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Erebos: It's a Game. It Watches You.

by Ursula Poznanski, Judith Pattinson (Translator)

4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 · rating details · 2,039 ratings · 414 reviews

An intelligent computer game with a disturbing agenda.

When 16-year-old Nick receives a package containing the mysterious computer game Erebos, he wonders if it will explain the behavior of his classmates, who have been secretive lately. Players of the game must obey strict rules: always play alone, never talk about the game, and never tell anyone your nickname.

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Published January 19th 2012 by Annick Press (first published January 7th 2010)

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Feb 28, 2012 Janina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: mystery-thriller-suspense, male-pov, young-adult-fiction, on-my-kindle, best-of-2012, better-than-expected, read-in-2012, want-you-on-my-shelf

When you take a look at the genres I normally read, this book doesn’t necessarily fit in. I am not much of a gamer, and although I wouldn’t say that the world of computer games doesn’t interest me the slightest, it’s not necessarily a topic that makes me squeal with excitement. Yet, this book has won the "Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis" in the category that is decided on by young adults themselves, and after it blinked at me so many times at my local bookstore, I was tempted.

In the end, I am real...more When you take a look at the genres I normally read, this book doesn’t necessarily fit in. I am not much of a gamer, and although I wouldn’t say that the world of computer games doesn’t interest me the slightest, it’s not necessarily a topic that makes me squeal with excitement. Yet, this book has won the "Deutsche Jugendliteraturpreis" in the category that is decided on by young adults themselves, and after it blinked at me so many times at my local bookstore, I was tempted.

In the end, I am really glad I picked this book up. The summary is actually pretty vague on the genre – is it an “ordinary” mystery? Is it sci fi or fantasy? I myself wasn’t completely sure until the very end, and that’s part of what makes the story so fascinating.

At Nick’s school, a mysterious DVD is making the rounds. Nobody talks about it, but a lot of students are suddenly skipping school, look tired all the time, talk in whispers. Nick is curious, and when he gets his hands on the mysterious EREBOS, he is soon addicted to this computer game that seems so very real and not only offers fantastic graphics, an exciting quest and almost human seeming characters, but also tasks firmly anchored in real life.

Honestly, this book was creepy. Really creepy. If I were in Nick’s situation, I would have run as fast as I could. Or at least thrown my laptop out of the window. The game world Nick visited seemed so real – enhanced by the fact that the passages when Nick played were told from his game character’s point of view – it made me shiver. I sensed at once that there was something very wrong with EREBOS, but Nick got caught up in the game and didn’t question the firm grip it had on his life, which was seriously exhausting for me. I wanted to scream at him sometimes, to tell him to stop playing at once, but he would probably have ignored me like he did his best friend, Jamie and even his crush, Emily.

Yet, I could also understand him a little. Because the book itself was rather addicting. Hard to put down, never slow, always a constant hint of danger in the air. The characters were well-developed and I grew rather fond of Nick and his friends. In the end, the conclusion came a bit too sudden and almost completely out of the blue, but that remains my only bigger complaint.

I normally try to avoid reading the English translation of books originally published in German, but when it’s the question of buying vs. getting for free … (hey, I am a poor student after all). Yet, I can definitely say that the writing had a good flow nevertheless, and with the London setting, the English didn’t seem so out of the context (it is weird for me to read books in English with the occasional German name or even word thrown in). But I have to admit that the setting was rather anonymous. This story could have occurred everywhere of course, but if you set it in London, I do expect it to have a British feel about it. And that was completely missing.

Nevertheless, a gripping thriller I’m glad I didn’t miss out on. Will be on the look-out for more books by Ursula Poznanski.

Thanks a lot to Annick Press and Netgalley for the review copy.(less)

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Apr 17, 2012 Maree rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-paranormal, 2012-read, mystery-suspense, march-may-quarterly-ya-reading-chal

I’m not really a gamer, unless The Sims counts, which I’m pretty sure it doesn’t. However, this book had me absolutely enthralled and if it weren’t for really annoying things like 3000 word assignments at university I would have finished it much, much sooner.

So, I found the whole premise of this book pretty disturbing. A malevolent computer game that controls your life, ‘reads’ your mind and watches you while you surf the internet. It knows when you’ve been disobedient…and you better watch out...more

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Mar 10, 2012 Jo rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: e, for-review, 2012, ya, you-got-a-friend-in-me

3.5 stars.

I was a bit wary of reading Erebos at first because I thought it sounded a lot like Ready Player One and while I really enjoyed that book, there’s only so many things you can do with a book about video games, right?
Woah, did you hear that?
It was the sound of a million video game players hissing at me all across the globe.

I’m not even going to pretend that I know the gamer gabble (yeah, that’s not a real thing… I made that up) because I really don’t. I like watching when people play t...more

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Mar 16, 2012 Catie rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Catie by: Janina

Shelves: for-review, read-in-2012, ya, sci-fi, paranormal

2 1/2 stars

“A game you can’t buy. A game that talks to you. A game that watches you, that rewards you, threatens you, gives you tasks.

'Sometimes I think it’s alive…’”

To anyone who’s ever been a MMPORG addict/widow(er) I think this book will be particularly frightening. And to everyone else, who’s sitting there right now, saying…really? Could a game really consume your life like that? I invite you to visit this website, where level 85 World of Warcraft characters are frequently sold for upwards o...more

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Jul 20, 2011 Sercan Vatansever rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

Kesinlikle böyle birşey beklemiyordum :D Yazar çok güzel kurgulamış. Oyunu ve gerçek dünyayı harmanlamış ve sonuç perfect :) ayrıca Nickin karakter olarak vampiri seçmeyim elfi seçmesi de çok iyi oldu :D

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Dec 27, 2012 Matt rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Erebos starts on an normal note: highschooler Nick is trudging his way through the school day, when he notices something odd - kids are passing around a mysterious DVD, but none of the recipients or deliverers are talking about what it is. Intrigued, Nick investigates, and eventually himself gets a copy of the amazing game that's been going around - Erebos, the most fantastic and new multiplayer online first-person game.

