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A review by lumos_libros
Pastworld by Ian Beck
3.0
What intially got me hooked was the premise. There is a themepark of old Victorian London that is authentic as it can get in the year 2048, which is called Pastworld. Sounds awesome right? Well it wasn't as awesome as I had hoped.
There are so many perspectives and characters in this book and I won't be able to list them all but our main ones are: the Fantom, evil mysterious murderer of Pastworld, Eve, mysterious girl with uncanny powers and Caleb, son of one of the bigwigs of Pastworld, who will be on the run for a murder he did not commit. At first I was always slightly confused because it was hard to flip perspectives and keep up with all the characters in the beginning. After awhile I got the flow of things and I do understand why it's setup the way it is, but it makes it hard for the reader to really connect with the characters since you aren't able to spend too much time with them. The story felt more plot-driven than character-driven and I have always favored characters over plot.
You can tell the author did his research on the past and probably likes old time London himself. I was kind of disappointed that we didn't get to see how the outside (what the real world is called in Pastworld)was like at this time. Then there was times when I felt the author didn't explain sequences enough, but then again I doubt I would have read the whole book if it was much longer. I had a hard time really getting into it, and it should have enticed me more since there is a huge mystery that is suppose to unravel.
Really not bad but not surprised at all how it turned out. I guess I expected to be blown away but I wasn't. Easily was able to figure out what was going on but toward the end it did pick up pace. The ending was nicely done. Ok but could have been much better.
There are so many perspectives and characters in this book and I won't be able to list them all but our main ones are: the Fantom, evil mysterious murderer of Pastworld, Eve, mysterious girl with uncanny powers and Caleb, son of one of the bigwigs of Pastworld, who will be on the run for a murder he did not commit. At first I was always slightly confused because it was hard to flip perspectives and keep up with all the characters in the beginning. After awhile I got the flow of things and I do understand why it's setup the way it is, but it makes it hard for the reader to really connect with the characters since you aren't able to spend too much time with them. The story felt more plot-driven than character-driven and I have always favored characters over plot.
You can tell the author did his research on the past and probably likes old time London himself. I was kind of disappointed that we didn't get to see how the outside (what the real world is called in Pastworld)was like at this time. Then there was times when I felt the author didn't explain sequences enough, but then again I doubt I would have read the whole book if it was much longer. I had a hard time really getting into it, and it should have enticed me more since there is a huge mystery that is suppose to unravel.
Really not bad but not surprised at all how it turned out. I guess I expected to be blown away but I wasn't. Easily was able to figure out what was going on but toward the end it did pick up pace. The ending was nicely done. Ok but could have been much better.