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Jacaranda (The Clockwork Century, #6)
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bookshelves: neovictorians-and-steampunk
Feb 24, 2015
bookshelves: neovictorians-and-steampunk
Read 2 times. Last read March 18, 2016.
As a final visit to the world of the Clockwork Century series, this is distinctly disappointing -- we find out that the "rotter" plague has run its course, and one of the protagonists is Horatio Korman, the Texas ranger who's played a role in several of the other books. The haunted hotel of the title is mechanized in some ways, but honestly, without those few references, this feels more like Priest's horror fiction than her steampunk.
On the other hand, I was pleased to see Sister Eileen Callaghan, the nun-with-a-secret of the non-Clockwork Dreadful Skin, and to meet gunslinger-turned-priest Juan Rios. I'd love to see these two have further ghostbusting adventures -- maybe Priest will revisit them again, someday.
Reread less than a year later (!) as part of a reread of the whole Clockwork Century. I felt a bit more in sympathy with the haunted hotel aspect, but it's still not Priest's best, from my perspective.
On the other hand, I was pleased to see Sister Eileen Callaghan, the nun-with-a-secret of the non-Clockwork Dreadful Skin, and to meet gunslinger-turned-priest Juan Rios. I'd love to see these two have further ghostbusting adventures -- maybe Priest will revisit them again, someday.
Reread less than a year later (!) as part of a reread of the whole Clockwork Century. I felt a bit more in sympathy with the haunted hotel aspect, but it's still not Priest's best, from my perspective.
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(last edited May 22, 2015 11:42AM)
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May 22, 2015 11:42AM
I think this is a great story - it just probably shouldn't have been marketed as a 'Clockwork Century' story.
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Agreed; it feels like she stuck in a few references that were extraneous. However, I was pleased to hear that the "rotter" plague had just about run its course.
