A review by caedocyon
Blue Noon by Scott Westerfeld
4.0
Read it in a day, years after reading the other two. There's a lot of exposition in these books, but you don't care because the ideas and plot twists are utterly fascinating. I tagged it fantasy, but it feels pretty sci-fi on the inside... until you remember that there's no such thing as midnight physics. Westerfield also doesn't pull his punches with the ending, which is a nice difference from most YA books.
There's a special place in my heart for these because I'm mathematically inclined, like Dess---who is easily the most awesome character in the series. (Maybe I'm biased.) I often stop to check out interesting numbers, which led at least once to anticipating the next plot twist.
I'd give this an "I liked it" for myself (embarrassingly far out of teen-dom), but I would definitely recommend the books to teenagers on a four-star basis, so we'll go with that.
There's a special place in my heart for these because I'm mathematically inclined, like Dess---who is easily the most awesome character in the series. (Maybe I'm biased.) I often stop to check out interesting numbers, which led at least once to anticipating the next plot twist.
I'd give this an "I liked it" for myself (embarrassingly far out of teen-dom), but I would definitely recommend the books to teenagers on a four-star basis, so we'll go with that.