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3.89 AVERAGE
3.89 AVERAGE
This one wasn't as interesting as the author's first. There weren't any interesting characters except Madame LeFoux. It seemed to take 250 dull-ish pages until we reached the climax which felt very clichéd. Although, there were a couple of fun and exciting scenes this book in the end fell flat for me. The book does end on a soft cliffhanger.
Enjoyable, as the first in the series, but I was frustrated by how long it took everyone to put the clues together, and there were a few too many overly long tangents in the interim. Still going to read the third.
The ending!!!!!!!!!!
In the secon book of the Parasol Protectorate series, Lady Maccon finds herself in Scotland dealing with a sudden mortal-ness of the Kingair pack.
I have to say, with out the will they won't they aspect of the first book, this one wasn't as much fun. But Ivy was completely hillarious.
In the secon book of the Parasol Protectorate series, Lady Maccon finds herself in Scotland dealing with a sudden mortal-ness of the Kingair pack.
I have to say, with out the will they won't they aspect of the first book, this one wasn't as much fun. But Ivy was completely hillarious.
I remember picking up the first one in this series strictly for the name. It was my first time being introduced to the Steampunk niche and frankly I am hooked.I loved this story so much and appreciated how the title was apart of the story and trying to figure out why or how they are changeless was almost as fun as reading it. I love how the conflict was introduced and seeing Madame Lefoux in her hat shop was such a nice surprise (you have read the Finishing school series)The pacing was slow at times and not everything fully matched up in the end but the parts that were interesting kept me going and made me want to push through the slow parts instead of just putting the story down. The Mummy unwrapping party really intrigued me but I also cringed the whole time because they were destroying history. After reading about that I looked it up that they were real things and not just a weird plot device used to make the story make sense. I appreciate how much detail and accuracy Gail Carriger puts into her Victorian era writing. These books are making me want to dive into the history as well.The reason I did not give this book five stars was really just a personal reason and has nothing to do with the book. I loved the story so much but once the ending occurred I was so sad that it ended there that I just couldn't do 5 stars Just too sad haha. But I still recommend.
When the troubles of the world seem destined to defeat me, do I walk into a drinking establishment, order a scotch (neat), tell the proprietor to keep them coming, and grab the first sailor who comes my way? My heavens no! (Well, no longer...but that's another story). Fifty Shades of Inane Writing and Bad S+M Sex? No way, not for this educated gal who still harbours the fantasy that she'll be the female lovechild of Hemingway and Woolf. I prefer my lowbrow to be a little more highbrow. Instead, I pick up a steampunk-vampire-werewolf novel with a kick-ass female heroine and, thusly, make my escape. Huzzah for the Parasol Protectorate!
adventurous
dark
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
CHANGLESS is a pretty good book which is utterly ruined by a terrible ending.
CHANGELESS begins with annoyances and crises, the regiment has appeared on the lawn and a mysterious plague of mortality has fallen upon London’s normally supernatural residents. This introduces Madame Lefoux, a hat-maker and inventor who affects masculine dress as a matter of course. There’s an entirely new storyline related to Madame Lefoux, Ivy, the mortality plague, and a sudden need to travel to Scotland. This doesn’t wrap up anything left hanging, though it is nice to see Alexia and Conall as a married couple. Several things related to the mortality issue and Conall’s past are introduced and resolved. This isn’t the final book and has a very sudden cliffhanger which demands to be addressed in the next volume. Alexia is still the main narrator and her voice is consistent, though there are some sections following other characters. I like Madame Lefoux, she's a great addition to the ensemble of characters.
There’s enough backstory given that this could mostly make sense if someone started here and hadn’t read the first book, but this book thrives on banter and relationships, so it will be much more impactful for anyone who started the series at the beginning.
Because the setting is based on real-life Victorian England (and Scotland), but with supernatural elements and steampunk, it ends up engaging with Great Britain as an empire and not just a country. The regiment which shows up was returning from serving the British military in India, apparently some kind of colonialist possession, though I’m not sure how precisely it aligns with the real trajectory of that situation. There are also mentions of British military presence in North Africa. The main characters are supernatural representatives in Queen Victoria’s government, but this is the first real reference to British colonization in the series.
