Another day, another YA dystopian piece of crap trying to be vogue. I didn't find it poetic, I found it frustratingly badly written in a voice that seemed skitzophrenic at best. A hint at mystery from a Government Man (capital letters so you know he means business) and an obvious collection of circu...
What it's about: In a war-ravaged world, a wonder of a circus that combines flesh and mechanical body parts travels across the countryside. But the miracle of these performers has caught the eye of leaders who want a miracle of their own. Thoughts: If I were the sort of person whose love affair wi...
This had a lot of potential, I think. The plot is sufficiently engaging but nothing happens until further into the book. It turns into some sort of rescue novel at the end, where the first part of it is mostly discussing circus life and Alec. For one thing, I didn't enjoy the point of view. It's ver...
There were things I liked about this book... and there were things that annoyed me about this book.I felt as if any Readers Advisory Service out there would say? What? You loved China Mieville's 'The Scar?' and you loved Erin Morgenstern's "The Night Circus?" Well then, HAVE I GOT A BOOK FOR YOU! An...
I never read a steampunk book I didn't like. Until this came along.What was wrong with this book? Beyond the mechanicals, there are no steampunk elements. No cool outfits or gears and not a zeppelin in sight. The plot is very thin. The characters act oddly and occasionally there's no logic behind th...
I don't think I've ever read anything quite like this book. I was entranced by the prose and the language and the descriptive passages, and by the interesting way she unfolds the narrative--while there is a narrative arc and a shape to the book, it's not strictly linear or chronological. There's som...
Find a full review (me raving about how much I love it) over at SFF Book ReviewIt's mid-year and this is still one of my top books so far.What an interesting take on steampunk. The language blew me away and I still catch myself pondering about the characters and their intricate relationships. This i...
To call MECHANIQUE a book or a novel seems like it diminishes this piece. It's beauty like I've never seen it done before. More prose poetry than a "novel", I found myself lingering while reading this so as it make it last for as long as I could.I bought this because of my love of steampunk, and it ...
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