Gideon Smith: Gideon Smith and the Mechanical Gir (Paperback)

from skraft001

An OK read-- was too easy to put down until the last the cast entered into Egypt and the pyramid. There was a major plot flaw that bothered me (spoiler alert) -- it took Bram Stoker, Trigger and Countess Elizabeth Bathory two hours to reach the spinning room, yet Gideon was there almost instantly.

from ScoLgo

Let's see what we have here... - Alternate history set in Victorian-era Steampunk England/Europe, (Queen Victoria is literally the queen and de-facto ruler of the world). - A naively reluctant hero. - A mechanical girl with a secret past hidden even from her. - Bram Stoker. - Countess Bathory. - ...

from gypsysmom

This was a diverting read but not my cup of tea really. It seems to be the first book of a series but I won't be hunting the rest down. Gideon Smith is a fisherman's son living in a small town on the north-eastern coast of England. His mother and two brothers have died so there is just his father...

from TheLostEntwife

Seriously, this book was one of the most fun romps through reading that I've had this year. You name it, it had it. Steampunk, dirigibles, piracy, searching for treasure, pyramids (!!), adventure, danger - just think Indiana Jones means Jules Verne and yeah.. that's what Gideon Smith and the Mech...

from mysterymax

Steampunk is meant to be an adventure romp. If Jules Verne were alive today, it's what he would write. Gideon Smith promises to become a steampunk hero. This is the first of his adventures. If you're prudish about what you read, don't pick it up. One character's personality runs on the blue side.