I hate the ending. It’s technically in keeping with the various characters’ personalities, but it’s sudden and stressful and I’ve never liked it.
CHANGELESS begins with annoyances and crises, the regiment has appeared on the lawn and a mysterious plague of mortality has fallen upon London’s normally supernatural residents. This introduces Madame Lefoux, a hat-maker and inventor who affects masculine dress as a matter of course. There’s an entirely new storyline related to Madame Lefoux, Ivy, the mortality plague, and a sudden need to travel to Scotland. This doesn’t wrap up anything left hanging, though it is nice to see Alexia and Conall as a married couple. Several things related to the mortality issue and Conall’s past are introduced and resolved. This isn’t the final book and has a very sudden cliffhanger which demands to be addressed in the next volume. Alexia is still the main narrator and her voice is consistent, though there are some sections following other characters. I like Madame Lefoux, she's a great addition to the ensemble of characters.
There’s enough backstory given that this could mostly make sense if someone started here and hadn’t read the first book, but this book thrives on banter and relationships, so it will be much more impactful for anyone who started the series at the beginning.
Because the setting is based on real-life Victorian England (and Scotland), but with supernatural elements and steampunk, it ends up engaging with Great Britain as an empire and not just a country. The regiment which shows up was returning from serving the British military in India, apparently some kind of colonialist possession, though I’m not sure how precisely it aligns with the real trajectory of that situation. There are also mentions of British military presence in North Africa. The main characters are supernatural representatives in Queen Victoria’s government, but this is the first real reference to British colonization in the series.
I hate the ending. It’s technically in keeping with the various characters’ personalities, but it’s sudden and stressful and I’ve never liked it.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood
Moderate: Cursing, Gun violence, Racism, Sexism, Sexual content, Violence, Blood, Grief, Colonisation, Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Body shaming, Drug use, Infidelity, Vomit, Pregnancy, Alcohol, Sexual harassment, War
“Alexia, I do not mean to be at all rude. But I really do believe your sister may be an actual nincompoop.”
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Alexia Tarabotti is back as Lady Maccon! Just as all the supernatural regiments return to town, so does some kind of supernatural phenomena. All the ghosts have been exorcised, and both werewolves and vampires are completely and utterly human, at least with the London radius. Alexia is out in charge of the investigation by Queen Victoria herself, and it takes her to Scotland!
Ahh! Can I start by saying, this is completely and utterly different from the first book, and leads on to the third - which has really frustrated me because I wasn’t planning on reading the next one straight away! It made me gasp and cry…!
Carriger introduces some new characters in this book, and builds on smaller characters from the previous book. I inhaled this book, and it was really attention capturing- but golly gosh, that final chapter really threw me! Like woah! Again, Carriger has managed to write a book about all my favourite literary topics at once and pulled it off incredibly! It was really easy to follow, even with the swap of perspectives!
I’m really looking forward to book three - but it must wait a while!
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Alexia Tarabotti is back as Lady Maccon! Just as all the supernatural regiments return to town, so does some kind of supernatural phenomena. All the ghosts have been exorcised, and both werewolves and vampires are completely and utterly human, at least with the London radius. Alexia is out in charge of the investigation by Queen Victoria herself, and it takes her to Scotland!
Ahh! Can I start by saying, this is completely and utterly different from the first book, and leads on to the third - which has really frustrated me because I wasn’t planning on reading the next one straight away! It made me gasp and cry…!
Carriger introduces some new characters in this book, and builds on smaller characters from the previous book. I inhaled this book, and it was really attention capturing- but golly gosh, that final chapter really threw me! Like woah! Again, Carriger has managed to write a book about all my favourite literary topics at once and pulled it off incredibly! It was really easy to follow, even with the swap of perspectives!
I’m really looking forward to book three - but it must wait a while!
Meine Rezension: https://amerdale.wordpress.com/2014/04/29/gelesen-gail-carriger-changeless/
Had to bump this down from 4 stars to 3 because I thought the ending was totally out of character for both the hero and the heroine. Still definitely reading the third in the series (how could I not, after that cliffhanger?) but I'm not sure if I'll keep going after that.
oh damn, i'm furious but that ending was definitely enough to keep me reading.