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Passenger (The Marbury Lens #2)
by
Andrew Smith (Goodreads Author)
Best friends Jack and Conner can’t stay away from Marbury. It’s partly because of their obsession with this alternate world and the unresolved war that still wages there. But it’s also because forces in Marbury—including the darkest of the dark, who were not revealed in The Marbury Lens—are beckoning the boys back in order to save their friends . . . and themselves.
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Hardcover, 480 pages
Published
October 2nd 2012
by Feiwel & Friends
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5 Stars
"Roll. Tap. Tap."
For those of you that have read the first book in the series, The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith, this one, Passenger, will take you on a journey, an endless exploration, of the mind, and of the world. And all the while our main protagonist Jack will be there, egging us on, messing with our mind, and pulling our strings… Fuck Jack!
Queue the narrator, pan out to see a ..land, and on this ..land, all of our returning heroes, Jack, Ben, Griffin, and Henry. Now you hear our h...more
"Roll. Tap. Tap."
For those of you that have read the first book in the series, The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith, this one, Passenger, will take you on a journey, an endless exploration, of the mind, and of the world. And all the while our main protagonist Jack will be there, egging us on, messing with our mind, and pulling our strings… Fuck Jack!
Queue the narrator, pan out to see a ..land, and on this ..land, all of our returning heroes, Jack, Ben, Griffin, and Henry. Now you hear our h...more
Before reading: There's a sequel. Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. OH YEAH!!!!
During: Will this be as freaky as tML? I kind of want it to be, but I kind of don't.
After:
Let’s go back all the way to 2010 for a minute. Little freshman girl goes into the library, picks up a copy of The Marbury Lens, and reads it. It’s freaky and illogical and haunting. It’s wonderfully written with compelling characters. The whole reality of the story is up for interpretation.
It’s freaky.
So when I found out that it was going t...more
During: Will this be as freaky as tML? I kind of want it to be, but I kind of don't.
After:
Let’s go back all the way to 2010 for a minute. Little freshman girl goes into the library, picks up a copy of The Marbury Lens, and reads it. It’s freaky and illogical and haunting. It’s wonderfully written with compelling characters. The whole reality of the story is up for interpretation.
It’s freaky.
So when I found out that it was going t...more
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UPDATE: Reading now! Decided to just go ahead and give it 5 stars even though I'm only 1/3 done :D It's sooo good so far. Will do a proper review when finished!
UPDATE: O.O The cover omg. Perfection. Jack and Conner I have missed you. I need this book. Soon.
CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS!
UPDATE: O.O The cover omg. Perfection. Jack and Conner I have missed you. I need this book. Soon.
CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS!
Nov 03, 2012
Smash
marked it as to-read
Holy shitskas. Just reading the blurb makes my head hurt, but oh so good. SO EXCITED!
I read the first one in the series and was interested enough to read the sequel. I really hope this is it. There were some interesting ideas here of parallel universes but it never really came to anything. Lots of detail about sweat, feeling sick, vomiting, peeing etc - which to be frank I really don't enjoy reading about. Jack again spent most of the story throwing up. I guess one of the positives is that you also start to feel ill and can almost smell the stench because it is described so well...more
Spoilers!!!!
Given how exciting the first book was I jumped immediately into the second and I was rewarded with another breath taking leap into the dark world of Marbury. Jack and his best friend Conner decide that the best thing to do is destroy the glasses that transport them to Marbury but really the shattering of the lens creates a crack between the parallel worlds. Jack and company flip back and forth between realities, each darker then the preceding one, until jack begins to realize that he...more
Given how exciting the first book was I jumped immediately into the second and I was rewarded with another breath taking leap into the dark world of Marbury. Jack and his best friend Conner decide that the best thing to do is destroy the glasses that transport them to Marbury but really the shattering of the lens creates a crack between the parallel worlds. Jack and company flip back and forth between realities, each darker then the preceding one, until jack begins to realize that he...more
Jack and Conner thought they had it all figured out. They thought they could fix everything, their addiction to coming to Marbury. But they’re wrong, and everything goes wrong. He and his friends Conner, Ben, and Griffin end up scattered across Marbury, in different places and different times, with no way of finding each other but pure dumb luck. Jack is trying to find his way home, but he keeps getting stuck in Marbury, and Marbury that isn’t really Marbury but is, and a place that looks suspic...more
This month, I am recommending Passenger by Andrew Smith, the sequel to The Marbury Lens, a book I read and loved a few years back.
