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A review by clairedrinkstea
امپایر استیت by Adam Christopher
4.0
This is a strange but intriguing book.
It's not SciFi, it's not Steampunk, superhero or urban mystery....
I couldn't put it down at first but started to struggle near the end though it in no way distracts from the fact this is a good book.
You aren't left questioning how the puzzle pieces are put together, which is refreshing given the propensity of fiction to be part of a larger series. I love how Christopher throws the strange in and makes no big deal about it while a lot of fiction feels the need to create this whole exposition around it forcing it to stand out more than it should. It's Wartime, there are such things as robots, ironclad ships, police airships and robots. Deal with it.
Clues are not so overt that you can't make an educated guess and work out the mystery an you aren't being treated like a child and spoon fed the answers. When the truth does come out, you do get the satisfaction of being able to say "Knew it! Totally worked it out ages ago!" and not feel like the author is waving a big sign with the answers written in capitals and generally speaking, if as a reader you have figured out what is going on so has the protagonists and namely Rad the private detective central to this story.
Really give this book a go, you won't be disappointed to have read it.
It's not SciFi, it's not Steampunk, superhero or urban mystery....
I couldn't put it down at first but started to struggle near the end though it in no way distracts from the fact this is a good book.
You aren't left questioning how the puzzle pieces are put together, which is refreshing given the propensity of fiction to be part of a larger series. I love how Christopher throws the strange in and makes no big deal about it while a lot of fiction feels the need to create this whole exposition around it forcing it to stand out more than it should. It's Wartime, there are such things as robots, ironclad ships, police airships and robots. Deal with it.
Clues are not so overt that you can't make an educated guess and work out the mystery an you aren't being treated like a child and spoon fed the answers. When the truth does come out, you do get the satisfaction of being able to say "Knew it! Totally worked it out ages ago!" and not feel like the author is waving a big sign with the answers written in capitals and generally speaking, if as a reader you have figured out what is going on so has the protagonists and namely Rad the private detective central to this story.
Really give this book a go, you won't be disappointed to have read it.