Whitechapel Gods

Good solid Steampunk worldbuilding, with some wonderful Victorian revolutionaries; loses a few points on some very cookie-cutter characters and their emotional plotlines and developments. I do think this is the most gore I've ever seen in Steampunk; it got downright bloody at times. But there were always gears involved, which made it okay. ( )

Mixed reaction to this one. The characters were very good, but I found the story to kind of wander in and out of focus. Towards the end I'm not really sure I followed everything that was going on. The setting was very good but I think the overall story suffered for me because of a plot that was a little nebulous. ( )

I picked up this book because I saw Whitechapel and was thinking Jack the Ripper. The blurb on the back of the book quickly told of it's real subject matter and was enough to convince me to buy it. I suppose I liked it well enough. Character development was pretty good. There was enough going on that it kept me interested and wanting to read it; something that's been lacking in other books I've read lately. But the end was something of a disappointment. There was a lot going on in the book up until the final 'battle' and then it's like the author didn't quite know how to tie everything up. Rather than things getting more exciting they seemed to slowly deflate. It probably took me longer to read the final 50 to 100 pages than the entire rest of the book. ( )

Really good, but frustratingly vague at times. But I think that's part of the charm; Peters gives you just enough information to follow along with the plot, and nothing more. And the atmosphere and the characters are well-realized and memorable. ( )

I found i was paying more attention to the number of pages in a chapter then the story itself. To me not a good sign of a book. ( )