But Erebos is no ordinary game. Because as Nick and other players are drawn...more

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Oct 15, 2011 Moira rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Anotace mě na první pohled zaujala. Počítačová hra? To je v knižním světě tak málo časté, že jsem hned chtěla vědět, o čem to asi bude.

Erebos je hra. Inteligentní, úžasná... děsivá. Někdy máte pocit, že je až živá. Pronikne vám do života a vy jste po chvíli úplně ztraceni. Postupem děje se ukazuje, jak velký vliv má "hra" na své hráče, jak dokáže měnit život i uvažování člověka a celkově jak je to nebezpečné. V knize je opravdu dobře popsán vývoj lidské psychiky takového "závisláka" a posouvání...more Anotace mě na první pohled zaujala. Počítačová hra? To je v knižním světě tak málo časté, že jsem hned chtěla vědět, o čem to asi bude.

Erebos je hra. Inteligentní, úžasná... děsivá. Někdy máte pocit, že je až živá. Pronikne vám do života a vy jste po chvíli úplně ztraceni. Postupem děje se ukazuje, jak velký vliv má "hra" na své hráče, jak dokáže měnit život i uvažování člověka a celkově jak je to nebezpečné. V knize je opravdu dobře popsán vývoj lidské psychiky takového "závisláka" a posouvání hranic a priorit. Toto se mi na ní opravdu líbilo.

Kniha se odehrává z pohledu Nicka Dunmora. Je to obyčejný středoškolský kluk, ani hvězda školy, přesto ani zakřiknutý chlapeček. Má svůj obyčejný život a obyčejné problémy. Dokud se v jeho okolí nezačne objevovat zvláštní DVD, o kterém se nic neví a každý, kdo jej vlastní, zarytě mlčí. A pak se takový balíček dostane i ke Colinovi, Nickovu dobrému příteli. A i Colin se začne chovat divně. Nick je z toho zoufalý a pomalu by udělal vše proto, aby jedno taky dostal a zjistil, co to na něm je.

A když se k němu DVD s Erebosem konečně dostane, začne ta pravá hra.

Nebyla by to pořádná kniha, kdyby se to vše točilo jen okolo toho jednoho tématu, no ne? Každého by to dřívě či později znechutilo a proto autorka šikovně vplete do děje i obyčejné teenagerské problémy dospívajícího kluka. Vlastně jeden problém, s hezkou tvářičkou, zadumanou dušičkou a jménem Emily. A jak to tak bývá, Nick nemá dost odvahy se k čemukoliv rozhoupat. Pravda, oproti hlavnímu ději se to probírá trochu tlumeněji, ale je to tam.

Udivilo mě, že kniha je žánrovaná jako thriller. Nechápala jsem to, jelikož po celou dobu jsem měla pocit, že je to spíše nějaký poddruh fantasy. Až ke konci autorka odhalila všechny karty a závěr byl...geniální! Promyšlený, ohromující a nečekaný. Pátou hvězdičku nedám nejspíše jen proto, že kniha mohla být o fous lepší. Charaktery více popsané, vztahy mezi lidmi více objasněné a trošilinku se autorka mohla věnovat i popisu okolí a pohnutek různých postav. Možná to vyzní nabubřele, ale jedním slovem mohla být kniha propracovanější.

Kromě toho však nemám takřka nic co vytnout a kniha je opravdu dost dobrá. :)

Málem bych zapomněla na obálku! Fragment mě... jak to říct... vážně ohromil! Obálka je taková papírová, na dotek příjemná. Postupem času čtení knihy jsem si navykla přejíždět po povrchu obálky špičkami prstů, je to takové příjemné.. :D(less)

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Oct 30, 2011 Susann rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Das Buch hat eine süchtig machende Wirkung. Es fungiert wie ein Zog. Ich habe zwar zwischendurch das Lesen unterbrochen, aber alles war sofort wieder da als ich erneut eingestiegen bin. Und dann war ich in einem nicht enden wollenden Rutsch und mit wenig Schlaf fertig. Das Buch lohnt wirklich jede Minute die man ihm schenkt.

Ich habe wenig bis gar kein Interesse an PC-Spielen noch kenne ich mich aus. Aber die Spielsequenzen sind gut für Laien erklärt, auch wenn ich nicht behaupten möchte, dass ic...more

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Feb 04, 2012 Esra rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, favorite-male-characters, favorite-female-characters, suspense-crime, young-adult

Kitap başlarda bu tür oyunlardan hoşlaşmamam ve karakterimizinde bir oyun bağımlısı olmasından dolayı beni biraz boğmuştu. Ama yine de kitap sizi içine çekiyor.

Nick, özellikle oyunu bırakıp da doğru yolu bulduktan sonra seni bir başka sevdim. Çok efendi, temiz kalpli ve yardımsever bir insansın. Ayrıca ensende bir kuzgun dövmesi var. Sevdiğim karakterler arasına girmeyi başardın.

Nick, en yakın arkadaşının garip davranışlarıyla bazı şeylerden şüphelenmeye başlar, ayrıca garip davranışlarda bulun...more

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Dec 15, 2012 Katharine rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: read-2012

While mostly engaging, the parents weren't overly believable, and (like Kat said) the portrayals of 'angry nerd' and 'bitter fat girl' were lacking redeeming qualities, which was a bit insulting and disappointing.

Basically, the idea of this novel was very good, and the tech side handled well. It could have been done so much better if the characters were handled better and the plot not so dull when it wasn't about the central idea.

The dialogue at times was stilted and unbelievable (perhaps beca...more

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Oct 30, 2011 The Itzel Library rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to The Itzel Library by: Publisher

Shelves: action, adventure, bullying, contemporary, couples, de-pesadilla, dysfunctional-family, fun, goth, horror, humor, kick-ass-heroe, movies, must-be-read, perfect-heroe, raro, psychology, romance, scifi, society, spy, top-10, unforgettable, urban-fantasy, violence, wtf, zombies, vampire, wolfs, faerie, 2011, ya

Seguro que cuando ves la palabra "videojuego", tu mente te dice de inmediato que no te gustará, si eres de los que les huyen. Lo sé porque eso fue precisamente lo que pensé cuando lo vi.

