A review by bookhaulin
Behemoth by Scott Westerfeld
4.0
3.5-4.0 stars!
I loved Behemoth has much as Leviathan-there's just something about these books that remind me of children's-books-of-yore? Not that Westerfeld didn't create complex characters or a complex plot in Deryn and Alek, but the style of writing, the way the characters speak is just oddly reminiscent of days spent when I was a kid playing "adventure-time" out in the abandoned parking lots and fields behind my building.
Fast-paced plot, still loving the slang, and beautiful book as usual (love the illustrations! but I preferred the cover of Leviathan to Behemoth), and I cannot /wait/ to find out how everything ends in Goliath.
I loved Behemoth has much as Leviathan-there's just something about these books that remind me of children's-books-of-yore? Not that Westerfeld didn't create complex characters or a complex plot in Deryn and Alek, but the style of writing, the way the characters speak is just oddly reminiscent of days spent when I was a kid playing "adventure-time" out in the abandoned parking lots and fields behind my building.
Fast-paced plot, still loving the slang, and beautiful book as usual (love the illustrations! but I preferred the cover of Leviathan to Behemoth), and I cannot /wait/ to find out how everything ends in Goliath.