{"id":2342,"date":"2020-12-16T15:00:50","date_gmt":"2020-12-16T22:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/?p=2342"},"modified":"2020-12-04T20:24:21","modified_gmt":"2020-12-05T03:24:21","slug":"book-predators-gold-2003","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/benjamin-m-weilert.com\/index.php\/2020\/12\/16\/book-predators-gold-2003\/","title":{"rendered":"BOOK: Predator’s Gold (2003)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/u><\/strong>Year: 2003
Author: Philip Reeve
Length: 580 minutes \/ 9.67 hours<\/p>\n

Taking place a few years after the events of Mortal Engines<\/em><\/a>, I was aided somewhat in my read-through of Predator\u2019s Gold<\/em> by the fact that I didn\u2019t have a movie to compare against. While the first book in this series helped set the stage, I felt the real story didn\u2019t start until book two. After all, this series really is about the relationship between Hester and Tom. In Mortal Engines<\/em>, they had only just met; in Predator\u2019s Gold<\/em>, we see how far they\u2019ll go for each other, even if most of the story beats are somewhat predictable.<\/p>\n

I appreciated how thoroughly real this ridiculous concept of monstrous towns roaming the world and devouring each other seems in this book. This post-apocalyptic setting felt thought-out by adding the main setting of Anchorage and the introduction of a charlatan author who cons everyone around him for his sole benefit. So often, an additional concept is added to the world-building, and I\u2019d think, \u201cThat makes sense in this context.\u201d I also appreciated how previous ideas were integrated into this story, showing how nothing is a \u201cthrowaway\u201d idea.<\/p>\n

Despite the excellent world-building, the root of this story is Hester and Tom\u2019s relationship. While the more \u201cromantic\u201d elements were merely alluded to\u2014as this is a series meant for children, after all\u2014I was slightly annoyed with how stubborn these two characters were. If they\u2019d been together for a few years, you\u2019d think they\u2019d have figured out some of these simple relationship issues before they become lynchpins tied to the survival of entire cities. I also felt the \u201cwill of God\u201d was in a lot of the plot developments, as these two characters always seemed to be brought to the right place at the right time so they could continue to be together.<\/p>\n

Excellent world-building with so-so character relationships, I give Predator\u2019s Gold<\/em> 3.5 stars out of 5.<\/p>\n

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