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A review by aoosterwyk
Arabella of Mars by David D. Levine
3.0
As I was reading, I kept comparing to other books I had read, notably Airborn by Kenneth Oppel and The True Story of Charlotte Doyle by Avi. These are two of my all time favorite middle grade novels and Arabella had a similar feel.
I did enjoy the descriptions of how the ship worked and the rapid pace of the adventure, but as an adult I found the Martian colonization to be very Victorian and much of the story felt like the Georgette Heyer romances I read in middle school. That is, I guess, the target audience.
I did enjoy the descriptions of how the ship worked and the rapid pace of the adventure, but as an adult I found the Martian colonization to be very Victorian and much of the story felt like the Georgette Heyer romances I read in middle school. That is, I guess, the target audience.