Tenía mucho miedo de abrirlo porque:

1.- La portada no es atractiva en el buen sentido. Es más como de miedo.
2.- Tiene + de 500 hojas y era un poco intenso leer tanto de un libro que podría no gustarme.
3.- No había oído nada de él.
4.- Videojuegos... nah... ¡qué aburrido!
5.- Videojuegos... ¬¬ no soy niño ¬¬

Pero me...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Captaincow rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: g-young-adult, g-thriller, g-realistic-fiction, t-adventure

Bewertung: 3.5 / 5.0

Meinung:
Erebos ist ein wahrlich mitreißendes Buch. Die Spannung wird Stück für Stück aufgebaut und ist man anfangs womöglich noch nicht sehr beeindruckt, so verändert man seine Meinung spätestens nach den ersten 100 Seiten. Dabei weist die Erzählung keine Lücken auf und ist so... - entschuldigt, dass ich dieses Wort noch einmal verwenden muss - mitreißend, dass man mit dem Leben nur noch schwer aufhören kann. Das Buch ist fast so süchtigmachend wie das in dem Roman beschriebe...more

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Feb 16, 2011 Katharina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audio-books, read-2011

A fast-paced, completely modern and interesting YA thriller. I love it when authors know their target audience well enough to not feel the need to explain everything their characters do in case non-tech-savy people read it. It's great to see characters use icq, twitter, DA and other things without getting tedious lectures on what they are first.

The only thing that really bothered me was the negative portrayl of the "angry nerd" and "bitter fat girl", neither of which seemed to have any redeemin...more

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May 12, 2013 Carien rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya

This is a really cool and suspenseful read.

I love the set up of this story. Being an avid gamer myself I could really understand how Nick and his friends were totally engrossed in playing Erebos, which sounded like a cool Fantasy game. When at first the game asks Nick to do some small errants outside of the game I could easily understand why Nick didn't refuse.

But slowly the game asks more and more of Nick and its motives get more dubious. As the game progresses and it's clear others are willi...more

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Apr 07, 2013 Austenlove rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2013

Um dieses Buch interessant zu finden ist wohl ein Grundinteresse an online Rollenspielen ganz vorteilhaft.
Da viele meiner Freunde solche Spiele spielen fand ich die Thematik ganz interessant und wollte dem Buch eine Chance geben. Ich muss wirklich sagen, dass die erste Hälfte des Buches wirklich interessant war und mir sehr gut gefallen hat. Die Welt, die dort beschrieben wird hat mich sehr fasziniert und ich wollte immer mehr darüber erfahren.
Ab der Hälfte nimmt die Spannung jedoch ab, da ja...more

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Mar 16, 2013 Kelly Truelove rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: anyone who enjoyes fantasy, gaming, urban fantasy, or an engaging story

Shelves: favorites

"Stay a While, and Listen"

I was super impressed by this book. I thought I had found a treasure when I was reading the Feyland trilogy, but this was even better. I haven't had much luck finding books about gaming or virtual reality scenarios that don't follow a real-life game, like Diablo or World of Warcraft. I wonder if I'm looking in the wrong places or if this type of book is really that rare of a commodity.

Erebos was filled with references to gaming, literary fancy and mythology. This was o...more

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Feb 02, 2013 Tonina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc, gamer-chic, chock-full-o-scientific-gobbledygo, enough-cliches-for-a-drinking-game, evil-all-knowing-villain, evil-corporations-rule-the-world, gasp-what-a-convenient-plot-twist, greek-god-demigod-centric, male-ya-pov, please-edit-me, loses-something-in-the-translation, sci-fi, that-s-unbelievable, the-author-has-jumped-the-shark, ya-sci-fi, strong-story-weak-writing

NOTE: I received a publisher’s ARC of Erebos via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

One Sentence Summary: Erebos has a cool central idea, but it’s weighed down by numerous instances of poor execution.

London high school student and All-Around Average Guy Nick Dunmore doesn’t really notice that some of his schoolmates are behaving oddly until his friend Colin changes overnight from a frequent companion to a hostile acquaintance bent on ditching him. Eventually Nick finds the source of the...more NOTE: I received a publisher’s ARC of Erebos via NetGalley in exchange for an honest review.

One Sentence Summary: Erebos has a cool central idea, but it’s weighed down by numerous instances of poor execution.

London high school student and All-Around Average Guy Nick Dunmore doesn’t really notice that some of his schoolmates are behaving oddly until his friend Colin changes overnight from a frequent companion to a hostile acquaintance bent on ditching him. Eventually Nick finds the source of the changes: an odd, intense, and apparently omniscient MMORPG called Erebos. Those of you who know your Greek legends are probably guessing from the name that Erebos the game is bad news, and of course you’re right. The game is first intriguing, then enthralling, and finally an overwhelming addiction. Players get little sleep, try to avoid meals and bathroom breaks, and eventually miss school to stay in the game. The short list of rules is spelled out at the beginning of the game, à la Fight Club. Break the game’s rules and you’re out, with no second chances. Most disturbing of all, the game is asking players to handle tasks in the real world – and it knows without fail if you’ve completed them....

Put all that together and you have an intriguing story on your hands – and for the most part, Erebos is an entertaining read. The plot is lively, interesting, and close enough to realistic at the beginning that by the time you realize it’s strayed from the path of possible, you’re having too good a time to care. Author Ursula Poznanski believably portrays the different forms of social ostracism the game’s players mete out to those who aren’t yet in versus those who have been kicked out of Erebos. It was nice to read a book involving gamer culture that didn’t trip all over itself trying to make sure everyone reading it could easily understand it.

However, the frequent moments of clunky writing kept interrupting my fun. For instance, who calls someone “sister” in the 21st century? Not when they’re referring to a sibling or a nun, but as a supposedly everyday piece of slang, i.e., “Forget it, sister”? There are times when it feels as though the author’s throwing in random expressions out of the 1930s. I was waiting for one character to say to another, “Now you’re on the trolley!” (10 points if you get this Simpsons reference). To be fair, this book was originally published in German, so I don’t know if the odd expressions and slang are just a translation issue or if they’re a decision of the author, but they’re out of place in Erebos.

