wonderful story and wonderfully written as is everything I've read by Eoin Colfer ( )

So I went into this book hopping/expecting one thing, and I felt like I got what I wanted to some degree, but lowkey.
u felt like the end was sort of rushed while the beginning just slowly played out, and I liked the main character, but I didn't feel that close to him.
otherwise, good book. (>v ( )

"I en tid av upptäckter och uppfinningar drömde många om att flyga. Men för Conor Broekhart var det mer än en dröm, det var hans öde.
En mörk natt på Salteeöarna förstördes hans liv av ett grymt och utstuderat svek. Orättfärdigt anklagad och dömd att tillbringa resten av livet djupt nere i de obarmhärtiga diamantgruvorna blev Conor besatt av tanken på hämnd och flykt. För att rädda sig själv och sin familj och kräva upprättelse måste Conor uppfinna den första flygmaskinen och bli en aeronaut."

I'm not a Colfer fan, but this had good reviews. I was a bit worried at first, but it definitely was a good read, although a bit long. ( )

Eoin Colfer shows once again that, when freed of the burden of churning out another Fowl novel, he can write entertaining, imaginative fiction still. There are flashes of humour and a somewhat unlikely setting, but the reader is drawn in to this generally serious tale of invention and redemption. Perhaps only The Supernaturalists and the first two Fowl books are better. ( )