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| Title | : | Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines Quartet #3) |
| Author | : | Philip Reeve |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 336 pages |
| Published | : | 2009 by Scholastic Children's Books (first published 2005) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Steampunk. Fantasy. Fiction. Dystopia |
Philip Reeve
Paperback | Pages: 336 pages Rating: 3.92 | 11657 Users | 681 Reviews
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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 this series keeps getting better as the story moves along.I really like what the author has done with the multiple characters and storylines. They all exist independently of each other, but they also intertwine very organically. And, to go with this, the descriptions and the action are awesome. I can easily create a movie of it in my head while I am reading.
And, speaking of the characters – I am loving all the different characters and their complexity. There is some amazing character development in such a short story. While some of the people are caricatures – thinking of Pennyroyal here – they fit in perfectly to the development. And, I cannot say too much without spoiling, but, for one of the characters there is a swing to the Dark Side the likes of which has not been seen since Anakin Skywalker!
As you can probably tell, I highly recommend this series. Don’t start with this book, though. Go back to the beginning and start there – it is an uphill adventure from the very beginning in the most fantastic of ways!
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| Original Title: | Infernal Devices |
| ISBN: | 1407110934 (ISBN13: 9781407110936) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Mortal Engines Quartet #3 |
| Characters: | Tom Natsworthy, Hester Shaw, Wren Natsworthy |
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Ratings: 3.92 From 11657 Users | 681 ReviewsJudge Of Books Infernal Devices (Mortal Engines Quartet #3)
2/5 starsSIGH. That's all I can say, really. SIGHHHH. So, while the first book in this series got 5 stars, the second got 3 stars, and for book three I've decided to go with 2 stars and a DNF @ around 40%. I'm honestly not even sure I'll read the fourth book now.I hate when a series goes downhill!Basically, this book takes place sixteen years after the end of book two, and follows Hester and Tom's daughter Wren instead of Hester and Tom themselves (although they do come into it more later). OneI think I figured out a way to describe these books, and account for why Im still reading the whole series. Do you have a tv show you put on when youre really focusing on something else, just to have some background noise because you know you just need about 20% of your attention to understand whats going on? This series is that show. And its not like The Office where you put it on in the background because you could watch while you do *literally* any task as every moment is perfection. Its
2.5 starsPhilip Reeves Hungry City Chronicles is one of the more original and imaginative young adult series out there. Infernal Devices is the third book in the series and it is set 18 years after Predators Gold.Tom and Hester are all grown up with a teenage daughter. Tom is a loving husband and a doting father to Wren. Hester Ill get to her later. They live in the static city of Anchorage and their lives are dull and uneventful in contrast to the adventures of the previous book. It is Wrens
I'm struggling with how I feel about this book because I absolutely love the concept and the world but in this instalment the characters felt different, especially Hester, whose character I now dislike intensely. However, overall I really enjoyed this book so it gets 4 stars from me!
Infernal Devices begins as any solid next book in a series should. It continues on from where the last book left off. Several years after Predator's Gold Tom and Hester have a daughter. And she naturally grows bored with the placid nature of life in the hidden wilderness of America. As a result she ends up plunging Tom and Hester into another whirlwind adventure that continues their adventures with old adversaries and some new ones. In short this really is a brilliant continuation of a creative
Between the end of Predator's Gold and the beginning of Infernal Devices, sixteen years have passed. In that time, Anchorage has become a static city, Hester and Tom have married, and their daughter has grown into a teenager. A huge risk for the author to take. I was emotionally invested in Hester and Tom, and wasn't ready to pass that on to their daughter, Wren. Luckily, they still play a large part in the storyline.Wren did not make a good first impression on me. Within the first 50 pages,
This series got a lot worse in this book. Ridiculous unbelievable character development and eye-rolling plot twists. The ending was particularly bad. This is not a book I would ever recommend for children. There are all kinds of problems with morality and parent/child roles. Multiple characters are killed and then don't die. It is tiresome. It's like the author is lazy and can't be bothered to commit to such a big change, finding it easier to keep that person around. There were several instances
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