Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, Book 1)

I don’t think I have ever read any steampunk before. However, I do think the Dark Materials series may fall into that genre and I did read that (even though I didn’t care for it), so maybe I have. I decided to try Mortal Engines because I saw the preview for the recently released movie and I thought......more

Mortal Engines is an enchanting blend of steampunk, dystopia, and whimsy. The adventure is grand, the world is alive, and the characters are memorable. In the distant future, the earth is little more than barren landscape cluttered with the rusted remnants of crumbling infrastructure. People have ra......more

Third Review You can read this review over at my website as well The Write Stuff and you will also be able to read my review of the film once I watch it in December 2018! The Hungry City Chronicles is one of my favourite book series from childhood. I was around twelve to fourteen years old when I firs......more

2 Stars (P: Poor) again, another little book lasted too long. Good interesting, funny beginning I liked Tom Unique post–apocalyptic world But too many stuff I wasn’t interested in, in the middle, especially most of those POV characters that weren’t Tom. I like a few of the characters, though they were stup......more

I was thinking to myself as I read this... wow, this seems like a great YA novel that has major overtones of steampunk and dystopia. I would have LOVED this back in the early 2000's. I really should have read it back then. Seriously. Because now, after a glut of dystopia, strange steampunk (even if it......more