Mortal Engines - Philip Reeve

I have to admit that I only began reading this book because it was in a book shop for 99p and it had won and it was Blue Peter’s book of the year in 2003. I had never heard of it before and I was a little bit sceptic about it as the blurb didn’t really say much about the book.

I found the plot of the book really easy to follow but sadly a bit predictable. I also feel that the characters never really get to develop into ‘real people’ as there aren’t many feelings described throughout the book. However I do love the idea of settlements moving around across the planet, and I feel that the imagination of Philip Reeve helped this book along, as his ideas are interesting and different.There are two main plot lines that run through this book; one that follows Tom and Hester across the wilderness in search of London and another set in London itself which focuses on a girl called Katherine.

 

I think that I didn’t really enjoy this book very much because I am maybe too old for it, so I would recommend it for younger readers, but older readers could also enjoy it.

Plot - 11/20

Characters - 10/20 

Description - 13/20

Overall Enjoyment - 12/20

Total Percentage - 58%