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The City of Ember - Community Reviews back

by Jeanne DuPrau
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Devlin Scott
Devlin Scott rated it 12 years ago
I liked this story. It was very simply written (it is for children after all), had good characters and proved to be a nice interesting tale with a sound and clever ending.I'd recommend this book. Devlin
shojoholic
shojoholic rated it 12 years ago
I wasn't really in the mood for this book, but it wasn't bad.
Syahira's Literary Obsession
Syahira's Literary Obsession rated it 13 years ago
The City of Ember is a dystopian YA story about a city build underground and illuminated by thousands of neon lights that illuminate the entire city in amber. The city was largely depended on its immense storage of canned food and supplies but the city was not meant to last more than several hundred...
Book Reviews by Lynn
Book Reviews by Lynn rated it 13 years ago
Max Valentine is 18 years old. He has become an orphan, and has come to live with his uncle in Maui. He is an unusual person, as he is able to generate and control fire from his fingertips. He meets a mysterious, blue eyed girl called Asia Michaels. He also meets his uncle's colleague's daughter, Sa...
Crazy Bibliophile and Book Pimp (Not So Anonymous)
Great, easy dystopian read for 10 years olds and up
Buresh on Books
Buresh on Books rated it 13 years ago
I read this with my 10 year old daughter for her Battle of the Books challenge at school. She thought it was pretty good. I didn't think it was terrible. The charachters weren't that great, but overall it wasn't bad. A typical end of days storyline... I had fun reading it with my daughter. It ...
Raging Biblioholism
Raging Biblioholism rated it 13 years ago
Not as exciting as I remember it being - but I also remember it not quite being as exciting as I had hoped at the first read, too. It's an interesting and good-for-kids dystopia, but it doesn't quite pack a punch in any way. The characters are relatively flat and the story only shaded with the bro...
Ironic Contradictions
Ironic Contradictions rated it 13 years ago
There are some books which, when you read them, hold you in a spell with their unique charm and voice. This was one of those children's books, read at a time in which I devoured everything considered suitable reading. I've never read the sequels however as the way in which this book ended was left o...
FefferBooks
FefferBooks rated it 13 years ago
The book is better than the movie. And I liked the movie. But having read the book, I can see how they totally gunked it up with unnecessary stuff. The end of the book is *totally* filled with wonder, and I think you miss some of that loveliness in the adaptation. Totally worth reading. I'm on to Bo...
Marvin's Bookish Blog
Marvin's Bookish Blog rated it 13 years ago
I am sort of a late-comer with Young Adult novels. I blame it on my age. When I was a teenager in the 60s there was no real level between children and adult literature. Teen literature was a bit of a no man's land. I didn't realize there might actually be real literature in YA until I read the Harry...
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