Even more off-putting are the harsh transitions: one minute Nick’s at school, and then, boom, he’s suddenly at home eating dinner or playing the game, with no information as to how or why the setting changed. I was constantly backtracking and trying to find the part I’d skipped, until I realized that’s just the way the book is. The transitions are irritating enough that my resulting frustration kept knocking me out of the story. I had much less of a problem with the constant changes in tenses (while Nick is playing the game, the story is told in present tense from the perspective of his character, whereas Nick’s life in the “real world” is written in past tense). Yes, it was odd to keep switching, but I liked the distinction the change made between the game world/Sarius and the real world/Nick.

The plot becomes less and less believable until about the last fifth of the book or so, when it goes off the rails entirely. The climax of the story is oddly small-time in scope, the ending is unsatisfying, and don’t even get me started on exactly how insane the explanations about the game’s designer and all the things he supposedly invented to make the game work are. I was also very frustrated by the fact that no main characters and only two secondary characters face any long-term negative consequences. If you wanted to consider what happens to Nick’s best friend a long-term negative consequence for them both, I suppose you could, but by the end of the story everything’s all hunky-dory. Judging by the last 10% of the book, I can easily imagine the kids brushing off everything that happened during the game and forgetting about it after a few months. On the other hand, I wasn’t invested in what most of the characters thought anyway, because the vast majority of them were throwaway, paper-doll stock stereotypes – the “depressed mom”, “bully dad”, “bitter fat chick”, “angry nerd”, etc.

Erebos has quite a few defects, but its compelling central idea is enough to keep those who start it reading until the end. The book is at its best when offering us a story of a school taken over by a maliciously addictive new trend and the choices the characters face in dealing with it. My thanks to the people at Annick Press and NetGalley for the ARC!
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Dec 21, 2012 Bill Mackela rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: netgalley

Nick Dunmore is on his school basketball team. His friend Colin Harris is also a member of the team. Recently Colin has been missing practice. In fact a lot of the team is absent. Coach Bethune is very angry. Nick wonders why Colin is skipping practice. He tries to get Colin to tell him what is going on. Colin says that he can't tell him. But Nick knows that it has something to do with the dorky guys that Colin is hanging around with. Guys that he and Colin used to make fun of. So when Nick sees...more

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Dec 03, 2012 Clara rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I am a big fan of English books. Figurative language fascinates me way more in English than in German, my mother tongue. But Ursula Poznanski gets me all the time.

Well, got me twice until now, as I have read two of her books: Erebos and Saeculum. They were and are both fantastic. Both are about games, basically, but connected to reality which is an idea I find very interesting anyway.

When I read Erebos, it was one of the books you don't WANT to put down. The language is great, and even though...more

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Nov 04, 2012 Tanja Seppä rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, young-adult

"I withdraw my consent from reality. I deny it my assistance. I dedicate myself to the temptations of escapism, and throw myself wholeheartedly into the endlessness of unreality."

I loved this book! It's the best escape I've had from the maddening reality I exist in for ages. Nick, a 6-th former, receives a DVD with a game. He already knows it exists, some of his friends are acting strange and striking up strange alliances. Nick is quickly absorbed into the world of Erebos. However, the game give...more

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Oct 23, 2012 Sean Randall rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Recommended to Sean by: Parham Doustdar

A warning: do not continue reading if you are offended by strong language. This isn't a review, really. It's more a personal analysis...

I've been banging on at some length in previous reviews about atmosphere.I really got into the character's head when reading The Ghost at the end of August. I enjoyed the ambience of Forever at the end of July, the list goes on: William Knight's Generation is one example, Charles Cumming's A Spy by Nature more so. The thing about atmosphere is that it engages yo...more A warning: do not continue reading if you are offended by strong language. This isn't a review, really. It's more a personal analysis...

I've been banging on at some length in previous reviews about atmosphere.I really got into the character's head when reading The Ghost at the end of August. I enjoyed the ambience of Forever at the end of July, the list goes on: William Knight's Generation is one example, Charles Cumming's A Spy by Nature more so. The thing about atmosphere is that it engages you on very different levels. In Dave Duncan's Great Game series, its a thrill of history, in Henry Porter's Dying Light, that great sense of being "In" some sort of elite inner circle (intellectual rather than military in that case).

This book, well. It reverberated. It reacted. It positively resonated with echoes of my own days as a sixthformer. All the tosser talk, the "you bastard", the casual Use of Skype and MSN, the disgruntlement at getting a landline rather than mobile number for a schoolmate and of course, the quietly-applied yet extremely evident beginnings of a romance... all that impacted me very hard indeed. I ended a chapter - I forget precisely which, now - and thought "he's going off for a wank now, surely?"
It was as if someone my own age, who'd lived as I'd lived, seen the world through the eyes of one of my own era had harkened back to those days and captured it in print and captured it almost but not quite perfectly. Because of course it's a translated work, and I was hardly in the middle of the norm. Therefore intrusions like "principal" stuck out like soar thumbs, and of course the profusion of the subway was out of my experience. Still, it was an amazingly powerful and intense experience and for that, I shall always remember this book and the impact it had.

The plot is very good too, though not unique and hardly outstanding by today's standards. It was very gripping, and the scenes "In-game" were very neatly done, woven into the narrative so well that you sort of lose contact with reality along with Nick. I found myself pausing and having to shake myself back to the world whenever he exited, or whenever his "real" world intruded on the virtual.

I do have a few problems with the work that prevents the 5 star rating, of course: primarily, it's the complete waste: a brilliant technology, a brilliant man even, so bitter and twisted that things slip out of both his control and the world in general. Then there's that whole slipping away process anyway: a man so intelligent, ruined by something he aught to have easily managed. I suppose it's a commentary on grief or the dangers of mania and obsession, but it somehow lets the work down a little.

