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The City of Ember is aimed for a younger audience, but I found this book highly interesting and an enjoyable read. The characters are a bit flat, and the story seems to go unresolved (there is a sequel), but the interesting plot and the themes of companionship and problem solving made up for the la...
This was a really fun children’s book! I didn’t know much about the book when I bought it from Borders but for a couple bucks I’d try it.Ember was a really interesting idea. It’s a city underground and the city’s only light comes from lamps. The people of the city have been living this way for almos...
Really a 3.5/5 for me - I really wish I could do half stars here! I liked this quite a bit. It was clever, fun and easy to get into and read. Full review later.Easy to read, easy to get sucked into irretrievably, easy to digest - The City of Ember is a pared-down examination of human nature. In a wo...
It may seem like an oxymoron to call this middle reader title a sweet little dystopian novel, but that's what it is. This first in a series of four introduces Ember, an underground city developed and populated in the face of potential holocaust to safeguard a tiny fraction of the human race. In this...
The kids and I couldn't finish this one. My kids just didn't engage with or care about the kids in the story. I found myself uninterested, too, so we put this book down after a chapter and a half.
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