Sarah Churchill's Reviews > Larklight

In all honesty, I struggled with this book.

It's beautifully presented, well written and filled with fantastic illustrations that support the story perfectly. There's steampunk in outer-space. And pirates. All of these things should make it an incredible read. But for some reason I was bored.

I struggled to read more than a couple of chapters at a time. Maybe it's because I didn't particularly like any of the characters (Myrtle in particular needed a good slap, although to be fair she did get better). Or maybe it's because the plot wasn't that surprising. Whatever it was, it didn't do it for me, which is weird because, as I've said, all the ingredients were there. I just didn't like the cake. (Yep, I've started using metaphors, that's how much it's confused me).