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- Clockwork Century, Book 4
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- Evelyn
- 03-31-18
Disappointed
The narration was fine. it's was the inconsistency of the story line that had me yelling at my phone. Are we sure the author of the other well written stories wrote this? maybe it was done before the other books?
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Well paced and great voice acting. Loved every bit
Really well done. From the voice acting to the narration. However I wish the characters could be voiced by the same narrators as the previous books but alas thats not how it works i guess
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- michael fuller
- 06-27-22
The queen of steampunk returns
Possibly the weakest of the “Clockwork Century” books (I haven’t read the last one yet), but still good. This one just seemed slow to get the story moving alone.
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- Julie
- 10-21-11
Less zombie gore and a little romance
What did you love best about Ganymede?
Yes, I said romance, in a Cherie Priest steampunk novel! I haven't really missed it in the other three books since I've been so enthralled with the resourceful, dogged, don't-mess-with-me main characters in the other books in the series. In fact, I've found it refreshing to see strong women and men going after their objects of desire--a son, a father, a war object that could doom a country, a stolen treasure--with such focussed passion, resourcefulness, and intolerance for anyone that got in their way. I've been relieved that they didn't get side-tracked by any silly romance. There were a few hints of interest, particularly in Clementine, but in Ganymede romance smolders for both familiar characters and new ones. It's great to see Briar apparently feeling fulfilled in her roles as sherriff, mother, friend, and...lover. After all she's lost in cursed Seattle, I'm glad it's working out for her. It's poignant to see the exchanges between her love interest, the pirate Andan Cly, and his old lover from ten years ago, a prostitute named Josephine. Although they know each other so well, and are both a bit wistful for what might of been, they know it's over and there is a job to be done, so they do it and move on, going their separate ways to people who suit them better now.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Ganymede?
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The Zombie scourge still plays a part in this story, and there are still a couple of murder scenes involving zombies eating people and being shot to pieces, but the gore has been scaled back quite a bit from what it has been like in some of the other Clockwork Century books, particularly in Boneshaker and Dreadnaught. It's becoming a more of a widespread public health issue now, so it will be interesting to see how that is managed in future books in this series. Will it become more of an issue than the Civil War? Will other people, like Andon Cly, realize the part they have played in this scourge and be compelled to rectify their actions?
I look forward to catching up with the characters in future books and finding out.
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- Londell
- 10-03-18
Definitely
The best story of the series thus far!
These are real characters not Mary Sues. I wait with bated breath to find out how the story ends.
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- Elina
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A good part of a great book series
I've truly enjoyed the previous clockwork century novels, and this one didn't dissapoint me. The story wasn't quite as good as the other, but still definately one worth reading/listening. I really like that all of the books work well as stand alone. You can easily enjoy this book even if you haven't read the previous ones. There is a little repetition of the known facts for those acquinted with the clockwork century world, but it doesn't bother too much.
For those, who love steampunk, independent heroines, and adventure, this is a very good choice.
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What would have made Ganymede better?
ANY other narrator.
What did you like best about this story?
The story was another great steam punk tale of the Clockwork Century by Cherie Priest.
How could the performance have been better?
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I almost quit listening several times, as it was nearly impossible to maintain any interest or focus, his narration was so bad.
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Perfect book for reading. FIRST book I've ever listened to that I KNEW I would have been better off with a real book, rather than the audio version . . .
In short, everything about this book was great, except the narrator, who all but killed it for me. I read the first two books in the serious, and decided to go with the audiobook for the third one because of a very busy schedule. I REALLY wish I had stuck with the actual books for this one, because I just CANNOT recommend this experience to ANYONE.
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- Alyssa B. Goss
- 11-11-11
Priest should have given the previous books a read
Or at least her editor, I presume she has one, should have re-read the previous three books before letting this one go out. This book is plagued by the sort of continuity errors and confusions that I so admired the previous books for avoiding. A good example takes place right at the beginning when Cly meets Mercy for the "first time" even though he's the one who flew her into the city and if he's been visiting as often as he supposedly has it doesn't make sense for him to be meeting her just now. Especially since later in the books he talks about things she's told him, which doesn't make sense if he's only met her once at the beginning of this book.... Ganymede can't even remain consistent with itself let alone the other Clockwork Century novels.
Furthermore the story isn't even good. It's starts out all right but gets steadily worse as the climax of the book approaches. I don't expect anything approaching historical or scientific accuracy in this book but a little common sense would be welcome. Why wouldn't you want sailors on a submarine, at least one person experienced with water and the river and bay you're sailing through? Answer: because that would have meant Priest doing research before writing this book and that's no fun. How come zombies can suddenly be halted by an old woman banging her cane on a lamp post? Answer: Because this is New Orleans and that's how they do it there? I really can't say. Why would you randomly decide to take a detour in a dangerous machine that's drowned all it's previous crews just when it looks like you might make it to safety? Answer: Because you can't have a climax for a book without shoehorning in a battle! And it is shoehorned in, so blatantly I had to quit reading with about 2 hours left to go. The situation as described in the book makes no sense and the characters have absolutely no motivation to behave the way they do. Priest tries to make up some on the spot and so we end up with dialogue that sounds like it comes from a particularly corny movie from the 1950's. Not only does Cly suddenly have to get tossed the idiot ball to make the climax work but an entire invasion of pirates has to be improbably sped up to make it happen on time. I have a suspicion the only reason they weren't refueling at the point when I quit reading (something it had earlier been stated they would do) was to make low fuel an issue at some critical moment in the most ridiculous way possible.
What I admired about Boneshaker was how well the world seemed to work. Nothing seemed forced in just for the sake of novelty or plot convenience. In Ganymede everything happens for the sake of novelty or plot convenience, everything from the super cars the residents of New Orleans drive to the flashlights that are now apparently available in every drug store for a dime. The rogue force of anti-Confederates hiding in the swamp drive what are essentially Hummers simply because Priest thinks it would be cool. Having these kind of vehicles widely available not only doesn't fit with the setting but is impractical since they'd be even more likely to become bogged down in a swamp than a horse. The description of the Texan "crawlers" is even worse, making the book read like an alien invasion novel instead of steam punk.
Ganymede could have been a decent book if any effort at all had been put into either the writing of it or the editing. Since neither Priest or her publisher could be bothered what we have instead is a disappointing mess that the few tidbits we receive about Briar Wilkes's current circumstances do not justify.
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