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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
adventurous
funny
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
I can't put my finger on what it is but these books are so addicting! Gail Carriger has such a unique and funny voice. Her writing has some of the subtle sarcasm I’ve read in classics, but somehow it’s got a modern flavor. It’s just so freaking beautiful. The story is captivating. I didn't want to put the book down. However, I must say that I was very, very annoyed with the end of this book. It is definitely a "cliff-hanger" type ending. But still, I love the world this author has created.
To any newcomers to this series, I highly recommend you start with book 1. Much will be missing from this book if you don't.
To any newcomers to this series, I highly recommend you start with book 1. Much will be missing from this book if you don't.
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
[6/10]
As bridge books for series go, this one is not the worst one I've read. The story is quite well-crafted. It feels like it is less important in the grand scheme of where the series eventually goes, but it does provide a necessary plot device for those later books as well.
For some reason this one doesn't hold my attention as well as some of the others in the series. It's still very entertaining and funny, just a little less compelling for me. I think it may have something to do with how political this installment is.
I find myself waffling when I think about the writing in this one. I think this book marks a shift away from character-driven story into a more plot-driven narrative. It gives her more room to play with the tone of the narrator voice, which is hilarious, but plot-driven is simply not my natural preference. Also, I found the secondary romance plot in this one to be awkward and a little disingenuous, but that may be because Alexia's perspective is so powerful that I can't disconnect from it (and that's definitely what Alexia thinks of that whole affair).
The steampunk vibe ratchets up significantly with the introduction of Madame Lefoux, and this is for sure when the series jumps headlong into the everyone's-a-little-gay universe. Those things elevate it into really fun territory.
The ending here will be a controversial one -- for me, it makes me pick up the next one right away to get to a better conclusion. For others, it makes them so angry they stop reading the series forever and miss out on all the fun things that happen after you get through this little hiccough... looking at you, HeiHei.
As bridge books for series go, this one is not the worst one I've read. The story is quite well-crafted. It feels like it is less important in the grand scheme of where the series eventually goes, but it does provide a necessary plot device for those later books as well.
For some reason this one doesn't hold my attention as well as some of the others in the series. It's still very entertaining and funny, just a little less compelling for me. I think it may have something to do with how political this installment is.
I find myself waffling when I think about the writing in this one. I think this book marks a shift away from character-driven story into a more plot-driven narrative. It gives her more room to play with the tone of the narrator voice, which is hilarious, but plot-driven is simply not my natural preference. Also, I found the secondary romance plot in this one to be awkward and a little disingenuous, but that may be because Alexia's perspective is so powerful that I can't disconnect from it (and that's definitely what Alexia thinks of that whole affair).
The steampunk vibe ratchets up significantly with the introduction of Madame Lefoux, and this is for sure when the series jumps headlong into the everyone's-a-little-gay universe. Those things elevate it into really fun territory.
The ending here will be a controversial one -- for me, it makes me pick up the next one right away to get to a better conclusion. For others, it makes them so angry they stop reading the series forever and miss out on all the fun things that happen after you get through this little hiccough... looking at you, HeiHei.
adventurous
emotional
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
sad
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:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Abandonment
Moderate: Misogyny, Pregnancy, War
Minor: Body horror, Body shaming
adventurous
funny
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Super-enjoyable except for the ending. What an unfortunate ending.
There are more elements of steampunk in this second Parasol Protectorate (I love the name of the series!) novel than in the second one, which was interesting. I liked that Carriger wasn't overly obsessed with giving a gear by gear explanation of how those crazy gadgets and machinations worked.
The mystery in this book unfolded much more slowly than the first one. I was eased into it so delicately that I didn't realize what the plot of the book was until almost at the apex. There are a lot of going-ons in this book, but they do tie neatly together. The solution to the mystery was pretty anti-climatic.
I'd like to say that there's more character building in Changeless, but there isn't. All the characters are still very one-dimensional to the point of being annoying. Ivy and her crazy hats and dim-wittedness. The mean half-sister and her self-centeredness. Alexia and her ample, heaving bossoms. Lord Maccon and his yelling and Scottishness.
The ending was kind of abrupt with a lot of things resolving and happening at once to ultimately fall off at a soap-operaish cliffhanger. Before that part, I was ambivalent about reading the third book, but now I *have* to know what happens.
Changeless isn't the most deep or thought-provoking book I've read, but Carriger has a way of words and the book is fun and light-hearted.
The mystery in this book unfolded much more slowly than the first one. I was eased into it so delicately that I didn't realize what the plot of the book was until almost at the apex. There are a lot of going-ons in this book, but they do tie neatly together. The solution to the mystery was pretty anti-climatic.
I'd like to say that there's more character building in Changeless, but there isn't. All the characters are still very one-dimensional to the point of being annoying. Ivy and her crazy hats and dim-wittedness. The mean half-sister and her self-centeredness. Alexia and her ample, heaving bossoms. Lord Maccon and his yelling and Scottishness.
The ending was kind of abrupt with a lot of things resolving and happening at once to ultimately fall off at a soap-operaish cliffhanger. Before that part, I was ambivalent about reading the third book, but now I *have* to know what happens.
Changeless isn't the most deep or thought-provoking book I've read, but Carriger has a way of words and the book is fun and light-hearted.