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A rip-roaring undersea adventure in the best tradition of Jules Verne - Rated
Leviathan Rising is the fantastic follow up to last year's Unnatural History. Both are set within the world of Pax Britannia, in which the sun never set on the British Empire. While the first book was set in London, this one takes the hero Ulysses Quicksilver to the bottom of the sea in a thrilling murder mystery.
Green continues with his excellent world-building in this novel and introduces us to an interesting array of characters (and potential murderers). The mystery is involving and the action sequences are first class. I could not put this book down!
Do not believe the reviewer who criminally only gave this book 1 star. It is brilliant and a must read for all fans of steampunk novels or adventure stories anywhere. And even better, there's another one coming out this December!
Leviathan Rising, and falling even faster. - Rated
One of the worst books I've read in years. A nice idea ruined by a childish plot, with a great many holes, and characters who are two-dimensional at best. Even the hero is inconsistent, both in his actions and spoken english. If this was written by a young teenager, it'd be impressive; by a man it'd be worrying. He obviously doesn't get out much, and his idea of sophisticated is the hero sipping a cappuccino.
Green falls into the trap of most pulp authors of giving extra detail to pad out parts lacking in emotive description, but in his case it's largely banal detail or superfluous - his description of Blackjack is cringing, and he adds the cards up for the reader.
Besides all this, the feebly formulaic plot, and dull pastiche, it's language is not up to the era and sometimes even inaccurate in usage.
