I made it through book three in this four book "trilogy" and just can't stomach reading any more. I'm just so sick of Tally-wa and Shay-la and all of their bubbly and icy speak that I'm totally hurly-making. Maybe if I hadn't read them so quickly it wouldn't be this horrible? Book one was a defin...
I has been about a year since i read them and I still can not hear the word bubbly with out cringing. Every time Tally took a step in the right direction she took ten steps in the wrong one. It was full of stupid decision and weird plot twists. To anyone how wants to read them, don't it was a co...
The protagonist in these books (except the last one) really does make you want to throw the book across the room. She's just. Incredibly. Selfish. With lack of a moral compass. You keep hoping she finds it in the end, that she develops a conscience. But... Nah. And there's not that many books tha...
This series is one of my all-time favorites, and Scott Westerfeld has become one of my favorite authors. This series takes an in-depth look at one of society's worst problems: being too superficial, and loosing what makes us human. This is a series I would recommend to anyone, but especially te...
Indubbiamente meglio di Danze dall'inferno, se non altro le storie sono tutte in qualche modo autoconclusive, e non ho provato per nessuno dei protagonisti un'incredibile voglia di prenderli a ceffoni. Purtroppo però in praticamente tutti i racconti si trovano amori adolescenziali che non sanno p...
This is a great companion to the Leviathan series and to those who haven't yet read them, this is still an awesome book. It combines two of my favorite things art and world building. The drawings are beautiful and very detailed and there are nice snippets of information about the alternate timeli...
I have mixed feelings about this book. I both loved it and hated it. On one hand, I thought it was an amazing sequel to Peeps. Scott Westerfeld is a great writer, with a very hypnotizing and mesmerizing writing style. His characters are real and well-developed, and I loved many of them. Scott kno...
Freaks, geeks, new kids, math geniuses, and teenage goths with pictures of Robert Smith in your lockets take heart: there is one place in the world in which, during one precious hour of the day night, you will be sublimely cool, entirely autonomous, uniquely talented, and much better informed tha...
When asked who my favorite author is, my answer is always Scott Westerfeld. To me he is my literary hero always crafting a brilliant story with a unique twist and fascinating characters that I always enjoy. Of his entire published collection I’ve read all of them but the Midnighter series and h...
(EDITED: Updated star-status at the end)Is this book really as bad I as I think it is? I need more friends to read this, to reassure me that it really is awful and it's not just that I'm sick (which I am. I mean, with bronchitis.) So do it! Read this! And tell me it is bad!! ("Ew, this is a...
I love this series, love the characters, but I have to say the ending totally sucks! Mr. Westerfeld blew it. It sounds like he got to a point where he was just sick of writing, sick of the story and wanted to move on to other things so he went to someone who had never read the stories, gave tha...
I need to never run into Scott Westerfeld down a dark alley, or during a Civil War reenactment, or at Charlton Heston's house, or wherever. My deep desire not to be arrested for murder would have an epic battle with my need to reach for a weapon when I see his stupid face. In all fairness, as y...
This was book two of Scott Westerfeld's Successions series and it was just as enjoyable as the first one was. This one was a lot more action packed than the first one was and we learn a lot more about the empire in this book.The first half of this book is almost strictly battle. It's the Rix co...
There is something unbeatable about being pleasantly surprised. This was my first time reading anything by Scott Westerfeld and I was extremely pleasantly surprised by The Risen Empire.It is bad form to quote oneself but here is what I said about The Risen Empire when I compared it very favourabl...
This review will include two sentences I never expected to write in a review, namely:1. "This book does not contain any sickly sweet marshmallow candy"* and2. "Ew, ew, ew!"Does that make you want to keep reading? I hope so, because Scott Westerfeld, who for my money is among the best YA author...
Think of an ultramodern city where everything that matters is fame and reputation. Think about a society where everyone can be “kickers” or journalists, where everyone can be “tech-heads” or inventors, where everyone can be “surge-monkeys” and undergo as many surgeries as they can in the name of ...
The behemoth is the fiercest creature in the British navy. It can swallow enemy battleships with one bite. The Darwinists will need it, now that they are at war with the Clanker powers.Deryn is a girl posing as a boy in the British Air Service, and Alek is the heir to an empire posing as a common...
Aunt Lalana asked.“Not bad,” Darcy said. “More like . . . terrible.”Lalana sat back in her chair, looking satisfied. “I suppose it’s all the mops you’ve been buying.”Darcy rolled her eyes. She had, in fact, bought a mop. But it had been very cheap, and had broken in a week. Its replacement was on...
"We're west of green tea ice cream and south of tiramisu." It was true. The first restaurant we passed was a tiny bistro tucked between an art gallery and a flat-tire fix-it place. Checking the menu, we saw that they indeed served crème brûlée, which is a small bowl of custard, the top layer cook...
Men and beasts were everywhere on this flank, four searchlights stretching their shadows to monstrous proportions. The main gondola lay at an angle, half hanging from the harness, half resting in the snow. She scrambled down the ratlines and hit the ground running. Inside the gondola the decks an...
She liked the roller coaster of emotions. The queasy anticipation during the credits, the thrill of those first fake scares. Then the building dread as things got serious. Connecting with a good, focused crowd of movie fans was like living inside a story. Which was great, depending on the story. ...
Malone considered the question. “Why am I in California? Or why am I in disguise, instead of snapping photos with the other reporters?” “Aye, both!” “Happy to explain everything,” Malone said. “But first we need to get aboard your ship. Otherwise those fellows are about to give me a thrashing.” D...