A review by proggeddy
Clockwork Angels by Kevin J. Anderson
5.0
I'll start off my saying I'm a huge Rush fan. My name is Geddy Lee after all. That said, when I read a book of any kind, I try to base my thoughts and feelings on the book, not on any preconceived notions of the author(s), the reviews I've seen, or my affinity for any such associations it shares. When I say that I truly enjoyed Clockwork Angels, I mean that it fulfilled much of the criteria I find important when determining the merits and value of a body of literature.
Clockwork Angels is the story of a boy fast approaching is 17th year, and thus his manhood. In his world he's the assistant manager of an apple orchard owned and run by his father. His life is scheduled and ruled by routine. But so is everyone's. The Watchmaker's Stability has made it so for some 200 years. This boy is a tad different from the rest of the people living in Barrel Arbor though. He reads his mothers vivid books detailing countless adventures and dreams of seeing the clockwork angels in person. When the boy decides to do something as daring as a midnight date with his wife to be, he ends up boarding a steamliner instead and his life is never the same again.
I thoroughly enjoyed following the boy on his journey, seeing his structured life stripped away and watching as he swings between complete order and absolute anarchy. He's much to learn.
And, also, as a Rush fan, it was interesting to see how the story portrayed in the album was novelized and more fully explained/realized. It gives the album a new depth of it's own.
Clockwork Angels is the story of a boy fast approaching is 17th year, and thus his manhood. In his world he's the assistant manager of an apple orchard owned and run by his father. His life is scheduled and ruled by routine. But so is everyone's. The Watchmaker's Stability has made it so for some 200 years. This boy is a tad different from the rest of the people living in Barrel Arbor though. He reads his mothers vivid books detailing countless adventures and dreams of seeing the clockwork angels in person. When the boy decides to do something as daring as a midnight date with his wife to be, he ends up boarding a steamliner instead and his life is never the same again.
I thoroughly enjoyed following the boy on his journey, seeing his structured life stripped away and watching as he swings between complete order and absolute anarchy. He's much to learn.
And, also, as a Rush fan, it was interesting to see how the story portrayed in the album was novelized and more fully explained/realized. It gives the album a new depth of it's own.