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A review by timinbc
Imprudence by Gail Carriger
3.0
Just not as good as previous Carrigers. Maybe I shouldn't be so demanding, but the first books introduced a complicated new world, and this series just plays IN that world, so we don't have nearly the same "squee!" of discovering new facets.
There are too many one-dimensional, annoying characters. Aggie is way overdrawn. So is Spoo, but she is used much more deftly.
As others noted, not much happens. Characters trade witty barbs, fashion and sex are discussed, and occasionally some faceless baddies appear and are casually killed as if they were nuisance insects.
I'm afraid Carriger's lost traction a bit. She's built a great world and a basic stock of characters, and now there's a sense of "what will I do with them now?" The travelogue approach, twice in a row, is one solution - but I hope we go back to England for #3.
The edition I read wasn't very well proofread.
And what the heck's with "Spotted Custard" on an airship that looks very much like a ladybug/ladybird? Custard is YELLOW, durn burn it!
There are too many one-dimensional, annoying characters. Aggie is way overdrawn. So is Spoo, but she is used much more deftly.
As others noted, not much happens. Characters trade witty barbs, fashion and sex are discussed, and occasionally some faceless baddies appear and are casually killed as if they were nuisance insects.
I'm afraid Carriger's lost traction a bit. She's built a great world and a basic stock of characters, and now there's a sense of "what will I do with them now?" The travelogue approach, twice in a row, is one solution - but I hope we go back to England for #3.
The edition I read wasn't very well proofread.
And what the heck's with "Spotted Custard" on an airship that looks very much like a ladybug/ladybird? Custard is YELLOW, durn burn it!