Passenger is a hard-edge young adult effort (which really doesn't feel very young adult at all, if you get past the fact that the main characters are kids) about a strange artifact that allows Jack, Conner, Ben and Griffin to shift from this world into the very terrifying alternative world of Marbury. It is grim and chilling, and the boys are constantly fighting for...more
Passenger is a hard-edge young adult effort (which really doesn't feel very young adult at all, if you get past the fact that the main characters are kids) about a strange artifact that allows Jack, Conner, Ben and Griffin to shift from this world into the very terrifying alternative world of Marbury. It is grim and chilling, and the boys are constantly fighting for...more
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I have not figured out what to say about this book. It lost a few stars from me because I think it could have been a little tighter and I think just a teeny bit too much is left up to the reader if it's indeed YA. To me, this book (more than tML) read like an adult book with child characters. I feel conflicted because the writing is really excellent and the story is really unique but I like finishing a book and feeling like I can make sense of it and I don't feel that way at all. Others on here...more
It was probably the best, cleverest, and most awesome fantasy/action-adventure/post-apocalyptic book ever. It was confusing at sometimes and made me think a lot. It was better than the first book, The Marbury Lens. My god, I just feel like exploding. It was disturbing but definitely not that disturbing. It's probably better for eighth graders and high school students (and the people who read the first book), but then again I don't really know what my grade reads.
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I hated being forced into doing the "guy thing," but I couldn't let Frankie start off this new day by labeling me as some kind of enemy outsider in front of the other boys, either.
That's just how things were.
It meant there was going to be a fight, and neither one of us questioned or doubted the laws that dictated our nature.
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He didn't even swing back one time; didn't even try to defend himself against me, which made me feel even more disgusted by him. The fucker didn't even know how to act l...more
That's just how things were.
It meant there was going to be a fight, and neither one of us questioned or doubted the laws that dictated our nature.
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He didn't even swing back one time; didn't even try to defend himself against me, which made me feel even more disgusted by him. The fucker didn't even know how to act l...more
I will always love Andrew Smith's books and his writing, there's no doubt about that. But the farther I got into this one, the more I realized I probably would have liked it better if The Marbury Lens was a stand alone. And there was also something else that bothered me at the end of this book, something that I believe was more out of character than anything. (view spoiler)...more
The first book, The Marbury Lens, was possibly one of my favorite books of all time. This book is great and I loved it, but I got a completely different feel from this book. The first book had some dark tones, but this book brings it to a whole other level. The environment and characters are brutal and violent. It really brings you down some times. The book is about how the world is just screwing with him nonstop. It really does make you feel bad for him. And the thought of dead children and peo...more
Wow. I am utterly speechless after finishing this book - a wonderful, mind boggling, seriously messed up, entertaining, awesome, epic sequel to The Marbury Lens. The list of adjectives could go on and on and on, but I don't think I could accurately sum up this novel by just making a list.
Reading this series has been so much more than just reading words to me; I saw the plot happening in my head like a film strip and felt what the characters did, smelled, tasted, everything. This book came alive...more
Reading this series has been so much more than just reading words to me; I saw the plot happening in my head like a film strip and felt what the characters did, smelled, tasted, everything. This book came alive...more
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ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH .
That was me throughout this whole book.
This is the sequel to The Marbury Lens, a book I absolutely love. The thing is that I didn’t believe that The Marbury Lens needed a sequel, and I’m still not really convinced it did need a sequel.
This book had all the same elements that I loved that were in the first book. Andrew Smith and his writing puts me on edge, he has this way of describing things that just creeps me out. Smith could be writing about two puppies...more
That was me throughout this whole book.
This is the sequel to The Marbury Lens, a book I absolutely love. The thing is that I didn’t believe that The Marbury Lens needed a sequel, and I’m still not really convinced it did need a sequel.
This book had all the same elements that I loved that were in the first book. Andrew Smith and his writing puts me on edge, he has this way of describing things that just creeps me out. Smith could be writing about two puppies...more
Apr 25, 2013
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First read: 01.04.13 - 24.04.13 ♠ 3 Stars
Weshalb der Roman mich enttäuscht hat, liegt zum einem daran, dass man geschätzte 400 Seiten liest und rein gar nichts wirklich passiert. Jack und Co. reisen durch verschiedene Paralellwelten und versuchen die zwei Lensen von Marbury wieder zusammen zu bringen damit sie wieder in ihre reale Welt gelangen können und ihr "normales" Leben weiterleben können. Es folgen viele Szenen die blutig, krank und gewöhnungsbedürftig sind. Anfangs wie schon im ersten Te...more
Is this Goodreads or is this not-Goodreads? Is this it? F*** you Andrew! These books - "The Marbury Lens" and "Passenger" will surely mess with your head in all the best kinds of ways.
This is it.
This can be it.
If you think this review makes no sense, read the books, then come back and we'll chat.
Everything is everywhere.
This is it.
This can be it.
If you think this review makes no sense, read the books, then come back and we'll chat.
Everything is everywhere.
