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A review by synth
Murder on the Titania and Other Steam-Powered Adventures by Alex Acks
2.0
Well, I am disappointed
I quite liked the first story and was looking forward to the rest, but with each story my excitement died down a little. The picture being painted little by little of the Captain and her crew turned out less and less appealing to me, for reasons of cockiness and callousness and self-satisfaction and perfection on her part, and lack of any info about, and thus reader involvement in, her crew. Everyone and everything end up one-dimensional as the book tries hard to be a clever fun romp only to actually head toward being a condescending simplistic trudge.
I was also expecting actual gender exploration for some reason, which never materializes. Also, I expected sky pirates, not train robbers.
I quite liked the first story and was looking forward to the rest, but with each story my excitement died down a little. The picture being painted little by little of the Captain and her crew turned out less and less appealing to me, for reasons of cockiness and callousness and self-satisfaction and perfection on her part, and lack of any info about, and thus reader involvement in, her crew. Everyone and everything end up one-dimensional as the book tries hard to be a clever fun romp only to actually head toward being a condescending simplistic trudge.
I was also expecting actual gender exploration for some reason, which never materializes. Also, I expected sky pirates, not train robbers.