Mortal Engines

3.5 Stars

The cool thing about this book is the idea of huge mobile cities on tracks lumbering around the countryside, devouring smaller or competing cities, along with the anti-traction league who believes the need for mobile cities is a thing of the past. The characters are a bit shallow, though likable enough. It's a fast-paced read and I think it'll do well as a movie with Peter Jackson at the helm. The writing style was just pretty bland to me, so I'm left with a bit of a decision as to whether I'll pick up the next in the series or not. Maybe my expectations were too high and I'm coming away disappointed?