Kirstin's review
The Prophet of Yonwood (3rd Book of Ember) by Jeanne Duprau
** spoiler alert **
Even if you like the Ember books you should skip this one. I had several problems with this book:
1. I was expecting some explanation of why and how the "Builders" decided to hide away a group of people for 200 years. This book instead is more of a stand alone story about a girl who happens to grow up the be the journal writer from City of Ember From this book we learn that it was built because of fear of war and the cave was in California. Two very trivial bits of info.
2. Jeanne DuPrau brings up several ideas then goes nowhere with them
a. Nickie receives coded messages from her father. Groves like to enter sweepstakes contests including some that involve solving puzzles. Do they collaborate together like Lina/Doone? Of course not! Instead at the end we get a very flip 'oh yeah I figured that out already' And really, her father risked sending a coded m...more
1. I was expecting some explanation of why and how the "Builders" decided to hide away a group of people for 200 years. This book instead is more of a stand alone story about a girl who happens to grow up the be the journal writer from City of Ember From this book we learn that it was built because of fear of war and the cave was in California. Two very trivial bits of info.
2. Jeanne DuPrau brings up several ideas then goes nowhere with them
a. Nickie receives coded messages from her father. Groves like to enter sweepstakes contests including some that involve solving puzzles. Do they collaborate together like Lina/Doone? Of course not! Instead at the end we get a very flip 'oh yeah I figured that out already' And really, her father risked sending a coded m...more
