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Leviathan

Jul 11, 2011 19:27

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topic: war, era: wwi, genre: fiction, genre: young adult, genre: adventure, country: switzerland, challenge: steampunk, genre: historical fiction, books: series, genre: alternate history, country: austria, reviews, genre: steampunk, era: 20th century, challenge: 11 in 11, country: england

Comments 8

dreamilywistful July 12 2011, 02:31:03 UTC

This sounds good! I adore steampunk. Aww sad to hear that it suffers because it's YA though :(

christina_reads July 12 2011, 13:59:47 UTC

It's one of those books that's good as a YA novel, but it would be GREAT as an adult one! I'm hoping that the sequels will bring us deeper into this alternate universe.

ext_175638 July 12 2011, 05:29:46 UTC

I still have Leviathan and Behemoth waitng for me. I am also not so keen on YA, so what you said sort of confirms my suspicions about the books. Still they sound good. Looking forward to reading them.

christina_reads July 12 2011, 14:00:17 UTC

I definitely think it's worth reading -- and it seems to be a popular choice for your steampunk challenge!

blodeuedd83 July 12 2011, 05:42:55 UTC

This is a book on my wishlist, I even made the library buy it cos I am so curious. But still waiting for them to process it or whatever they do that takes so long.

Nice review :D

christina_reads July 12 2011, 14:00:54 UTC

Haha, that's great that you made your library buy it! Hope it comes through soon.

fbajet July 12 2011, 14:08:43 UTC

Good point about not being as "in-depth" as an more adult-oriented article. I think this didn't bug me as much, though, because I was so taken by how inventive and alternative Westerfeld is, and how the artwork compliments the text so well.

christina_reads July 12 2011, 14:49:37 UTC

The illustrations are great, aren't they? I especially loved the map at the beginning. And I do agree that the creative world-building is a real strength of this novel. I just think it would be even better as an adult book. Still, I'm looking forward to the sequels -- and Behemoth comes out in paperback soon!