Shailendra Singh từ Sadove, Ternopil's'ka oblast, Ukraine

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12/22/2024

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Shailendra Singh Sách lại (10)

2018-08-14 00:30

Em Vẫn Chờ Anh Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn

Sách được viết bởi Bởi: Nguyệt Nguyệt

As the long title suggests, Sir Richard Francis Burton and Algernon Swinburne, real Victorians, are the lead characters in this novel that is at once mystery, fantasy, alt history and steampunk. And possibly a few other things, too. It includes not just not just real people Burton and Swinburne, but also Darwin, Galton, Isambard Kingdom Brunel, Florence Nightingale and Oscar Wilde, among others. Add airships (but not, alas, dirigibles), flying arm chairs, foul mouthed parakeets that act as messengers, letter carrying dogs that eat constantly, spontaneously combustible wolves, pneumatic railways and the rather adorable broomcats -the only genetically modified critter that didn’t end up with a rather gross side effect. The novel gets off to a rather slow start- I almost gave up on it during Burton’s backstory. I’m glad I didn’t, though, because it soon evolved into nonstop action. So much action, and so many characters, in fact, that at times I had to stop and think back for a moment before going on. It’s a fine adventure, and a grand example of the time traveler’s paradox. And in the middle of all this action and fantasy, the author gives us characters that really work. One character goes from villain (there are multiple villains in this book, so I’m not giving anything away) to example of pathos. And he’s not the only character to change- I’m not sure any of the main players escape change or growth. I recommend this book, even if I can’t quite figure out what to call it.

Người đọc Shailendra Singh từ Sadove, Ternopil's'ka oblast, Ukraine

Người dùng coi những cuốn sách này là thú vị nhất trong năm 2017-2018, ban biên tập của cổng thông tin "Thư viện Sách hướng dẫn" khuyến cáo rằng tất cả các độc giả sẽ làm quen với văn học này.