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A review by mrswythe89
Larklight by Philip Reeve
4.0
So much fun! There isn't any other word for the book: just, fun. I'd pretty much recommend this without any qualifications.
More light-hearted than the [book: Hungry Cities Chronicles]. I'm not sure if it's better. I think I like it better, though I don't love any of the characters as much as I loved Hester, because I was really quite annoyed by the way the books ended -- I couldn't have told you what should have happened, but what did happen felt like a cop-out. I suppose I might get as annoyed over Larklight's sequel (or sequels), but I shouldn't think so; I only got that irritated over the Hungry Cities books because they were so intense and so -- I mean, they pulled no punches and that was what was good about them, so it was disappointing when they ended with more of a whimper than a bang.
I was getting quite wary about Philip Reeve's mothers, but that worked out fine. I'm still a little unsure about his women. Quite a lot of them seem to have love as a main motivator, as opposed to, you know, saving the universe or whatever, which is why Art's mother came as such a relief. But that was the main reason why I got mad at the Hungry Cities books. I suppose it made sense that Hester's main motivating force was her love for Tom, but it still pissed me off that everything she was and did revolved around him. She was such a cool character and she could have been so much more.
But back to Larklight: I'll probably get [book: Starcross] even if it's still in hardback, that's how much I liked it. Well done Philip Reeve.
More light-hearted than the [book: Hungry Cities Chronicles]. I'm not sure if it's better. I think I like it better, though I don't love any of the characters as much as I loved Hester, because I was really quite annoyed by the way the books ended -- I couldn't have told you what should have happened, but what did happen felt like a cop-out. I suppose I might get as annoyed over Larklight's sequel (or sequels), but I shouldn't think so; I only got that irritated over the Hungry Cities books because they were so intense and so -- I mean, they pulled no punches and that was what was good about them, so it was disappointing when they ended with more of a whimper than a bang.
I was getting quite wary about Philip Reeve's mothers, but that worked out fine. I'm still a little unsure about his women. Quite a lot of them seem to have love as a main motivator, as opposed to, you know, saving the universe or whatever, which is why Art's mother came as such a relief. But that was the main reason why I got mad at the Hungry Cities books. I suppose it made sense that Hester's main motivating force was her love for Tom, but it still pissed me off that everything she was and did revolved around him. She was such a cool character and she could have been so much more.
But back to Larklight: I'll probably get [book: Starcross] even if it's still in hardback, that's how much I liked it. Well done Philip Reeve.