The Mechanical Theater: A Chroniker City Novella, by Brooke Johnson
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Petra Wade's older brother, Solomon, has always dreamed of being an actor. Instead, he works grueling shifts in the clockwork city's boiler rooms to help support his large adopted family. When Le Theatre Mecanique holds an open call for their upcoming performance, he decides to audition. However, the only role he is suitable to fill is that of the theater's custodian.Leaving the well-paying boiler job behind him, Solomon immerses himself in the theater--watching rehearsals, studying the performances, and working with an emerging young actress to improve his skills. But back at home, his family feels the sting of their reduced income when his younger sister Emily develops pneumonia and the only treatment is too expensive.Solomon will be forced to make a difficult choice: fulfill his dreams of stardom, or help save his younger sister.
The Mechanical Theater: A Chroniker City Novella, by Brooke Johnson- Amazon Sales Rank: #706234 in eBooks
- Published on: 2015-06-09
- Released on: 2015-06-09
- Format: Kindle eBook
About the Author Brooke Johnson is a stay-at-home mom and tea-loving writer. As the jack-of-all-trades bard of the family, she journeys through life with her husband, daughter, and dog. She currently resides in Northwest Arkansas but hopes to one day live somewhere more mountainous.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Great steampunk novella! By Rachel Desilets I adore Clockwork Giant, but I like this more.While it is steampunk, instead of being this epic adventure, it is a realistic, refreshing story. The characters and their motivations are simplistic, desires that we experience in real life. It made the characters more believable and more tangible.Solomon, our MC and the brother of Petra from Clockwork Giant, was done insanely well. His core desire is to join the theatre, but also be able to save his youngest sister from the illness she's been battling. Being a struggling artist is something that a lot of us can relate to, especially since his sister's medication costs more than two weeks of work.He develops a small relationship with Miss Appleton, another member of a theatre. Even as a side character, she has layers and layers that make her so credible. It's not heavy romance, and reads like the beginnings of a genuinely real relationship - making it a breath of fresh air.With so many layers, and reading so realistically for a Steampunk novel, I felt like I was in the world with Solomon most of the time.I know a lot of people don't like the "in between" novellas, but this one is a must-read. While you don't need it to understand the main plot, but you should want it because it's so well written.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Sweet, Gentle And Character Driven By Eoghann Irving By setting Le Theatre Mecanique is technically steampunk, but the story itself really isn't. That's because this novella is set in the same world (and I believe features one or more characters from) the authors novel The Clockwork Giant.So don't go in expecting all the over the top elements that steampunk often denotes. What we're looking at here is a small and sweet tale about a young man struggling to look after his family and to follow a dream he has.I'll call the setting Victorianish just to give you a rough idea of how life is for the poorer people in this world. Things are perpetually teetering on the edge of disaster. Work is hard, manual labor. Lots of it.And yet Solomon Wade maintains a remarkably positive attitude towards life even as he takes on more work and more responsibility to help out his family. His part time position as a the theater's custodian gives him hope for the future. Until he has to give that up too.His friendship with Miss Appleton is the sweet element of the tale. A very gentle and courteous romance. And if she is technically the damsel in distress of the tale she is not a doormat or one dimensional.There's no big crisis here, not large scale drama. It's a character based piece that plays it's emotional beats very well making you care about how it is all going to work out.I found it a welcome change of pace from some of the other stuff I've been reading recently and at novella length it knows not to outstay it's welcome. The story is told without dragging it into the realms of false melodrama.I can't label it a must read because it's a novella set in a larger work. But it's certainly a rewarding read.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Delightfully Engaging Story By Paul Richard From the cover, review, and comments I was expecting more Steampunk. While I guess this fits the genre due to the world it is set in, Steampunk is only tangential. There are a few gears and mentions of an automaton orchestra. What this novella really is, is a love of live theater. The story flows naturally and kept me engaged, while exploring why people get involved in theater and how others nurture that interest.That last sentence doesn't make it sound very engaging, but trust me, this is a very well written and enjoyable book.
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