{"id":836,"date":"2019-01-17T14:08:18","date_gmt":"2019-01-17T14:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nigelclarkepresenter.co.uk\/reviews\/?p=836"},"modified":"2019-01-28T11:35:23","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T11:35:23","slug":"mortal-engines-book-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigelclarkepresenter.co.uk\/reviews\/mortal-engines-book-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Mortal Engines by Philip Reeve – Book Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mortal Engines Book Review<\/h2>\n

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Let’s set the scene for this Mortal Engines book review. The world is in a sorry state after the 60 minute war. There are 2 kinds of people left, Tractionists and Anti-Tractionists. Tractionists live on huge mobile cities and towns. These settlements move on huge tracks or wheels and are trying to destroy each other for resources. This is a process called Municipal Darwinism and is the core of Tractionist belief. On London, one of the big traction settlements, we meet our protagonist, Tom Natsworthy. A 15 year old history apprentice working in the museum whose life takes an incredible turn. It becomes a road of adventure where he must fight for his survival.<\/p>\n

What do I think of the story?<\/h4>\n

The idea for this young adult book is fantastic and intriguing. Very different to the wizards, dwarfs, detectives, Sci-fi and social navigation that have become the basis of many young adult works within the last 20 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Firstly I would definitely recommend this book to 8-13 year olds, as young minds will like this story. However being a firm believer that a really good YA book should not compromise story telling, I do feel Adult readers will be a bit disappointed. A few incidents and happenings are explained far too briefly or not at all. Leaving questions and reasons unanswered. To me it just felt rushed.<\/p>\n

However, my son enjoyed reading it. He was 10 at the time and said ‘the moving cities were a great idea, but I don’t want it to be like that when I grow up. That would be scary.’\u00a0 Proof positive that this book will definitely stimulate a young mind.<\/p>\n

In conclusion, it not up there with Harry Potter, His Dark Materials, or The Hunger Games. But if you’re trying to interest a seldom reader, the subject matter might pull them in. Plus the vocabulary is not too advanced.<\/p>\n

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