Michael Barnes
So its the suicide end of the suicide mission. Following on from The Clockwork Boys (its best to view these books as two parts of the same book) its full of wit and care between a small group of people expecting to spend the rest of their extremely brief lives in one another's company against long odds and in great danger.
The Wonder Engine, while still full of Vernon’s trademark practicality, compassion, pragmatism, and humour, reaffirms Clockwork Boys‘ somewhat darker direction. There’s still plenty of practicality, compassion, pragmatism, and humour – but this time a lot more of that humour is the gallows kind.
I think the resolution wraps up the mysteries encounted to date, which I had feared dues to their disparate nature may have left some unresolved. Spoiler warning one of our plucky band does not survive this adventure.
So its the suicide end of the suicide mission. Following on from The Clockwork Boys (its best to view these books as two parts of the same book) its full of wit and care between a small group of people expecting to spend the rest of their extremely brief lives in one another's company against long odds and in great danger.
The Wonder Engine, while still full of Vernon’s trademark practicality, compassion, pragmatism, and humour, reaffirms Clockwork Boys‘ somewhat darker direction. There’s still plenty of practicality, compassion, pragmatism, and humour – but this time a lot more of that humour is the gallows kind.
I think the resolution wraps up the mysteries encounted to date, which I had feared dues to their disparate nature may have left some unresolved. Spoiler warning one of our plucky band does not survive this adventure.