The blurb and storyline gleaned from descriptions and reviews seems intriguing, but the pacing, writing-style and Mary-Sue orphan characters really made me feel it was perhaps not worth it. A possible return if I completely run out of anything else to read.
The Court of the Air is a really good concept that starts off with a bang and then just kinda goes absolutely nowhere. It's just bogged down by too many unnecessary characters and too much freaking plot. I was left with a mild irritation and a large amount of confusion. The start of the book wasn't ...
I had very high hopes for this one, but I’m sad to report I didn’t make it through it. I did get to the end of Chapter 12, though – almost 1/3 of the book. But by then I was tired of trying to decipher what was going on, and I couldn’t make myself care anymore.Not to say I didn’t like the characters...
DNF Not so much done reading as I give up. Too many POVs, too much going on. The plot was good, but I got 1/4 through the book and the main char haven't even met yet!! April 15, 2012
I first saw the book on GR, slightly attracted by the cover (hot air balloon!) but after reviewing the blurb, decided NOT to add it to my 'to-read' shelf.I saw it at the shop for a cheap buy and just absolutely loved the cover (there's a world's difference in seeing a jpeg online to seeing & touchin...
I can't finish this. I've been "reading" it for months now, a couple of pages at a time, but now I give up. I don't care about any of the characters - which I'd have thought impossible, seeing as one of the protagonists is an orphan running from her killers - but there you have it. The world buildin...
I read all, like 550 pages and I couldn't tell you one thing about it. Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration. But really, I had no idea what was going on. There didn't seem to be any good structure to the story; I had, like, no idea what was happening or what the characters' objectives were. It was ...
Oliver Brooks, a boy altered by the feymist, has his life turned upside down when his uncle is killed and he's framed for murder. Molly Templar escapes murder at the brothel where she was being trained, only to find her orphanage home the scene of a massacre and quickly figures out she was the real...
This was a hard one to rate, because I really, really liked the good stuff, but the problems were still just a bit too overwhelming.This steampunk/fantasy book (for lack of a better genre distinction) is full to bursting with great ideas. From major, major plot points to little throwaway moments, al...
Have you ever been stalked by book? When I was in Toronto earlier this summer, I swear The Court of the Air was stalking me. It was in the first bookstore I entered; it had a prominent position at every book store. I finally decided to get it once I got home, after all Borders was having a "buy f...
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