I really liked the worldbuilding in this book, but there was a lot in the plot that left me unsatisfied. I liked the narrator's voice, and I liked howI really liked the worldbuilding in this book, but there was a lot in the plot that left me unsatisfied. I liked the narrator's voice, and I liked how she communicated everything about the world around her, but I didn't like the fact that the storytelling was almost completely nonlinear. In addition, I felt like there was no actual conclusion, and I realize that this is actually something really daring and bold that the author did.
In sum: I didn't really like it as a story, but I really did like it as an instructive work. I feel like I learned a lot about how to write well from this book, I just didn't much enjoy the story that it was telling....more
If I could give this audio production a 7/5 stars, I would! This is an amazing story. The pacing is good, the inside jokes are good, the charactersIf I could give this audio production a 7/5 stars, I would! This is an amazing story. The pacing is good, the inside jokes are good, the characters are vivid and real - this seems like a thing that could actually have happened, and that's fantastic. I LOVE IT....more
Reading this book was a delight in worldbuilding. I didn't need an explanation of which lighter-than-air gasses the airships used to stay aloft orReading this book was a delight in worldbuilding. I didn't need an explanation of which lighter-than-air gasses the airships used to stay aloft or what kind of engines made the cities mobile in order to imagine that this alternate history post-apocalypse dystoia was possible.
I gave it 4 stars instead of 5 because there were seemingly arbitrary points at which it would switch from past tense to present tense, and that was disorienting, among other things. But the characters were vivid and the consequences of their actions were real enough that it didn't feel like any of them wore plot armor thick enough to truly protect them - not even the main cast.
This felt like Harry Potter meets George R.R. Martin, despite the absence of magical elements, and reminds me in scope of works like Dune and Ender's Game, though the theme is a little more optimistic....more
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