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A review by alchemizaak
Fever Crumb by Philip Reeve
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
A wonderful story about a young girl growing up in a vaguely dystopian, steampunk/dieselpunk future where our time is foreign and ancient. She gets called to help excavate a find at the old house of London's former ruler, who was leader of a race of genetically mutated people who thought themselves superior to others, and were killed for their power hungry ways
I feel like this book had many exciting and fun ideas, but moved too quickly over each one. There wasn't much breathing room, and each question was met with an answer very quickly before getting to the next question, which would also be answered quickly. The main character even remarks about this to herself whenshe meets her mother for the first time after, saying something along the lines of that it's one thing to have a mother, but she hadn't expected to meet her so soon.
I listened to the audio book of this, which has a bonus chapter about the main character, Fever, being taken care of as a baby by all of the engineers. It's fun and has interesting character moments even as just a short bonus chapter and I wish that the entire book, or at least the first half, was more about Fever's life with the engineers and her upbringing. With the amount of plot points in this book, it could've very easily been two books.
I did like it though, I like the setting and Fever is a wonderfully enjoyable character, as is the rest of cast. I'm not sure if I will be continuing this series, because I like where this book leaves off. Although apparently the next book is about a traveling circus and I love circus books!
I feel like this book had many exciting and fun ideas, but moved too quickly over each one. There wasn't much breathing room, and each question was met with an answer very quickly before getting to the next question, which would also be answered quickly. The main character even remarks about this to herself when
I listened to the audio book of this, which has a bonus chapter about the main character, Fever, being taken care of as a baby by all of the engineers. It's fun and has interesting character moments even as just a short bonus chapter and I wish that the entire book, or at least the first half, was more about Fever's life with the engineers and her upbringing. With the amount of plot points in this book, it could've very easily been two books.
I did like it though, I like the setting and Fever is a wonderfully enjoyable character, as is the rest of cast. I'm not sure if I will be continuing this series, because I like where this book leaves off. Although apparently the next book is about a traveling circus and I love circus books!