读过《Timekeeper》 🌕🌕🌕🌑🌑
audible 3/5 设定和剧情都不够出彩的一本。背景发生在维多利亚时代的蒸朋伦敦,男主一是一位机械师aka修钟匠,男主二是千年处男钟楼精(?我本以为作者会用大量笔墨描写蒸朋伦敦,无;我以为作者会写一个slow burn的人精恋,书还剩四小时的时候就确定关系我一个措手不及;全书比较有意思的点在于男主的老爸被困在一个钟表停止摆动、以至于时间停止流逝的小镇上。以及,尽管作者写的是英国人在伦敦,但字里行间明显可以感受到作者并不是英国人......这种若有若无的出戏感,很影响阅读/听书体验。不会往下看了。
Book
Timekeeper
Douban
Tara Sim
publishing house:
Sky Pony
2016
- 11
“I was in an accident. I got out. I'm safe now.” An alternate Victorian world controlled by clock towers, where a damaged clock can fracture time―and a destroyed one can stop it completely. A prodigy mechanic who can repair not only clockwork, but time itself, determined to rescue his father from a Stopped town. A series of mysterious bombings that could jeopardize all of England.> A boy who would give anything to relive his past, and one who would give anything to live at all. A romance that will shake the very foundations of time. The first book in a dazzling new steampunk-fantasy trilogy, Timekeeper introduces a magical world of mythology and innovation that readers will never want to leave.