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A review by ceridwyn
Larklight by Philip Reeve
4.0
Philip Reeve has such amazing world building skills. I adored the reveal of how and why his universe was different from ours, especially that it took until three-quarters of the way through a junior fiction book to explain.
The books made me want to be a 9 year old boy because they were exactly what I would want to read - although as a 38-year-old woman I enjoyed the glee and escapism.
The plots are very comic book reality and sometimes they felt a bit too shallow (possibly a result of being written for younger readers than I'm used to). Although the relationship between the brother and sister is fabulous - and Art's revealing of his sister's feelings is masterful - the rest of the characters feel a bit sketched.
The books made me want to be a 9 year old boy because they were exactly what I would want to read - although as a 38-year-old woman I enjoyed the glee and escapism.
The plots are very comic book reality and sometimes they felt a bit too shallow (possibly a result of being written for younger readers than I'm used to). Although the relationship between the brother and sister is fabulous - and Art's revealing of his sister's feelings is masterful - the rest of the characters feel a bit sketched.