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A review by lordofthemoon
Planesrunner by Ian McDonald
3.0
Everett Singh is a young geek whose physicist father is kidnapped before his eyes. But his father has left him something: an app on his tablet that turns out to be a map to the multiverse, something which some people would literally kill to get. A combination of skill and luck gets Everett to one of the parallel Earths where he falls in with the crew of the airship Everness. He must win their trust to help him in finding his father and escaping his enemies.
This was a pacey written book with lots going on to keep the reader interested. Everett is a likeable enough young protagonist and there are stacks of geek and pop culture references interspersed that would probably endear the book to the YA audience that it's aimed at.
I couldn't help thinking at times, however, that Everett is a bit too competent and calm under everything that happens. Or maybe that's just me projecting (I'd fall apart, I suspect).
A decent enough book but not one that made me immediately want to go and find the next in the trilogy.
This was a pacey written book with lots going on to keep the reader interested. Everett is a likeable enough young protagonist and there are stacks of geek and pop culture references interspersed that would probably endear the book to the YA audience that it's aimed at.
I couldn't help thinking at times, however, that Everett is a bit too competent and calm under everything that happens. Or maybe that's just me projecting (I'd fall apart, I suspect).
A decent enough book but not one that made me immediately want to go and find the next in the trilogy.