![]() ![]() Whatever obstacle is in her way, she effortlessly overcomes it and that doesn’t make for interesting reading, as well as undercutting any tension the many action sequences could potentially drum up. It also has kid’s book logic with the characters jumping off of their plummeting plane and surviving a many-thousands-feet drop because they landed in a tree!ĭelilah is an unstoppable force. The story is far too simple for my blood - goodie steal valuable thing from baddie - as is the characterisation of the villain, who basically just “grrs” while his helmet covers his eyes. ![]() I didn’t dislike Tony Cliff’s book but it’s definitely one for the kiddles rather than older readers like my increasingly ancient self. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant is set in 1807 Istanbul but it’s a fantasy/anachronistic version of 1807 replete with flying boats, feminist protagonists and Roman-style aqueducts! Sword-wielding Indiana Jones-type Delilah’s out to steal treasure from an evil pirate villain and Selim, the titular Turkish Lieutenant, gets caught up for the ride. ![]()
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