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A review by cgreaderbee
Infernal Devices by Philip Reeve
4.0
This was probably one of my favorite books in the series so far. At this point, this world and these characters have quite grown on me.
I will admit - I had a bit of a spoiler from glancing at some other reviews before I started this book, and I was already informed that this book starts 15+ or so years in the future, with Tom and Hester having settled down in Anchorage/Vineland, and now having a daughter named Wren. I think it helped me mentally to know this going in, so it wasn't a shock, and I didn't have preconceived hopes and ideas about what would be happening in this story.
Anyway, we are introduced to Wren, who feels unsettled and unhappy with her boring and safe life in Vineland, and longs for the type of adventure she has heard in the stories of her people, especially her parents. Some old friends/foes resurface as the plot moves steadily along, and everything is about to change for Wren, Tom, and Hester.
I loved that Wren was the perfect mixture of both Tom and Hester, so different in their personalities that I have come to both know and love. I love Hester as a character, even though sometimes she can be so downright unlovable, and she knows this, and she fears it. It seems that her love for Tom is the only redeemable thing about her, and the only thing that keeps her from going completely over the edge. Leads one to think what would happen to her, what darkness would consume her, if she were to somehow lose Tom in her life ...
Definitely enjoyed getting some 'blasts from the past' characters, and enjoyed the new ones added as well. This book still holds a lot of somewhat unexpected violence, and it's written in such a way ... I'm not sure. Impartial? Distant? Nonchalant? But sometimes I cringe.
Still loving the audio-book version, Barnaby is still rocking the voices. I feel like he himself is a character I am going to miss when all this is said and done!
The fourth book is quite large ... looking forward to seeing how everything plays out. :)
I will admit - I had a bit of a spoiler from glancing at some other reviews before I started this book, and I was already informed that this book starts 15+ or so years in the future, with Tom and Hester having settled down in Anchorage/Vineland, and now having a daughter named Wren. I think it helped me mentally to know this going in, so it wasn't a shock, and I didn't have preconceived hopes and ideas about what would be happening in this story.
Anyway, we are introduced to Wren, who feels unsettled and unhappy with her boring and safe life in Vineland, and longs for the type of adventure she has heard in the stories of her people, especially her parents. Some old friends/foes resurface as the plot moves steadily along, and everything is about to change for Wren, Tom, and Hester.
I loved that Wren was the perfect mixture of both Tom and Hester, so different in their personalities that I have come to both know and love. I love Hester as a character, even though sometimes she can be so downright unlovable, and she knows this, and she fears it. It seems that her love for Tom is the only redeemable thing about her, and the only thing that keeps her from going completely over the edge. Leads one to think what would happen to her, what darkness would consume her, if she were to somehow lose Tom in her life ...
Definitely enjoyed getting some 'blasts from the past' characters, and enjoyed the new ones added as well. This book still holds a lot of somewhat unexpected violence, and it's written in such a way ... I'm not sure. Impartial? Distant? Nonchalant? But sometimes I cringe.
Still loving the audio-book version, Barnaby is still rocking the voices. I feel like he himself is a character I am going to miss when all this is said and done!
The fourth book is quite large ... looking forward to seeing how everything plays out. :)