The other thing that rang false was Nick's kicking-out of the game. Not because he got kicked out, but I somehow would have expected a more protracted divorce. I guess I had built things up too much in my head; taken his involvement - perhaps immersion is a better word - in Erebos to an extreme.

All that aside, I really got into the book. The ambiance utterly hooked me, more compellingly than any fantastic or futuristic world has done in quite the same way because it was so vividly me, though a me of then, if that makes sense. The people - well: they were so real, because they could have been any one of a hundred real people I knew. The plot; naturally implausible, but luring nonetheless, intense, not too emotionally deep as you'd expect from a teenage male lead but again, with a level beyond the obvious which keeps you going.

Would I recommend this book? Yes, to different groups for different reasons. I don't know how transferable that sense of... I haven't the word, which is rare. That sense of being there, of being at one with the time and setting of the work. I don't know how that translates, or indeed how much of it is the author and how much the translator: how much of my sixthform milieu holds any meaning in the US, in non-English speaking parts of germany? How much in Australia, which is where the translator lives? So it's hard to detail quite how that works for other people. Then there's recommending it for the RPG crowd, or those who just enjoy modern reads, or are otherwise into SF or have other geekish prominences. TO them, is it just a good read? I mean yes, to me, it was, for those reasons - but the great sense of ... again, I lack the appropriate descriptor. The "now" of the world in which the characters live; the real one, not the game - the tau of the work, to use a stochastic term - that was what really got and held me and what lives on in my mind having finished it.

There's no doubt it was a great story as well, a very worthwhile read indeed.(less)

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Sep 01, 2012 Natália Juhászová rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Obsah: Na jednej z bežných londýnskych škôl, si medzi sebou začnú študenti šíriť podivné balíčky s neznámym obsahom. Žiaci ktorý ich dostanú, sa do školy vracajú unavení, agresívni a predovšetkým o všetkom mlčia. Jeden z nich, sa dostane aj ku zvedavému Nickovi Dunmorovi. On zistí, že sa v balíčkoch nachádza DVD s počítačovou hrou- Erebosom. Nickovi sa spočiatku veľmi páči, až potom zisťuje čo je hra v skutočnosti zač. Ako je možné, že o každom všetko vie? Čo vlastne chce? A ako ju môže Nick zas...more

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Aug 15, 2012 Kane rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Nikdy nevíte, kdo se za jakou postavou skrývá. I kdybyste sebevíc chtěli zjistit, kdo je kdo, nemůžete, jinak se můžete s Erebosem rozloučit. Máte pouze jednu šanci zahrát si tuto jedinečnou hru. Jakmile začnete, nedokážete přestat. Nebudete spát, nebudete mluvit a vaších myšlenek se zmocní tato podivně reálná hra.

Vyskytují se tu dvě hlavní postavy. Nick v reálném světě a Sarius v počítačovém světě. Pokud si myslíte, že kniha je pěkně nudná, když vás příběhem provází nějaká herní postava, pletet...more Nikdy nevíte, kdo se za jakou postavou skrývá. I kdybyste sebevíc chtěli zjistit, kdo je kdo, nemůžete, jinak se můžete s Erebosem rozloučit. Máte pouze jednu šanci zahrát si tuto jedinečnou hru. Jakmile začnete, nedokážete přestat. Nebudete spát, nebudete mluvit a vaších myšlenek se zmocní tato podivně reálná hra.

Vyskytují se tu dvě hlavní postavy. Nick v reálném světě a Sarius v počítačovém světě. Pokud si myslíte, že kniha je pěkně nudná, když vás příběhem provází nějaká herní postava, pletete se. Sarius vás vtáhne do děje a vy za pár okamžiků zjišťujete, že si připadáte, jako by všechno kolem vás ožilo a doopravdy se dělo. Jako by celý tento svět existoval. Lehce se zapomene, že je to celé vlastně hra. Pociťujete trému, když Sarius přešlapuje z místa na místo a ostražitě sleduje boje. Je hodně lehké zapomenout na Nicka, který tuto postavu vlastně celou dobu ovládá. Se Sariusem se ztotožníte a budete s ním soucítit.

Kniha postupem času zodpoví úplně všechny otázky. Nemusíte se obávat, že by vám dalších několik dní vratalo hlavou, jak vlastně ta a ta postava dopadla. A pokud vám přece jen něco nedá spát, lehce si na danou otázku můžete odpovědět, když si dáte dohromady 1 a 1.

Děj je psán ve třetí osobě a plyne opravdu rychle. Není tu žádné zbytečné obkecávání a jsou tam jen věci, které přímo souvisejí s dějem. Příběh se čte téměř sám. Rychle a lehce.

Postavy ve skutečném životě jsou téměř stejné. Ale to vlastně ani není důležité, protože většinou se čtenář ocitne v samotné hře. Každopádně si mě získala Emily. Je taková správná, milá.
Victor, kamarád Emily, je úžasný. Není tam napsáno, kolik mu je let, ale řekla bych mu zhruba těch dvacet. Ujíždí na čaji a do her je totální blázen. V tomto světě se opravdu vyzná a pro Nicka a Emily je značnou posilou.

Co se týče postav ve hře. Vždycky mě zamrazilo, když jsem se setkala s Poslem. Je to takový vševěd na koni s vykoulenýma žlutýma očima. Jde z něj strach a já ho hrozně respektovala. Ze začátku se mi zdál takový neškodný, ale jak se příběh posouval, měla jsem ho ráda méně a méně. Běhal mi z něj mráz po zádech a vždy jsem byla ráda, když zmizel. Sariuse mi bylo kolikrát opravdu líto. Vypořádávat se s poslem není zrovna to nejlepší.

Knihu jsem začala číst kolem sedmé hodiny večer a skončila až po jedné s tím, že už se mi vážně chce spát. Kdybych předešlou noc spala trochu déle, nešla bych spát, dokud bych Erebose nedočetla. Nemohla jsem se od něj odtrhnout, jako bych opravdu byla závislá. Už jsem párkrát hrám propadla, v tomto příběhu je to ovšem extrém. Několikrát jsem se přistihla, jak doufám, že něco takového nikdy nevypustí na pulty obchodů. To by totiž taky mohl být konec. Všechny děti by od rána do večera, od večera do rána seděly u počítačů a hrály Erebos. Ani rodiče by je z toho nedostali.

