In this exhilarating companion to Printz Award winner and National Book Award finalist Ship Breaker, Paolo Bacigalupi brilliantly captures a...
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Nov 16, 2011
I want to read this because it is the sequal to "Ship Breaker" and I thought that it was a good book
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Feb 22, 2012
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I loved Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker, the story of Nailer, a boy who works stripping ancient oil tankers in a globally warmed futureworld, whose life changes when he and his friend Pima discover a shipwrecked luxury clipper. The world was vivid, and the characters were wonderful, so I was very excited to be entrusted with an advance copy of The Drowned Cities, which the publisher describes as a companion to Ship Breaker.
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I loved Paolo Bacigalupi’s Ship Breaker, the story of Nailer, a boy who works stripping ancient oil tankers in a globally warmed futureworld, whose life changes when he and his friend Pima discover a shipwrecked luxury clipper. The world was vivid, and the characters were wonderful, so I was very excited to be entrusted with an advance copy of The Drowned Cities, which the publisher describes as a companion to Ship Breaker.
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Jan 25, 2012
Jacqie
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I'll read pretty much anything by this author at this point. Drowned Cities takes place in the same world as Shipbreaker, but there are no crossover characters except Tool. Tool is pretty damn cool, and I want more about him. Hard to tell whether this came before or after Shipbreaker timeline-wise.
Our main character is Mahlia. Her father was Chinese military who came to the Drowned Cities (near Washington DC after flooding destroyed much of it) to try to stop the collapse of Americ More...
Our main character is Mahlia. Her father was Chinese military who came to the Drowned Cities (near Washington DC after flooding destroyed much of it) to try to stop the collapse of Americ More...
Jan 24, 2012
Laura
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I enjoyed Ship Breaker but I think that this was even better! The world that Bacigalupi imagines, a future Waterworld-lite with the coastal cities "drowned", social structures breaking down and private armies/gangs running things is so realistically drawn that you can actually see it. This isn't a sequel to the first book, just an expansion on the world of Ship Breaker.
Here we are what I think is the former American South - Banyan Town is a small village trying to eke out More...
Here we are what I think is the former American South - Banyan Town is a small village trying to eke out More...
Jan 04, 2012
Maggie
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A companion to Ship Breaker, The Drowned Cities focuses on Tool, Mahlia, Mouse, and a completely different aspect of this new world. It’s hard not to make comparisons to the first book, but this one wasn’t as action packed or as engaging. It was much more a look at war, and how people are caught up in notions of vengeance and winning. The Drowned Cities was a much more thought-provoking book as it followed Mahlia and Tool’s search to find and rescue Mouse from one of the many armies that was
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Feb 04, 2012
Stewart
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Paolo Bacigalupi is one of the best writers of our generation. The fact that he writes for teens, and writes mainly dystopian sci-fi, makes his accomplishments as a writer that much more astonishing. Not that YA lit or sci-fi is by definition bad, just that there's so much of it lately and almost none of it written with the skill of Bacigalupi.
The Drowned Cities, like Ship Breaker before it, pulls no punches in the depiction of what lies ahead. Good stretches of the novel seem to exis More...
The Drowned Cities, like Ship Breaker before it, pulls no punches in the depiction of what lies ahead. Good stretches of the novel seem to exis More...
Dec 24, 2011
Jan
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Bacigalupi's companion novel to the Printz Award winning Ship Breaker will leave you breathless at the pulse pounding adventure and a dystopian world that is uncomfortably close to the world we currently inhabit. The wonderful half dog/half man character named Tool is back and we are now in the vicinity of the Drowned Cities, which were flooded by the ocean waters rising due to global warming. This is a world where child soldiers belonging to warring factions roam the land terrorizing all thos
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Feb 01, 2012
Ann
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Amazing, amazing. 24 hours after closing the covers and I can't stop thinking about it.
Props to Bacigalupi for keeping the ending as real and heartbreaking as the rest of the book. These children are not going to be redeemed. War has fundamentally changed them so it is fitting that their salvation finally comes in a brutal attack, not a rousing speech that makes those in power realize how misguided they have been.
Amazing, amazing. 24 hours after closing the covers and I can't stop thinking about it.
Props to Bacigalupi for keeping the ending as real and heartbreaking as the rest of the book. These children are not going to be redeemed. War has fundamentally changed them so it is fitting that their salvation finally comes in a brutal attack, not a rousing speech that makes those in power realize how misguided they have been.
Jan 13, 2012
Todd
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It was a great read! I enjoyed the names of all of the warring factions and the alternative language that they used. The description of the flooded cities and surrounding areas grabs the reader into the story and does not let go. The storyline runs parallel to today's conflicts in many war torn countries. I am putting this book in the library as soon as it comes out and will recommend to readers who like post-apocolyptic novels.
Feb 02, 2012
Virginia
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The dystopian future world of THE SHIP BREAKER has deteriorated even further into perpetual savage warfare. Thrown into this chaotic environment are two vulnerable young people and Tool, the half man who is anything but vulnerable. The choices they make to survive raise ethical issues and moral dilemmas. A dark and provocative book.
Dec 13, 2011
So far it a very good book the character Tool talks in the third person
Jan 27, 2012
Beth
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I didn't enjoy this companion book as much as Ship Breaker. Tool was the only cross over character and he is so difficult to understand. He does things to help despite not feeling any friendship. Mouse was never developed enough for me to really like. Which leaves Mahlia who is also difficult to relate to. This book leaves an opening for a continuation with some of the characters which I would read just to see what happens to them.
I didn't enjoy this companion book as much as Ship Breaker. Tool was the only cross over character and he is so difficult to understand. He does things to help despite not feeling any friendship. Mouse was never developed enough for me to really like. Which leaves Mahlia who is also difficult to relate to. This book leaves an opening for a continuation with some of the characters which I would read just to see what happens to them.
Nov 16, 2011
Ah boo, they redesigned SHIP BREAKER's cover for pb and now this cover matches that one. Pooh, I hate it when publishers switch cover designs like that. <spoiler>This reminds me of what happened with the LEVIATHAN series' covers</spoiler>
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Nov 16, 2011
The Drowned Cities is totally brutal. I was cringing and crying and gasping throughout this book. How can you do this to your characters, Paolo? HOW COULD YOU?
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Feb 06, 2012
Disappointed to find out this is following new characters but will still give it a try when it's released.
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