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I was expecting a lot from this book. I love sci fi, and it's always on The Best Sci Fi EVUH lists, it's called a classic, people just rave about it. I don't understand why. This is a story about a child, from a child's POV, written by a teenager (well, he was 16 when he started it - I suppose he was an adult when he finished it). That means he really NAILS it from the child's POV. Really. But it also means that the adults are two-dimensional, unrealistic, and the st ...more
I was expecting a lot from this book. I love sci fi, and it's always on The Best Sci Fi EVUH lists, it's called a classic, people just rave about it. I don't understand why. This is a story about a child, from a child's POV, written by a teenager (well, he was 16 when he started it - I suppose he was an adult when he finished it). That means he really NAILS it from the child's POV. Really. But it also means that the adults are two-dimensional, unrealistic, and the st ...more
Who would have known that a novel that's essentially an early imagining of popular action game sequences would be so intriguing? Putting aside the fact that the children just do not seem like six or eight-year-olds, I found their musings on management, leadership and politics fantastic. Scott enjoyed re-reading it on my kindle too!
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9th grade English, although I'd like to re-read the entire series.
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I found this a little predictable and the style less than inspiring, but it was fairly enjoyable all the same. It seems to have attracted quite a fan base and spawned a number of sequels. Something tells me that it's probably more appealing to younger readers than a middle-aged person like myself. Too bad I didn't read it as a teen. Also, I'm not a big reader of "series" books, so perhaps that's part of why I found this only moderately enjoyable.
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I actually felt this book was a little repetitive. And since it took place in a completely different version of Earth, I didn't understand or care about the political structure so all of the stuff with Demosthenes and Locke were lost on me.
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Dec 18, 2006
Elizabeth
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it was amazing
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Mar 18, 2007
Yi-Sheng
rated it
it was amazing
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Jul 19, 2007
Fabiola Miranda
marked it as to-read
Aug 06, 2007
Scott
marked it as to-read
Apr 05, 2008
Ching-In
marked it as to-read
Nov 07, 2009
Erin (NY)
marked it as to-read
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for-book-challenges
May 08, 2010
Vesra (When She Reads)
marked it as to-read
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