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keilexandra) wrote2007-11-24 09:47 pm
keilexandra) wrote2007-11-24 09:47 pm
The Last Days, by Scott Westerfeld
The Last Days
by Scott Westerfeld
286 pages (hardcover)
Genre: Fiction/SF/YA
A nice light YA that captured my attention fully on the first reading, but not really something I'd reread. Interesting concepts--I love Alana Ray's synesthesia!--and a decent follow-up to Peeps. Complaints: The Astor Michaels subplot sort of just petered out. I still don't understand how/where Moz found the money to pay Alana Ray. And, um,ww2b's name is Pearl so I spent the first fifty pages squeeing whenever she was mentioned. But that's hardly the book's fault.
Westerfeld's earlier space opera novels are still on my to-read list; I do like his style, so I'm looking forward to them. I find that both Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier (married YA authors) hit about the same chord for me--i.e. breezy and excellent, but not special.
by Scott Westerfeld
286 pages (hardcover)
Genre: Fiction/SF/YA
A nice light YA that captured my attention fully on the first reading, but not really something I'd reread. Interesting concepts--I love Alana Ray's synesthesia!--and a decent follow-up to Peeps. Complaints: The Astor Michaels subplot sort of just petered out. I still don't understand how/where Moz found the money to pay Alana Ray. And, um,
ww2b's name is Pearl so I spent the first fifty pages squeeing whenever she was mentioned. But that's hardly the book's fault.Westerfeld's earlier space opera novels are still on my to-read list; I do like his style, so I'm looking forward to them. I find that both Westerfeld and Justine Larbalestier (married YA authors) hit about the same chord for me--i.e. breezy and excellent, but not special.
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