Knize není co vytknout. Obálka je úžasná. Hra je skvělá a párkrát jsem si říkala, že bych si taky zahrála. Pak jsem si ale vzpomněla, jak to všechno dopadlo a rychle mě to přešlo. Pokud nejste zrovna herní maniaci, nemusíte se bát, ve světě her se nemusíte nijak vyžívat ani orientovat. Tato kniha vás dostane tak jako tak.
Hodnocení je jasné. Pět hvězdiček.(less)

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Aug 03, 2012 Kimmy rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a book I added to my TBR around the time I read This Is Not A Game . Here is the summary from the Kobo store:

When 16-year-old Nick receives a package containing the mysterious computer game Erebos, he wonders if it will explain the behavior of his classmates, who have been secretive lately. Players of the game must obey strict rules: always play alone, never talk about the game, and never tell anyone your nickname. Curious, Nick joins the game and quickly becomes addicted. But Erebos kno...more This is a book I added to my TBR around the time I read This Is Not A Game . Here is the summary from the Kobo store:

When 16-year-old Nick receives a package containing the mysterious computer game Erebos, he wonders if it will explain the behavior of his classmates, who have been secretive lately. Players of the game must obey strict rules: always play alone, never talk about the game, and never tell anyone your nickname. Curious, Nick joins the game and quickly becomes addicted. But Erebos knows a lot about the players and begins to manipulate their lives. When it sends Nick on a deadly assignment, he refuses and is banished from the game. Now unable to play, Nick turns to a friend for help in finding out who controls the game. The two set off on a dangerous mission in which the border between reality and the virtual world begins to blur.

This is the English translation of a German book, but the story is set in England. Nick has noticed kids at school passing some sort of disc to each other, but when he tries to talk to them about it, they become very secretive. As more kids – including his friend Colin – seem to be in on this mystery, Nick becomes more desperate to find out what’s going on.

Finally, a girl offers him the disc, which turns out to be a computer game, but on the condition that he never discuss the game with anyone - even with other players – and that he always play it alone. Nick quickly becomes immersed in the game, playing Erebos constantly. It seems to be a multiplayer RPG. However, as Nick spends more time in the game, he notices that the messenger – the mysterious character who doles out rewards to players and provides them with tasks to earn more – seems to know a lot about Nick’s life outside the game. As the tasks assigned by the messenger become stranger, and dangerous, Nick realizes that he is caught up in something that is more than just a game.

This book was good. I didn’t love it, but I thought it was a fun read. The plot moved quickly, and as a video game (and especially RPG) lover, I enjoyed reading about Nick playing Erebos. I knew the book was headed in the direction of ‘evil computer game controls children for its own ends’, but wasn’t sure who/how/why it was happening, and really wanted to get to the reveal.

I was surprised by the heart-tugging, emotional ending, in a good way. I didn’t feel especially connected to the characters (Nick, the protagonist; his friends Jamie and Colin; and Emily, his crush), so I was surprised that I was so satisfied with the end of this book.

One complaint I had, and I don’t know if it was the translation or the way the book was originally written, was that, at times, the writing seemed awkward or stilted.

Overall, though, this was a fun read, and if you like science fiction and/or video game related stories, I recommend this book. (From http://pingwings.ca)(less)

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Jul 26, 2012 Kris rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

High School student Nick Dunmore's life changes when he is given a nondescript disk that contains the program for a fantastic, but highly secretive, computer game Erebos. Erebos' world is so compelling that players quickly find it difficult to separate reality from fiction. The dilemma becomes increasingly problematic when the game seemingly watches the players in real life and asks them to complete various tasks in the real world.

Despite not being a gamer, I loved 'Erebos'. With computer techno...more

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Jun 29, 2012 Val rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: arc-books, ya-lit-class-books

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Summary: Nick Dunmore and his classmate's are part of a secret computer game. They each have received the small package containing a DVD and an ominous message. Don't let anyone know you have it, don't tell anyone about it, and play it alone. The game Erebos starts off as an adventure/fantasy role playing game. However, it quickly morphs into something more sinister. It knows about it's players both in the game and outside of it in their daily lives. It's almost like it's watching your every mov...more Summary: Nick Dunmore and his classmate's are part of a secret computer game. They each have received the small package containing a DVD and an ominous message. Don't let anyone know you have it, don't tell anyone about it, and play it alone. The game Erebos starts off as an adventure/fantasy role playing game. However, it quickly morphs into something more sinister. It knows about it's players both in the game and outside of it in their daily lives. It's almost like it's watching your every move and reading your mind. When the game starts asking its players to do dangerous and sometimes illegal missions in real life, the players must decide how far they are willing to go to keep playing. The lines between reality and the virtual world start to blur until Nick is asked to do a dangerous mission. Will he do the right thing or will he give in to the game?

Awards and Recommendations:
2011 German Children's Literature Award
2012 ALA/YALSA Best Fiction for Young Adults list nomination

Comments: This book has been sitting on my shelf for 3 months. I received a review copy from the Publisher and was only a little bit intrigued by the premise. I figured it was more of a book for gamers than regular readers. While some of that view applies it is so much more. It took me a few chapters to get hooked on the idea of the book. Nick is not a likable character. He is a bully and his attitude only worsens when he gets addicted to the game. However, he was refreshingly real. He is very much a character that many can identify with. When he is given a task that is beyond his morals he refuses and gets kicked out of the game. He then embarks on a mission to find out who or what is really controlling the world of Erebos. This is a fast paced and very addicting read. The book is very heavy on the gameplay and is similar to many of the popular RP games on the market. Teens who like RP games will definitely like this book. It also has enough mystery and intrigue for non-gamers to keep them interested. It is not your average cookie cutter book that most YA novels get stuck in. It will appeal to those looking for something outside the box of vampires, werewolves, princesses and dystopian fantasy.

