Predator Cities #1: Mortal Engines (Paperback) by Philip Reeve

from SharonMariaBidwell

Dark in places for a YA offering. Though I've not seen the film, I read the book first. Love the concept and most of the characters. If anything the book feels underwritten as if there's much more story to tell but maybe it's why it became a quartet. A magnificent exercise in world-building, thou...

from ClicksClan

Really enjoyed this, wasn't sure what it was going to be like when I started it but soon got sucked into the story. Kind of liked the fact that no one was safe, anyone could die. Was heartbroken when one of the fairly minor characters died. Loved the way Reeve played with names, like Tunbridge Wh...

from fyrefly98

Summary: It's been eons since the Ancients destroyed themselves in the Sixty Minutes' War, and centuries since the first invention of mobile cities. Now London roams the landscape, looking for smaller cities to capture and consume in accordance with the principles of Municipal Darwinism. Tom Nats...

from atreic

Fast paced post-apocalyptic dystopia which deserves to stand with His Dark Materials (although it feels a little derivative) and The Hunger Games. The characters and plots are larger than life in a way that is endearing rather than caricatured. Had me on the brink of tears at the end, and the mor...

from Ayling

I noticed this book eight years ago but I never thought of really looking into it. I don't know if I even gazed at the first page, not seriously any way. For eight years I always knew the name Philip Reeve and for eight years I always noticed this book. My eyes would stop over this title but noth...