oneangrylibrarian's review against another edition
4.0
This book was a lot of fun and a great new series for elementary students. I really enjoyed the final act of the book and I can't wait to read the next entry in the series. Some of the references to our time (book takes place in the distant future) lose their appeal as it is the same type of joke over and over again. That being said, I think young readers will still chuckle at the awkward retelling of popular culture. A great addition to the Bluebonnet List.
wiseowl33's review against another edition
4.0
Loved this book! It was awesome! Good humor, great adventure.
zezee's review against another edition
adventurous
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
sharonskinner's review against another edition
4.0
Great world building. Likable, believable characters. Adventure and excitement. Looking forward to the next book.
britomarte's review against another edition
5.0
LOVED this book. Just the right type of adventure and charm, with great, really compelling characters. Ross did a fantastic job of worldbuilding.
My only real complaint is the references to the world before. I thought that some of them should have been trimmed out, they started to feel gimmicky and pull me out of the story.
My only real complaint is the references to the world before. I thought that some of them should have been trimmed out, they started to feel gimmicky and pull me out of the story.
snazel's review against another edition
Post-apocolyptic steampunk survivor kids— my favourite kind.
If you're past the intended age bracket of this book, the peril may ring a little false. I didn't ACTUALLY believe that they'd let the mechanic fall to her death in a middle grade book. But I was happy to find my lack of belief justified, and my feeling that everything was gonna end up okay was decorated along the way with battle cruisers, hilarious garbled folklore, family and friendships.
goodness this review is incoherent. Fine. THE FOG IS NANOBOTS AND THE KIDS ARE AWESOME, OKAY?
If you're past the intended age bracket of this book, the peril may ring a little false. I didn't ACTUALLY believe that they'd let the mechanic fall to her death in a middle grade book. But I was happy to find my lack of belief justified, and my feeling that everything was gonna end up okay was decorated along the way with battle cruisers, hilarious garbled folklore, family and friendships.
goodness this review is incoherent. Fine. THE FOG IS NANOBOTS AND THE KIDS ARE AWESOME, OKAY?
jbojkov's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty good action/adventure story with a bit of dystopian and steampunk mixed in. Not my favorite of the 2016 Bluebonnets, but not bad either.
book_nut's review against another edition
4.0
Started slow, but ended strong. Good world building too.
thistlechaser's review against another edition
1.0
Though this book got good reviews on Amazon, nothing about it worked for me.
Set in the near-future, humans destroyed the world while trying to fix it. In an effort to fix smog, they created nanobots to clean the pollution. The nanobots decided that the humans were the pollution, so they covered 99% of the world with Fog -- white clouds deadly to humans. The remaining humans lived on mountaintops where the Fog couldn't reach. (It really did not make much sense.)
The story centered around a group of kids, Fog Divers. They made short trips into the Fog to try to find stuff to sell.
The book's humor and setting was jarringly bad to me. Like all the kids knew things from the past, but mixed up. Like the great book Star Wars Trek, where the Borg and the Jedi were at war. And the constellations named Elvis Presley, Greta Garbo, etc... I'm sure that was supposed to be amusing, but it completely didn't work for me.
Set in the near-future, humans destroyed the world while trying to fix it. In an effort to fix smog, they created nanobots to clean the pollution. The nanobots decided that the humans were the pollution, so they covered 99% of the world with Fog -- white clouds deadly to humans. The remaining humans lived on mountaintops where the Fog couldn't reach. (It really did not make much sense.)
The story centered around a group of kids, Fog Divers. They made short trips into the Fog to try to find stuff to sell.
The book's humor and setting was jarringly bad to me. Like all the kids knew things from the past, but mixed up. Like the great book Star Wars Trek, where the Borg and the Jedi were at war. And the constellations named Elvis Presley, Greta Garbo, etc... I'm sure that was supposed to be amusing, but it completely didn't work for me.
silverbardsings's review against another edition
3.0
I enjoyed this book. It wasn’t “amazing”, but it was fun and I liked the idea of the world that the author invented.