Book Review 3: Airman (2nd sem.)

Take a moment to ponder on how it would feel to fly? Now take yourself back about the late 1800's-early 1900's and imagin how it would be to fly then. Eoin Colfer's Airman took hold and sent me soaring through this amazing story.

What makes a good book? While I am no author myself, I am a very avid reader and there are certain things that makes books "pop out" or "grab my interest." While there are a good bit of things to choose from I have to choose three. Those are: characters, genre of the book, and setting. These three aspects helped this book be even better and one of the best, in my opinion, that Mr. Colfer has written.

First up will be the one that has the least impact on the book: the genre. Before i start, yes, i understand that most people do pick or avoid certain books is because of the genre, i believe that the other two affected the book more. This book being in this certain genre caught my attention because usually when i think of Eoin Colfer, i think of fairies, magic, and little irish boy trying to steal gold, the Artims Fowl books for those who have no idea of what i am talking about, but this book is actually very realistic and non-fantastical. It is nice to read something different from the "norm" every now and then.

Next will be the aspect of this book that affected a great deal, but did not have the greatest impact per se, the setting. This book is located on a fictional island off the coast of Ireland. While the time frame of this book seams to be mideval, it is actual around the time where flying machines were first being built. So, this book has castles and airplanes. AWESOME! The setting, being the way it is, is very unique and inthralling adding to this books magnatism.

We will end this with the most impactful piece of this great book, the characters. This book has variety of characters. There is the young boy with a bright future, the srong-willed dad, the ecentric mento, the evil, treacherous villian, and the henchman to said villian. All of these characters have a realness about them that makes the reader believe that they are real and helps the book come to life. The characters in this book are exceptional. That's good because, i strongly believe this, if a book dose not have good characters, the book will fail. Hard.

While this is not the best book i have read, it's pretty close though, i would still have to recommend it to anyone and everyone. It has action, adventure, suspensce, comedy, and even a little romance. So, if you see this book, pick it up. It won't disappoint.