read. And we have many many more questions and no answers... so I guess I must read the third one.
I love Aunt Esther, she seems to have the answers to everything and be so extremely supportive. And Ono! He's basically Pickett in machine form. I love him.
I didn't like the racism (again) of pretty much only describing people by their skin color and the long digression of "evil white people colonizing America" that literally has nothing to do with the story. oh also the main character is constantly "cursing under her breath." If this author simply stuck to the actual storyline, she'd have a much better book.
tallulahk's review
4.0
I really enjoyed reading this book, but I thought that in straying from the typical structure of a mystery book, as the climax occurred in the penultimate chapter, it lost its appeal on its own—yes, it was quite fun to read, and yes, its contents were absolutely vital to the development and progression of the series (a photo from 1807, even though cameras were invented in the 1850s, of two of the main characters, Tess and Theodore, was discovered in a suitcase)—but despite this, I felt as though the book was just existing for the other books, and didn’t have any significance or notability on its own.
booksandlemonsquash's review against another edition
4.0
I enjoyed this instalment in the York series a lot, but felt it wasn’t quite as strong as the first - it suffered a little from the distance between the kids, the introduction of a new bad guy, and not really providing answers in the way the first one did.
That said, I loved the puzzles in this one and how we learn as we go. And there’s some really intriguing parts happening right at the end! It’s going to feel like a long wait for the next book!
That said, I loved the puzzles in this one and how we learn as we go. And there’s some really intriguing parts happening right at the end! It’s going to feel like a long wait for the next book!