Airman
Well, decent, but not really endowed with the Colfer class (Artemis Fowl, Wishlist). His classic tongue-in-cheek, witty prose is missing and missed.
It's about a chap called Conor who's born in a hot air balloon and really wants to fly and it looks like he will until there are a lot of problems which get sorted out but anyway. Apparently he's the first guy to ever fly, long before the Wright brothers, but it was a pretty disastrous flight all the same.
Still, worth a read, especially if you're starved of books like I was. And Colfer does sometimes show his brilliance in parts like:
'Catherine stepped forward from the shadows where she had been waiting, and joined the hug.
The guard on duty wondered if he should too, but decided against it.'
It also gets boring in some parts. Statutory warning.
It's about a chap called Conor who's born in a hot air balloon and really wants to fly and it looks like he will until there are a lot of problems which get sorted out but anyway. Apparently he's the first guy to ever fly, long before the Wright brothers, but it was a pretty disastrous flight all the same.
Still, worth a read, especially if you're starved of books like I was. And Colfer does sometimes show his brilliance in parts like:
'Catherine stepped forward from the shadows where she had been waiting, and joined the hug.
The guard on duty wondered if he should too, but decided against it.'
It also gets boring in some parts. Statutory warning.
posted by Namya at
9:39 AM
3 Comments:
Yeah,for most part of the book ,the trademark Colfer humor was missing.Also,this book gave me the feeling "I know the climax,for god's sake!!! ",a particular feeling I do not associate with Colfer.
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Edmund Anderson, at 12:09 PM
Yup. And the long prison bits didn't make me 'completely desparate to finish', which is a feeling I associate quite strongly with Colfer.
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Namya, at 6:28 AM
Yes, it gets boring in parts.
And yes, it was quite unlike Eoin's usual style. But I loved it. I daresay it deserves more than a "worth a read, especially if yo're starved of books ..."
In fact, if I may say so, it was pretty brilliant.
It wasn't how he usually writes, but unlike Arty, this wasn't a futuristic novel. I think he dealt with it in a pretty good way.
It was sentimental, and sobby.
And though we are all suckers for happy endings, (and I know I'm repeating myself) I still quite liked it.
I liked how he managed to break out of the prison. =D
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Espèra, at 3:23 AM
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