by Martha Wells
3.5 starsIt felt like it was written at a Middle Grade level, rather than for a YA audience. Twelve year old me would've loved it, present day me enjoyed it well enough but thought there were some issues
Martha Wells writes good engaging fantasy. It's not great literature but it is the sort of story that you can't stop reading. Emilie is clever and quick-witted without being unbelievable in this pseudo-Victorian world. Wells's has the kind of imagination I envy and she comes up with these crazy, am...
Opening: “Creeping along the docks in the dark, looking for the steamship Merry Bell, Emilie was starting to wonder if it might be better to just walk to Silk Harbor. So far, her great escape from Uncle Yeric’s tyranny hadn’t been great, or much of an escape. It’s going to be embarrassing if I don’t...
My tepid reaction to this book something to do with the slow opening exposition (despite starting with Emilie running away, once on board there's quite a bit of "tell not show" that bogs down) and a lot to do with the reading level. Though the heroine is sixteen, this book is safely written at a ju...
My full review is over here. This book started out very promising, only to do lots of little things wrong along the way and disappoint with a predictable, lukewarm ending.
"Creeping along the docks in the dark, looking for the steamship Marry Bell, Emilie was starting to wonder if it might be better to just walk to Silk Harbor." From the first sentence, Emilie and the Hollow World pulls you into an incredible adventure and leaves you out of breath. We follow Emilie, s...
Emilie and the Hollow World is a delightful book about a young girl's journey to the center of the earth. I loved how the steampunk elements were incorporated into the narrative. The story picked up for me once Emilie and her friends reached the Hollow World. Lots of fantastic monsters and stuff.Th...
This review can also be found hereWhen I saw this book I got so excited and requested it from the publisher for review, I mean I am a huge fan of steampunk so why shouldn't I be into this one right? Well, I didn't enjoy this one as much as I thought I would. It was a good book but I guess I went int...
My dad really enjoyed the Journey to the Center of the Earth film starring James Mason and Pat Boone so I watched it many (MANY) times as a child. I liked it - the idea of tunneling underground and finding a fantastical world, dangerous creatures, and lots of adventure. I just had one problem with i...
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