Good points: Shows how addictive gaming can become. Realistic characters that don't all have happy neat little endings. Excellent descriptions of the game itself and how it works. I found myself wanting to play. (Well, until it asked me to do something illegal!)

Issues: This is translated from German so I think a few things get lost along the way. The first chapter seems stilted and mixes American with British terminology. The story takes place in London and the mixed references were a bit annoying. Flat's vs. Apartments etc .. It was not enough to ruin the book but better editing would have cleared this up. Another thing that was frustrating was that some of the missions that other characters did came with no consequences. One student was falsely accused of sexual assault and that was never resolved. Some of the things Nick does are also overlooked. While the ending is satisfactory it fails to address some of the major illegal issues that the teens have found themselves in. Still it's a great read and an equally great conversation starter on the dangers of addiction even in the gaming industry. (less)

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Jun 12, 2012 Lydia Presley rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2012, contemporary, fiction, suspense, young-adult

Erebos is unreal. I mean, Ursula Poznanski must have played some MMORPGS (Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games for those of you not in the know - think World of Warcraft) in her time because she has managed to capture, within Erebos, the addiction, the need to play, the drive to do anything to get that chance to play - and then turn that to make a thrilling, hold on-to-your-hats type of story that had me racing to the end.

Nick seems like your all around normal 16-year-old kid with par...more

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Jun 11, 2012 Between the Covers rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: blog-tour, young-adult, ya-science-fiction, ya-thriller

REVIEWED by Chris for Between the Covers blog:

I sometimes wonder how many fantastic books I am missing out on because they are flying under my radar. I have to admit if Louise hadn’t brought Erebos back from ALA, and if we hadn’t been asked to be part of this fantastic blog tour, I would have never have heard of this book. It’s a sad but true fact. Needless to say, I am happy the stars aligned and I had the opportunity to read Erebos because I found it to be a fantastic story.

Nick is an average...more REVIEWED by Chris for Between the Covers blog:

I sometimes wonder how many fantastic books I am missing out on because they are flying under my radar. I have to admit if Louise hadn’t brought Erebos back from ALA, and if we hadn’t been asked to be part of this fantastic blog tour, I would have never have heard of this book. It’s a sad but true fact. Needless to say, I am happy the stars aligned and I had the opportunity to read Erebos because I found it to be a fantastic story.

Nick is an average sixteen-year-old boy; he goes to school, plays sports and likes to hang out with his friends. When one of his best friends starts to act funny and begins distancing himself from everyone, Nick starts to worry. Slowly Nick sees that more and more students are acting strange and notices that they are passing around some sort of package. Nick is desperate to find out what is in the package and what is going on with everyone. When he finally gets the chance he finds out it is only a computer game. After taking the game on, Nick finds out the Erebos is unlike any other game he has ever played. It combines real life tasks along with in game tasks. Erebos consumes Nick’s life; it is so addicting that it is all he can think about. Unfortunately, Nick finds out the hard way that there is more to Erebos than he ever could have imagined.

I really enjoyed Erebos. It was fast paced and a great mix of mystery and fantasy. I found Nick to be a fantastic main character, one I could relate to. I understood his path from worried friend to gaming addict. He transformed throughout the book and his journey was well written. The supporting characters were equally well developed. I think that having a cast of well written characters really helped this book. Had it only been Nick’s story it would have been just okay. But adding people who were also affected by this game, showing a larger scale made it a richer story.

Sometimes when you take a book that was originally written in a foreign language the translation can be a bit sketchy and things do not always come across the way they should. However, that is not the case with Erebos; the translator did a fantastic job. I never once felt a hitch in the story due to the translation from German to English.

Erebos was an entertaining read. I think it will appeal not only to gamers but also to fans of mystery and fantasy novels. It is fast paced and well written. It kept me guessing until the very end. This is one book that you do not want to miss out on.

Rating: 4 stars(less)

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Apr 23, 2012 Nick rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-fiction, science-fiction

Other than an odd red herring and an ending that is morally ambiguous, this was a clever book, riveting from start to finish in a way that the game itself was supposed to be.
Teens at a high school start passing around copies of what seems to be a computer game with an unusually powerful artificial intelligence built in. The odd thing about the game is that, after it asks you questions about yourself, it seems to use those to set up quests in the real world, as well as in the game. The game itsel...more

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Apr 11, 2012 Casusangelus rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: gelesen-2011, gedruckt

Inhalt:
Der 16 jährige Nick Dunmore ist ziemlich verwirrt, als sein Freund Colin sich plötzlich verändert und lieber mit Alex und Can, den beiden uncoolen Jungs aus ihrer Klasse, redet, obwohl er sich sonst immer nur über sie lustig gemacht hat und ihnen den Spitznamen "Häkelschwestern" gegeben hat. Ihm fällt auf, dass auch immer mehr seiner Mitschüler im Unterricht fehlen, darunter auch Colin, und geheimnisvolle Päckchen herumgereicht werden. Nick möchte unbedingt herausfinden, was da vor sich g...more Inhalt:
Der 16 jährige Nick Dunmore ist ziemlich verwirrt, als sein Freund Colin sich plötzlich verändert und lieber mit Alex und Can, den beiden uncoolen Jungs aus ihrer Klasse, redet, obwohl er sich sonst immer nur über sie lustig gemacht hat und ihnen den Spitznamen "Häkelschwestern" gegeben hat. Ihm fällt auf, dass auch immer mehr seiner Mitschüler im Unterricht fehlen, darunter auch Colin, und geheimnisvolle Päckchen herumgereicht werden. Nick möchte unbedingt herausfinden, was da vor sich geht, und als er endlich auch eines dieser Päckchen erhält, ist er natürlich sofort Feuer und Flamme, auch wenn einige Regeln damit verbunden sind. So darf er zum Beispiel keinem von diesem Päckchen erzählen und es erst öffnen, wenn er allein ist.

