Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines, Book 3)

here's the thing. The world and the plot of this series are fantastic But the characters break my heart and not in the way you want them to. The absolute character assassination of Hester Shaw really ruins this series for me. In the first book and for most of the second book you can understand Hester,......more

I am really enjoying this series! Steampunk has not always been my favorite genre. I think it looks cool in the fan art and cosplay I see online, but I often struggle to connect with the stories and style of writing. That has been very far from the case with the Hungry City Chronicles. Also, I think......more

Also, ich weiß nicht, ob ich wren mag ... irgendwie ist sie komisch und macht mir etwas Angst... wenn Kinder sich so entwickeln, na dann Juchu? Ich bin gespannt, wie es im vierten Band weiter geht, ob die ganzen Probleme wohl von den Figuren überwunden werden können?......more

The first, and perhaps the biggest, shock was when I realized that the book is set 16 YEARS after the last one. Tom and Hester in their thirties, have a fifteen year old daughter named Wren. Anchorage has long since settled on dry land and have been content with a simple life there. Now, I’ve said th......more

This "sixteen-years-later"-quel suffers from the main problem of letting your characters grow up off screen: when you get back to them they are no longer the people you grew to love or hate or (at least) know. Hester, the grumpy-but-lovable urchin from the previous books, has become a hardened, hate......more