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A review by sharlappalachia
The Boundless by Kenneth Oppel
4.0
Meh. 3.5/5. Is Boundless a children's book? Young adult? I don't know! And neither does The Boundless. It has the feel of a children's with the dialogue (and swearing) of a young adult's.
Kind of disappointed. Airborn is one of my favorite series of all time and Boundless is just kind of lacking the charm that made me fall in love with Matt and Kate. I also didn't care for the present tense and third person narrator, and I had trouble understanding Will and Maren's relationship because Maren has very little characterization, even though she's one of the main characters. Brogan was a bit two-dimensional until you understand his backstory. However, I loved when Boundless started to pick up and it reminded me a lot of Airborn...but not quite. Mr. Dorian was a very interesting character and I'm glad that he was incorporated the way he was: not quite a villain, not quite an ally.
But for what it is (not quite a kid's book, not quite young adult/kind of in the same spectrum as Harry Potter), Boundless doesn't disappoint. Adventure and magic and a circus! Who wouldn't like that? It's fast-paced and the writing was good, but not as good as Kenneth Oppel's superior adventure novel, Airborn.
Kind of disappointed. Airborn is one of my favorite series of all time and Boundless is just kind of lacking the charm that made me fall in love with Matt and Kate. I also didn't care for the present tense and third person narrator, and I had trouble understanding Will and Maren's relationship because Maren has very little characterization, even though she's one of the main characters. Brogan was a bit two-dimensional until you understand his backstory. However, I loved when Boundless started to pick up and it reminded me a lot of Airborn...but not quite. Mr. Dorian was a very interesting character and I'm glad that he was incorporated the way he was: not quite a villain, not quite an ally.
But for what it is (not quite a kid's book, not quite young adult/kind of in the same spectrum as Harry Potter), Boundless doesn't disappoint. Adventure and magic and a circus! Who wouldn't like that? It's fast-paced and the writing was good, but not as good as Kenneth Oppel's superior adventure novel, Airborn.