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cliveuk's review
2.0
Gawd, that was not my idea of a good read. I think I have found my weakness where books refer to one character by 3 or 4 different names. It makes me want to have a post-it note with the various ways the author refers to each one. If the whole idea of the book was to strive to recreate the confused pell-mell of a frantic scamper along the plotline, then it did it admirably. Ill be wary of more of the same in future though.
hammard's review
3.0
I should have hated this kind of book yet I found myself utterly charmed by this Victoriana soup. Many times I was a little unsure of the plot logic but the level of description was so dense I let it all roll over me.
tomasthanes's review
4.0
Wow. Grab your top hat and hold on. A group of scientists and adventurers band together to resist the machinations of a despicable millionaire, an misguided "messiah", a hunchbacked evil necro-scientist, and an ambitious young alchemist. They're in pursuit of a drifting blimp with a skeletal pilot.
The writing is a bit difficult but consistent with Victorian period of time; Dickens is a bit easier to read (for me). "Cabinet" (as a term for an apartment) was a bit overused.
Intricate devices and large gems in carved wooden boxes, "ghouls" (not in the D&D sense but merely zombies), and iron and copper space vessels combine in a sooty, foggy London. For "steampunk", there was very little actual steam (engines) but this book is early in Blaylock's novels.
The writing is a bit difficult but consistent with Victorian period of time; Dickens is a bit easier to read (for me). "Cabinet" (as a term for an apartment) was a bit overused.
Intricate devices and large gems in carved wooden boxes, "ghouls" (not in the D&D sense but merely zombies), and iron and copper space vessels combine in a sooty, foggy London. For "steampunk", there was very little actual steam (engines) but this book is early in Blaylock's novels.
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