One of Leviathan's protagonist - Deryn - is a character I would love to meet. And yet, they go a small step ahead in pursuing their dreams or correcting a mistake or just plain doing the right thing. They aren't strong in the sense that they do superhero stuff or are perfect people, but rather in the sense that these characters could be any girl, going through all the normal challenges of being a teenager and having all the normal desires for a good life. One aspect I like of Scott Westerfeld's books is his very strong female characters. In that sense, I felt that Goliath could have stood on its own as a single book, although of course, you should read the previous two books to completely appreciate some of the references. The recaps weren't completely rehashed, but were just minimal enough for me to remember the fainter aspects of the previous books. Although it took me a while to remember some of the events that happened in the previous book, the author helped me along on the way by providing a few strategically placed recaps. This book starts off where we left the characters at the end of the second book - Behemoth. So I'll just talk about this book and the series in general and hope that if you haven't read this series yet, you will get to it soon. I'm not going to provide a plot summary here because it will be spoiler-ish for anyone who hasn't read the first two books and also because if you have read the first two books, I suppose you will be reading the third book as well, with or without synopsis. The final book of the Leviathan trilogy by Scott Westerfeld finally released a few weeks back and I was glad to receive my book right away from the library. Strangest of all, every stripped-bare trunk was pointed in the same direction: southwest. Countless trees lay on their sides, plucked clean, as if a huge wind had blown them over and stripped their branches and leaves. 'Barking spiders.' The words coiled like smoke in the freezing air.Īhead of the airship was an endless fallen forest. When she reached the prow of the ship, Deryn raised her field glasses to scan the horizon.

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