Wednesday, November 20, 2013
These books are super campy and they know it
So I'll be honest and say that I'm not really into steampunk, and I was kind of hesitant when getting into Priest's books this week. I feel like a lot of material in the genre tries too hard to take itself seriously but I didn't find Boneshaker and Dreadnought that way at all. The writing style seemed pretty melodramatic but in a good way, like, "ok guys, I know this is silly, but it's pretty cool, right?" Overall it kind of felt like fan fiction dedicated to the 1800s. So I'd say I definitely enjoyed them more than I expected to but I'm not dying to go out and find more steampunk books to read.
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They are campy, but they're good campy, and that's probably why they're so popular.
ReplyDeleteI definitely agree that they read like fan fiction. I was actually quite disappointed with Boneshaker, probably because the blurb on the back made it seem more interesting than I thought the book actually was.
ReplyDeleteI can understand it. I think it's just the notion I talked about in class, how steampunk just lends itself to all of the characters bring strong and self-determined, that leads to a lot of Mary Sues being created.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the stories were campy, but not in so much of a serious way that it was difficult to read or believe.
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