Agatha H and the Airship City by Phil FoglioMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
So Apparently Girl Genius is a thing. I came to this book completely unawares of the comic art, and just thought it sounded like an interesting story that might be something I'd enjoy. I was not wrong.
A world so imaginative and eclectic, it must've been difficult to go the backwards route of then becoming a novel rather than the more traditional novel to comic.
This sometimes shows, and can become a little confusing to follow. In a hurried attempt to include references to everyone and everything, names become displaced (swapping between first and family names for example) and sometimes bits of story that could do with more time spent on them barrel along so swiftly you barely have time understand that you haven't understood something.
There are so many characters, creatures, robots, types of technology, baddies, plots, sub-plots, romantic interests, so much humor, tension, combat and even gore, it definitely can feel a little overwhelming to absorb.
Because of that amazing pace based around a fairly solid storyline, this doesn't matter, as you're left in awe of the world of Girl Genius and how anyone has the strength of imagination to design such a universe.
I'm fairly new to the whole steampunk thing, so don't really know how this holds up, but I'm an avid fan of fantasy and sci-fi and this really fits the bill. I enjoyed it so much in it's bizarre way, it feels a little like a modern day "hitchhikers guide to the galaxy" which surely can be no bad thing.
If you're a fan of good, exciting stories with a sci-fi/fantasy/tech element to them, you could go more wrong than Agatha H and the Airship City, and it puts me in mind of Douglas Adams, Scott Meyer, Ernest Cline and the odd whiff of Doctor Who.
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