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Mortal Engines (Mortal Engines, #1)
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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 is a far future dystopia), and charming YA characters also glutting the market, Mortal Engines now feels a bit... dated.
The cities chomping down on each other and the later spoilerish coolness is still cool, mind you. And the characters are cute in the "I've seen this a million times by now and sigh" kind of cute way.
But now? Does it really stand as a work of grand imagination? Maybe some bits. The rest, well, it's okay.
Sorry, fans! I think I wanted to love this based on the premise. The bad guys were pretty cool but nothing really that spectacular. A certain assassin, notwithstanding.
I really should have read it back then. Seriously.
Because now, after a glut of dystopia, strange steampunk (even if it is a far future dystopia), and charming YA characters also glutting the market, Mortal Engines now feels a bit... dated.
The cities chomping down on each other and the later spoilerish coolness is still cool, mind you. And the characters are cute in the "I've seen this a million times by now and sigh" kind of cute way.
But now? Does it really stand as a work of grand imagination? Maybe some bits. The rest, well, it's okay.
Sorry, fans! I think I wanted to love this based on the premise. The bad guys were pretty cool but nothing really that spectacular. A certain assassin, notwithstanding.
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Reading Progress
November 29, 2018
– Shelved
November 29, 2018
– Shelved as:
to-read
December 15, 2018
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Started Reading
December 17, 2018
– Shelved as:
2018-shelf
December 17, 2018
– Shelved as:
fantasy
December 17, 2018
– Shelved as:
dystopia-yes-pls
December 17, 2018
– Shelved as:
sci-fi
December 17, 2018
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Finished Reading
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