I sat down with Andrew Smith's newest on a dark and stormy night, the perfect setting for one of his twisted tales - and what a twisted tale it was! Jack (from "The Marbury Lens") is back and so is Marbury, in all it's bloody glory. But it's a different version of Marbury and Jack must fight his way through many "Inception"-like layers of reality, each more horrifying than the last, to find his way home - but will it be the same world he left? "Passenger" is gloriously dark, grim, and violent, a...more
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Jack, Connor, Griffin, and Ben break the Marbury lens, catapulting each of them into various versions of Marbury with various levels of chaos. The only problem? They can’t get out. Not only that, but Jack didn’t “mind the gap” and he’s somehow changed the course of their futures. Now, the boys have to find each other to figure out a way home, and to correct their tampering of the gap, before the hunters find them.
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Jul 30, 2012
Clay
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The Marbury Lens and the upcoming Passenger are really one story and best read one after the other. Ultra male and violent story of boy who becomes addicted to alternate and increasingly unhinged and seamy world of Marbury, accessed with a pair of glasses (the Marbury lens), will appeal to Patrick Ness fans and those looking for intense stories with deep boy characters and potent male friendships. Girls don't figure much in this story and aren't nearly as deep or credible as the boys when they a...more
Jack and Conner are back in a broken Marbury. Can they save themselves and the others they brought there? Can they leave and find home again? And what will home look like? Most interesting return, this. It seemed to fill in some holes for me and also, in a strange way, gave Marbury more structure, this sequel. At least for me. And yes, I do believe there would be a compulsion to return to this place. We all carry around a lot of garbage.
Passenger is a really interesting book to read. Andrew Smith puts alot of thinking into this book. Its not just a story about another world. Its both stimulating for the mind and stimulating to read. Basically Jack screws up and has to find a way to get Conner, Ben, & Griffin back to the "real world". Jack has a very interesting theory of jumping between strings and as he jumps the strings are either already burning or they're about to be burned. This book gets a 5 out of 5 for me!
Passenger is the continuation of Jack Whitmore's twisted, messed up, yet wonderful story. This book did not at all disappoint and I feel like I could have kept reading. I was interested by the end, as it seemed to me like it came full circle. I cannot say that for everyone as there are two major paths one has to choose in the end. I chose the one that makes it full circle. The ending seems to make the story- an eccentric, twisted, and intriguing one- even better. If I had any quibbles about this...more
Ages 14+
Like its predecessor The Marbury Lens, Passenger is deeply, DEEPLY disturbing and not for everyone. But also - awesome! A true sequel, I'd highly recommend reading the first before delving into this one.
Left without a cliffhanger (thank goodness), it also provides a very satisfying ending for Conner and Jack.
Like its predecessor The Marbury Lens, Passenger is deeply, DEEPLY disturbing and not for everyone. But also - awesome! A true sequel, I'd highly recommend reading the first before delving into this one.
Left without a cliffhanger (thank goodness), it also provides a very satisfying ending for Conner and Jack.
Absolutely disturbing. So much profanity. So much violence. So much sexual brutality. Just kept me twisted in knots throughout. Not sure that I would actually recommend this to any teens ever. That said, it was really well written and I never could quite figure out what was real and what wasn't, so it was very effective.
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Jun 15, 2012
Megan [find me somebody to love]
marked it as to-read
Holy CRAP.
If you've read my review of the first book, you'll know that I was extremely unsatisfied with the ending. AND NOW THERE'S GONNA BE A SEQUEL.
Andrew Smith, I love you.
Just...
If you've read my review of the first book, you'll know that I was extremely unsatisfied with the ending. AND NOW THERE'S GONNA BE A SEQUEL.
Andrew Smith, I love you.
Just...
This was good. So many layers and some weird Dr. Who-like elements that I really liked (you know, the crack in the wall?). Still not sure how I feel about the ending.. Not the main ending, but (view spoiler) was.. odd? I think I like it. I guess you could see it coming. But I don't know!
I loved these books. They were violent and gruesome, but I thought they were excellent. I finished both of them in about 3 days, just couldn't put them down. They're intense though, so I would recommend with that in mind. Probably wouldn't be enjoyed by those easily offended or sensitive to graphic violence and gore.
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Seriously twisted in the best sense of the word. The best alternative to drugs that I know of.... take a ride down the rabbit hole, Andrew Smith style.
Wow. What a wild ride. Set aside an afternoon and evening for this one, because once you start, you will not be able to stop. But leave the lights on.
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Andrew Smith is the author of GHOST MEDICINE, a 2009 ALA/YALSA "Best Books for Young Adults," and IN THE PATH OF FALLING OBJECTS, a 2010 ALA/YALSA "Best Books for Young Adults."
In November, 2010, Andrew Smith's THE MARBURY LENS will be released by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan.
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In November, 2010, Andrew Smith's THE MARBURY LENS will be released by Feiwel and Friends, an imprint of Macmillan.
I won't rate books by other authors here on Goodreads. I think there are obvious reasons why an author might...more
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