Das Päckchen entpuppt sich als DVD mit einem Spiel drauf Namens "Erebos". Gespannt installiert Nick es und begibt sich nach mehreren Warnungen Seitens des Spiels, dass es unter Anderem nur eine Chance für Nick gibt, es zu spielen, in die Welt von Erebos. Das Spiel ist mit seiner Interaktivität einfach nur faszinierend und zieht Nick sofort in seinen Bann. Er erkundet die Welt, kämpft, unterhält sich mit anderen Spielern und merkt dabei gar nicht, wie die Zeit vergeht. Als Nick nach einem Kampf so schwer verwundet ist, dass er fast stirbt, erscheint eine geheimnisvolle Spielfigur, der Bote, welcher ihm einen merkwürdigen Auftrag erteilt. Nick soll in der realen Welt eine Kiste an einem bestimmten Ort abholen und zu einem anderen Ort bringen, erst danach darf er weiter spielen. Nick wundert sich zwar, aber füllt diesen Auftrag schließlich aus und ist begeistert über die Belohnungen, die er bekommt. Nick wird immer süchtiger nach dem Spiel, auch wenn die Aufträge, die er für die reale Welt erhält, immer merkwürdiger werden. Gerade dieser Mix aus Spielwelt und Realität machen die Faszination aus.

Nick verändert sich immer mehr durch seine Sucht nach Erebos, was auch sein bester Freund Jamie bemerkt. Dieser wurde noch nicht in die Welt von Erebos eingeführt und ist ziemlich misstrauisch dem Spiel gegenüber. Er tut sich mit einigen Mitschülern und Lehrern zusammen, um das Geheimnis um das Spiel aufzuklären und den Spielern zu helfen. Bis Nick den Auftrag erhält, seinen Lehrer mit einer Überdosis Tabletten zu vergiften. Er bekommt Skrupel, doch sind diese stark genug, um Erebos aufzugeben?

Meine Meinung:
Bei "Erebos" von Ursula Poznanski handelt es sich um einen Thriller für Jugendliche, der zwar spannend geschrieben ist, mir aber zum Glück keine schlaflosen Nächte oder Albträume bereitet hat. Für Leute, die auf gruselige Thriller stehen, mag dies vielleicht schade sein, aber ich fand es sehr positiv, da dies genau wegen sowas eigentlich nicht so mein Genre ist.

Das Buch ist leicht verständlich geschrieben, so dass es sich gut lesen lässt. Es ist teilweise aus Sicht von der realen Hauptperson Nick geschrieben, und teilweise aus der Sicht von seinem Spielcharakter Sarius. Dieser Perspektivenwechsel hat mir sehr gut gefallen, da die Welt des Spiels schön beschrieben war und man sich mitten drin gefühlt hat. Dies hat auch sehr gut gepasst zu der Interaktivität des Spiels.

Im Laufe der Geschichte merkt man gut, wie Nick sich verändert, und wie er immer süchtiger nach dem Spiel wird. Er ist kurz angebunden zu seinen Eltern und Jamie, vernachlässigt seine Schulaufgaben, obwohl er anfangs noch ziemlich fleißig war, und beeilt sich immer wieder nach Hause zu kommen, um soviel Zeit wie möglich im Spiel zu verbringen. Dadurch kann man auch gut nachvollziehen, dass Nicks bester Freund Jamie sich Sorgen um ihn macht. Als Jamie versucht Nick von dem Spiel wegzubringen, wird dieser ziemlich aggressiv, wo man als Leser auch gut mitfühlen kann, da einen die Spielwelt auch in den Bann gezogen hat und man lieber wieder dorthin zurück möchte.

Während des Buches kann man als Leser gut miträtseln, woher dieses Spiel kommt und was es möchte, und ist sehr gespannt auf die Auflösung. Diese war für mich ziemlich überraschend, da ich damit gar nicht gerechnet hatte. Die Erklärungen haben mir gut gefallen, doch die ganzen Ereignisse am Ende fand ich teilweise doch ein bisschen unlogisch. Ich möchte hier jedoch nicht näher darauf eingehen, damit ich euch nicht die Spannung verderbe.

Fazit:
Normalerweise lese ich keine Thriller, doch bei diesem Buch hat mich die liebe Kuno von Bookaholic überredet, wofür ich ihr im Nachhinein auch sehr dankbar bin. Das Buch war spannend und hat mir gut gefallen, auch wenn die Auflösung teilweise ein bisschen unlogisch war. Doch da es ein Jugendbuch ist, kann man hier ruhig ein Auge zu drücken. Daher vergebe ich für "Erebos" von Ursula Poznanski 4 von 5 Sternen.(less)

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About Ursula Poznanski

Geboren am 30. Oktober 1968 in Wien. Nach Beendigung des Gymnasiums Studium der: Japanologie, Publizistik, Rechtswissenschaften, Theaterwissenschaften (in ungefähr dieser Reihenfolge, ohne Gewähr und ohne Abschluss).
Seit 1996 Medizinjournalistin, seit 2003 veröffentlichte Buchautorin.

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“I withdraw my consent from reality. I deny it my assistance. I dedicate myself to the temptations of escapism, and throw myself wholeheartedly into the endlessness of unreality.” — 7 people liked it

“Ar katru jaunu dienu manai realitātei zūd vērtība. Tā ir skaļa un nekārtīga, neparedzama un grūta.

Uz ko ir spējīga realitāte.? Padarīt badīgu, izslāpušu, neapmierinātu. Tā izraisa sāpes, tā cīnās ar slimībām, pakļaujas smieklīgiem likumiem. Taču vissvarīgākais ir tas, ka tā ir iznīcīga Tā vienmēr beidzas ar nāvi.

Nozīmīgas un stipras ir citas lietas: idejas, kaislības, pat neprāts. Viss, kas paceļas pāri saprātam.

Es neatbalstu realitāti. Es tai nepalīdzu. Es ļaujos vilinājumam aizbēgt no pasaules un atdodos nereālās pasaules bezgalībai.” — 1 person liked it

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BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12930792-erebos?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1348047534l/12930792.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12930792-erebos?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Erebos: It's a Game. It Watches You. by Ursula Poznanski[/url]

Erebos: It's a Game. It Watches You.

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