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A review by melhara
Larklight by Philip Reeve
3.0
This was a cute children's sci-fi book about two kids, Art and Myrtle, who live in Larklight, a house that floats in space somewhere 'north' of the moon (where is north when you're in outer-space?)
On an unfortunate afternoon, Larklight came under attack by giant evil space spiders, forcing Art and Myrtle to escape to the moon. There, they meet Jack Havock and his alien pirate crew. Together, they travel through space to find a way to save Larklight.
I wasn't too fond of the whole 1800's setting and weird 'science' that took place in [b: Larklight|287892|Larklight (Larklight, #1)|Philip Reeve|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1438032062s/287892.jpg|3981653]. [a: Philip Reeve|27379|Philip Reeve|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1436868938p2/27379.jpg] describes space as if it were a body of water where spaceships look like ships. Where you can find space-whales and space-squids and Icthyomorphs (or alien fishes) swimming freely across the aether. Where humans can survive in space and swim from one point to another. Quite nonsensical, really. But I imagine it would be a highly enjoyable world for a child to read about.
What I did enjoy, were the wonderful illustrations. Kudos to [a: David Wyatt|70032|David Wyatt|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for the beautiful ink drawings.
On an unfortunate afternoon, Larklight came under attack by giant evil space spiders, forcing Art and Myrtle to escape to the moon. There, they meet Jack Havock and his alien pirate crew. Together, they travel through space to find a way to save Larklight.
I wasn't too fond of the whole 1800's setting and weird 'science' that took place in [b: Larklight|287892|Larklight (Larklight, #1)|Philip Reeve|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1438032062s/287892.jpg|3981653]. [a: Philip Reeve|27379|Philip Reeve|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1436868938p2/27379.jpg] describes space as if it were a body of water where spaceships look like ships. Where you can find space-whales and space-squids and Icthyomorphs (or alien fishes) swimming freely across the aether. Where humans can survive in space and swim from one point to another. Quite nonsensical, really. But I imagine it would be a highly enjoyable world for a child to read about.
What I did enjoy, were the wonderful illustrations. Kudos to [a: David Wyatt|70032|David Wyatt|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] for the beautiful ink drawings.