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Quality
There was also a lot of action happening and technical jargon with the beasties
A most enjoyable read up there with the dark materials in terms of imagining an alternative world
Shipping
But he has to see if he can help when the ship comes down
Packaging/appearance
Real historical figures are mentioned even if they never show up and actual animals are mixed in among the fabricated beasts of... Read More
The book follows a young girl who sneaks into the royal navy as a boy and ends up serving on a living airship engineered from w... Read More
Competitiveness
Living airships walking mechanized tanks this is a criminally underated series
The creatures are well thought out and feel pluasible and the clanker machines are a wonderfull look at how things could have been
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Though some characters may seem annoying or if youre not into history you may not get some of the references in the book
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The creatures are well thought out and feel pluasible and the clanker machines are a wonderfull look at how things could have been
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
On top of all of this mr westerfeld actually thinks about what it would be like when you put on view point against that of the ideological opposited what it means to co exist against a common enemy
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Clankers on one side darwinists on the other crazy machines versus even crazier modified beasts
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
An alternate history of the first world war leviathan takes place across several countries in europe and follows the young now orphaned prince of austriahungary and a young woman defying societal expectations for her gender by disguising herself as a boy in order to be admitted into service as an airman
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
While my adoration of the characters is immense i do have to admit though that one of the best parts of this novel comes in the form of the darwinists fabricated beastiesscientifically built animals whose dna is mixed with other animalsand the clankers steampunk machines
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Despite the rather bizarre story line something about this book just grabbed me and i could almost not put it down
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
The central powers here the clankers despise this perversion of nature preferring machines much more advanced than anything the early 1900s ever saw star wars level machinery