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A review by bulbasaurusthe7th
The Iron Jackal by Chris Wooding
5.0
It's always difficult to write a review of the later books in a series, so this will just be some observations about this one.
This is my second time reading through the series, which means I went in already knowing I liked it a lot. Now, if you are just first picking it all up, it probably takes some time to get to know the characters and start seriously caring about them, but by book 3 you are supposedly all in. By now we know most of the character's back stories, usually through shorter little flashbacks and conversations.
Here, though, Silo's past is used as the backdrop of a considerable chunk of the story and is more integrated into the whole thing.
Another interesting choice with the characters is adding one more member to the crew. That was kind of risky, especially when the ones we already have are so freaking likeable; that is one of the big strengths of the series, the group dynamic and the characters themselves. Now I am not saying I dislike Ashua, but there is no way I am liking her as much as for example Malvery. Nah, mate.
The exciting scenes (like one specific one with a fighter jet race) are extremely cinematic and cool. Part of me wants to see this as a series. Then again, looking at the track record big studios have with book adaptations, I do not want to see this ruined by turning Jez into a manhating turbo lesbian or changing Silo's back story, because black people can't be slavers.
But you could just see it, the huge fights and flying and freaking daemonism.
All in all, this is still one of my favourite series ever.
This is my second time reading through the series, which means I went in already knowing I liked it a lot. Now, if you are just first picking it all up, it probably takes some time to get to know the characters and start seriously caring about them, but by book 3 you are supposedly all in. By now we know most of the character's back stories, usually through shorter little flashbacks and conversations.
Here, though, Silo's past is used as the backdrop of a considerable chunk of the story and is more integrated into the whole thing.
Another interesting choice with the characters is adding one more member to the crew. That was kind of risky, especially when the ones we already have are so freaking likeable; that is one of the big strengths of the series, the group dynamic and the characters themselves. Now I am not saying I dislike Ashua, but there is no way I am liking her as much as for example Malvery. Nah, mate.
The exciting scenes (like one specific one with a fighter jet race) are extremely cinematic and cool. Part of me wants to see this as a series. Then again, looking at the track record big studios have with book adaptations, I do not want to see this ruined by turning Jez into a manhating turbo lesbian or changing Silo's back story, because black people can't be slavers.
But you could just see it, the huge fights and flying and freaking daemonism.
All in all, this is still one of my favourite series ever.