Title: ultra violence
Product review: Although Mortal Engines has a good premise and the story is gripping, I was left feeling that Philip Reeve had only one solution to any difficulty in characterization or plotting: violent death. I would not recommend this book for kids who identify with characters, nor for kids who expect any sense of justice or fair play. The plot fits better with a comic book series than with a novel.Only 2 major characters (and maybe one minor one) survive the book. Everyone else (including bit players) dies, generally without advancing the plot much.I was also offended that the 2-dimensional comic-book villians were called "Engineers".
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