author: Philip Reeve
name: Wayne
average rating: 3.95
book published: 2001
rating: 3
read at: 2018/08/09
date added: 2018/08/09
shelves: sword-and-laser, young-adult
review:
'Mortal Engines' by Philip Reeve has a premise at its center so ludicrous, that you just have to go with it, and let the story roll over you.
It's the future and cities are now on giant treads. To be successful, they have to chase down other cities and consume their resources. This story is about the great rolling city of London, a young man name Tom, and a young woman named Hester Shaw who is after revenge. There are other characters as well, and their motives initially seem set, but as the story goes, further motivations reveal themselves making things more complex.
It's a YA book, and it's a pretty quick read. It's also got some pretty surprising bits of humor. I found it to be a good palette cleanser between other books I was reading at the time.
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