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Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Engine's Child Review

The Engine's Child
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The idea of the story has a lot of potential: humanity restricted to a small island in a sea with no known end, struggle between the religious and scientific castes. another struggle between the wealthy and the disenfranchised, another between the city and country dwellers, and another between the forces of "what is" versus those of "what might be". There are endless allegorical and storytelling themes to follow here. I think the problem is that she didn't restrict herself to exploring just a few; rather, she tried to mix them all into the storyline. And the heroine, who should have tied all these facets together, was impossible for me to relate to. I never really understood what she was all about, nor what her "powers" were, nor why things were developing the way they did. I kept thinking it would all come together, but it didn't. Despite the tone of my coments, Phillips isn't a bad writer. There were a lot of beautifully done sections in the book, and some very thought-provoking ideas. I just think that if she focuses her attention, with a "narrow but deep" approach versus a "wide and shallow" one, she can (will) create some VERY good books.

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