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A review by mrswythe89
Mothstorm by Philip Reeve
3.0
Good fun, as usual, and David Wyatt's drawings always charm, but I wasn't as enchanted as I was with Larklight. It's pretty unquestioning about the whole Empire thing -- I know it mocks that particular idea of Britishness, but it doesn't really go far enough. This made it difficult for me to really sink into it.
Predictable race and gender fail -- comparatively mild, but present. E.g. why should Richard Burton have led the group when they crashed on Georgium Sidus, rather than Ulla? I also raised my eyebrows at the Snilth soaking up Myrtle's ideas of what is ladylike, but I think the footnote that the Snilth are good at picking up memes makes it a funny thing rather than a "all women secretly want to be at home doing embroidery" thing.
I did enjoy it, but I wish I could've enjoyed it more.
Predictable race and gender fail -- comparatively mild, but present. E.g. why should Richard Burton have led the group when they crashed on Georgium Sidus, rather than Ulla? I also raised my eyebrows at the Snilth soaking up Myrtle's ideas of what is ladylike, but I think the footnote that the Snilth are good at picking up memes makes it a funny thing rather than a "all women secretly want to be at home doing embroidery" thing.
I did enjoy it, but I wish I could've enjoyed it more.