The world is in chaos: war, plague, global ecological collapse. Parents everywhere seek sanctuary for their precious children, the future of ma... read full description
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Nov 30, 2010
Jeannie
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Wow, this was one for the "doozy" list. A fabulous doozy, but a doozy nonetheless. Kit Reed has created one heck of a unique and creative storyline with Enclave, a plot you won't flush out of your system for some time after you turn that last page. She offers up a very thought-provoking premise to say the least.
An Ex-Marine named Sarge, after finishing his tour of duty, vows to himself he will atone for the horrifying acts he was forced to commit as a soldier by doing someth More...
An Ex-Marine named Sarge, after finishing his tour of duty, vows to himself he will atone for the horrifying acts he was forced to commit as a soldier by doing someth More...
Nov 20, 2010
Alan
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Hubris. It's fitting that the antinymous Academy in Kit Reed's novel Enclave—for which I'm coining the word "antinymous," by the way, since apparently the word "eponymous" doesn't already have a standard antonym, and because the Academy's not even called an "enclave" in the book itself until page 314, at least according to Google Books—is perched on a remote peak somewhere in the Mediterranean near Greece, because there are more elements of Greek tragedy in this boo
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Oct 19, 2011
Kelly
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Seriously, this book, I don't even know. Here's the thing: I had been awake for about 36 hours, my body thought it was about seven pm, I was flying direct from Zurich to Boston, but I needed to stay awake the whole flight because otherwise I was going to completely screw myself with jetlag. This book was the only thing between me and sleep-deprived psychosis. So it's possible I hallucinated the part where there was a part of this book that was about rich parents selling off their kids to a myste
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Oct 14, 2010
Cecily
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A moderately interesting premise, written in a basic and repetitive way, that is ultimately far too predictable.
A former marine takes 100 problem children of the super rich (plus various staff) to live in a totally isolated, self-sufficient former monastery on Mount Clothos, to avoid the coming apocalypse. Or not. He "doesn't so much believe in God; he wants to be a god."
The children are dragooned into submission in very primitive circumstances by "the prot More...
A former marine takes 100 problem children of the super rich (plus various staff) to live in a totally isolated, self-sufficient former monastery on Mount Clothos, to avoid the coming apocalypse. Or not. He "doesn't so much believe in God; he wants to be a god."
The children are dragooned into submission in very primitive circumstances by "the prot More...
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Feb 06, 2009
Kit
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Well, I didn't read it, I wrote it. Just out from Tor.
Publishers Weekly starred it in this review:
Publishers Weekly starred review
Enclave Kit Reed. Tor, $25.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2161-9
In this gripping dystopian satire, ex-marine Sargent Whitmore has a plan to make millions while protecting children from the self-destructing modern world. He turns an old Mediterranean monastery into a combined impenetrable fortress and school, and enrolls 100 filt More...
Publishers Weekly starred it in this review:
Publishers Weekly starred review
Enclave Kit Reed. Tor, $25.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-7653-2161-9
In this gripping dystopian satire, ex-marine Sargent Whitmore has a plan to make millions while protecting children from the self-destructing modern world. He turns an old Mediterranean monastery into a combined impenetrable fortress and school, and enrolls 100 filt More...
Aug 22, 2009
Lori
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I kept thinking there was going to be some revelation where the entire book -- rich kids sequestered in a mountain cloister to protect them from the end of the world, which, as it turns out, isn't really ending -- came together for me.
It never came. So even though Enclave kept me interested, as a literal and figurative virus attacks the Academy, I wanted to understand. Unfortunately, I never did.
Still well-written and interesting, but not exactly satisfying.
It never came. So even though Enclave kept me interested, as a literal and figurative virus attacks the Academy, I wanted to understand. Unfortunately, I never did.
Still well-written and interesting, but not exactly satisfying.
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Jul 25, 2009
Pamela
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An excellent novel from Kit Reed, a master of the internal monologue and a satirist with compassion. Her teenaged characters here are crazed, obnoxious, fascinating, truly messed up, and utterly convincing, and the author treats them with respect. Highly recommended for both kids (especially if the kid is the kind of messed-up adolescent I was) and adults who don't mind sharp edges.
Mar 08, 2009
Jenett
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Students get sent to a highly remote boarding school. Mysterious things happen. While I'm normally a fan of boarding school stories with a twist, (and I've liked a lot of Kit Reed's other work!) this one felt a little discombobulated, and I had to suspend disbelief in a few too many places to have the story work for me.
Jul 28, 2009
Kd
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Very provocative idea. Almost apocalyptic, naturally I did not want it to end the way it did for some. But the ending was fitting. I was most intrigued by the author's bio. Would like to know more about her. From first appearance and description, one would not expect the empathy for the age group.
Aug 14, 2010
Andrea
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The concept--a school for kids supposedly saved by but really rejected by their parents in a dystopian near-future--is right up my alley. I was snookered by the jacket-copy into buying what turned out to be a weak (and incidently extremely transphobic) narrative. I'm returning it to the store.
Sep 11, 2011
Kris
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I made it about 50 pages into the story before I gave up. I don't like Kit Reed's books. The language in them is atrocious and disgusting. At least I know where to go if I ever have the pressing need to look at a bunch of pages with obscenities all over 'em.
Jun 10, 2011
Nicole
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The fact that I remembered this book from a couple years ago and remembered that I didn't like it though means something. I just remember not liking it and there being something missing. It was just an "okay" read.
May 16, 2010
Nick
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Reed has all the ingredients, but for some unclear reason they don't add up to anything more than a marginally competent novel. It was a bit like reading one of Heller's lesser work, i.e. Catch 22 without...not sure why, but the novel didn't work. Clearly Reed spent a lot of time thinking about the Millennial generation, and on the surface captured them.
Maybe there was just too much cynicism in the characters, collectively, to generate reader concern or bonding with any of them. A k More...
Maybe there was just too much cynicism in the characters, collectively, to generate reader concern or bonding with any of them. A k More...
May 05, 2009
Thorn
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Like most others here, I thought the coda was unnecessary. The characters were never quite characters for me either. I liked bits, but it didn't add up to much of a whole.
Jul 18, 2011
Tony
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I'd give this an 3.5 actually. I really did enjoy it after I got into it. It took a few chapters though. It's kind of like what would happen if all of technology went away, what would happen type of book.
Jun 14, 2009
Natalie
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Kit Reed's books always sound promising. But this is the 2nd one I've read and I was disappointed, again. Didn't really finish this one, just skimmed through to find that yes, it all came out as I expected.
Apr 17, 2010
I gave Kit Reed's The Baby Merchant only two stars, but I'm thinking of giving her another try.
Apr 14, 2009
Kathy
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This is one book I am so mad I didn't drop after the first 100 pages. I was so excited to read it after it was featured in our local paper. I kept reading and reading waiting for it it get better. It wasn't overall bad that you knew to quit part of the way through. You realized that it was not a good book after you finished it.
Oct 31, 2011
Jamie
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Blah, blah, blah. I am sorry to say I have read better dystopia books. Around page 150 I realized this book was going to be a slow go but I had to finish.
Feb 07, 2011
McKinzey
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another book with an excellent plot idea. It just wasn't executed well. The book got very boring about halfway through. I felt like I should have been excited about what was happening in the plot, but I wasn't.
Apr 14, 2009
Angela
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Gripping. Believable characters. I loved that no one had the full story, including the reader. Thought the coda was unnecessary, but liked that it didn't answer all the remaining questions.
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