Larklight

by Philip Reeve

Hardcover, 399 pages

English language

Published Oct. 9, 2006 by Bloomsbury Children's Books, Distributed to the trade by Holtzbrinck Publishers.

ISBN:: 978-1-59990-020-9
OCLC Number:: 65644233

(8 reviews)

In an alternate Victorian England, young Arthur and his sister Myrtle, residents of Larklight, a floating house in one of Her Majesty's outer space territories, uncover a spidery plot to destroy the solar system.

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1 star

Maybe I was in the wrong mood for this book. I love Phillip Reeve, but this reminded me more of one of those Paul Steward and Chris Riddle books. Lots of absurd situations that should be funny and fascinating, with gigantic houses floating in space, strange creatures etc - but I just could not relate to the characters or get inside the story. I felt like it was trying too hard to be "quirky" and so it just fell flat for me. I could not get past the first chapter.