Airborn by Kenneth Oppel
Read for: Canadian Books Challenge
Why haven’t I read this sooner?! I loved the Silverwing books and somehow I just forgot about Kenneth Oppel. Then just last week I read a review somewhere (sorry, I can’t remember where) for the third book in this series and remembered that Oppel is Canadian and realized I’d better get on these books! I read this book in a day and I couldn’t put it down!
Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on a luxury cruise ship but this cruise ship doesn’t float in the ocean, it floats over the ocean! From the first page Matt and the crew on the Aurora are in for some major adventure. And just when one mishap (or worse) seems to be just about cleared up, something else comes along to cause more mayhem and definitely some of the most captivating story I’ve read in a long time. I don’t want to give anything away about what happens to Matt and the rest of the crew so I guess that’s going to have to be my summary for this one!
Not only was this book very well written, it really was adventure from start to finish. And I just felt like I was right there in the middle of it. And it was truly unpredictable, I was never sure what was going to happen next. As I read, my heart was pounding, I was chewing on my thumbnail the suspense was so great! (And it’s not often a book can do this to me!)
Overall this book was amazing. My library had it shelved in the juvenile section but I’m not sure it should be there. Not that there is any mature themes or anything, I’m just not sure a younger child could understand everything that went on. (And there were people killed in the book.) All I’m saying is that I wouldn’t read it to my 6 year old. I remember the Silverwing books to be aimed at a younger audience. Overall I would give this book a 10/10. I’m so glad I have the next two sitting on my night stand waiting to be read!
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01/09/2009 at 9:13 am Permalink
Yes yes! I loved this book as well. So much so I returned my library copy and immediately bought my own. I loved the adventure and suspense; I thought he kept ramping it up perfectly without ever going completely overboard. Nice review!