Review: Goliath

Goliath by Scott Westerfeld

My rating: 5 of 5 stars



Book 3 in the Leviathan series, so I won't go too much into the plot. Though I will say that the main focus in book 3 is Nikola Tesla and his proposed weapon that could end the war! We travel to Japan, Mexico, and the USA, so it was fun to see all those different places, although I did prefer the second book where they mostly stayed put.

I enjoyed the series as a whole, and this book didn't take away from it. I loved seeing the loris mature and learn more, as well as Alek finally learning Deryn's secret! The end was a little underwhelming for me. I wasn't upset with it, I wasn't mad about the decision Alek made, but I still wanted more!! T_T

Obviously, I still loved the book. It's not one of those amazing trilogies with the horrible ending, that's for sure.



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Review: Never Let Me Go

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro

My rating: 4 of 5 stars



I really liked this book. Though it's sci-fi, it's much more centered on the drama between a few students from a particular school, following them as they grow up and interact with each other and the world they live in. I don't know how to describe this book, except maybe "gentle"? I think it's hard for novels which are so artistic to be so fully engaging to me at least, but this book certainly had no trouble.

It's also one of those rare cases where the movie is quite like the book. I watched the movie first, which seems to be the better route of doing things if you want to enjoy both. I'd definitely recommend the book , but at the same time, I feel that it's so much like the movie that, having experienced one, you don't need to experience the other to get the full meaning.





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