Jet's review
Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space
by Philip Reeve
Jet's review
Larklight: A Rousing Tale of Dauntless Pluck in the Farthest Reaches of Space by Philip Reeve
Jet's review
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I seldom feel a compulsion to post a review of books I've read - if only because I am usually much too lazy - but Larklight is absolutely MARVELLOUS. I have been scouring the shelves for children fantasy and very few books these days convince me to stay with it and turn its pages to the end in one sitting, seeing how I have become more jaded, but goodness, Larklight blows the mind away. Its merits is all the more outstanding because it is written in the first person and the only other book in first person I actually like is Robin Hobb's Assassin series.
I shall not bother expounding on the plot here - suffice to say, it's a science-fiction journey-adventure story based in an alternative universe, where the British Empire apparently extends to outer space. The writer straddles the old Victorian and the new sci-fi-future-domain amazingly well and the main characters are very well fleshed out for a book that is only 400 pages long (large print). The writing was supreme, with a light h...more
I shall not bother expounding on the plot here - suffice to say, it's a science-fiction journey-adventure story based in an alternative universe, where the British Empire apparently extends to outer space. The writer straddles the old Victorian and the new sci-fi-future-domain amazingly well and the main characters are very well fleshed out for a book that is only 400 pages long (large print). The writing was supreme, with a light h...more
