N. Jones

Amazing start to a series

Revisado: 04-22-24

I love the way the author mingles sci-fi with fantasy. I’m usually more of a dystopian fan, but this book hit well with me because it felt like a dystopian nightmare in the process of its creation. The characters and places were well introduced. I’m looking forward to what is next in this universe. I will definitely suggest it to my friends and family.

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Great story…

Revisado: 03-11-23

We don’t need the token woke moment. Otherwise, great like all the others. Keep on going.

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Great wrap-up

Revisado: 03-01-23

I love it when authors seem to care about completing a story. Return does that. It leaves a door open for future books, but it also gives a satisfying ending to the trilogy.

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Great Second Installment

Revisado: 02-21-23

Lost built upon what I loved in the last one and left me wanting more.

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Cursing and A Mediocre Story Arc

Revisado: 08-05-22

I was surprised to find that a children’s book by C.S. Lewis had foul language in it. I could excuse the KJV word for donkey here as an antiquated form of calling someone stubborn, however, the uncle’s constant use of darn’s ugly cousin, along with his alcoholism, makes this a book I will not be enjoying with my children. The story was fine, but it was not fantastic or compelling. This feels like a case of an author indulging himself by writing a little story to fill in the reader on his world making.

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Excellent Characters - Great Story

Revisado: 11-13-21

Mr. Jordan is masterful in developing characters with complex motivations as well as building tension between characters. He moves the plot organically without leaning on literary crutches. His lore seems close enough to the great authors of yesteryear to mark it as noteworthy without coming off as derivative. Overall, my exceptionally critical taste in authors found one for whom I file no grievance. I eagerly anticipate the next book.

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Not Completed, but Beautiful

Revisado: 05-02-21

I love that we have the experience of hearing the last of Dumas’ works read by a master narrator. I believe that the count must be Dumas’ avatar.

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White noise, otherwise good

Revisado: 03-27-21

The recording is low quality, but both the story and the narrator were wonderful. I recommend it.

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Just No - Is my theory wrong?

Revisado: 03-17-21

Please don’t spend your money here. The Giver is a classic with forgivable flaws. The rest are mockeries of it. Continuity is broken consistently and characters, settings, and story history are bent or outright rewritten. Sometimes this is for the convenience of the author, while at other times there seems to be no apparent reason.


***Spoilers Below***


My theory of Lowry’s authorship journey:

1. A subpar author jumped into the limelight with an interesting take on a dystopian community. She labored over it to make up for her lack of extraordinary ability.

2. That author said, “Hey I can cash in on Giver by writing another novella, and now that I’m famous, I won’t have to work so hard. I’ll just play giver opposite day. Also, when the deadline comes, I won’t resolve any of the conflict; I’ll just have the main character vaguely say to the reader, “I got this y’all. No need to record my awesome teamwork with developed friends to free the enslaved tragic man and defeat the man who tried to kill my father. I have blue threads now. Move along.”

3. Uh oh, people wanted more Giverishness: That’s ok I can still cash in by name-dropping... and this one will be super short because, hey, what’s better that wasting my best character yet on a weird mud bath accident that somehow lets a boy who could barely save two dogs vanquish the all-powerful evil being from and entire forest.

4. Ok fine, we will go back to the Community, but now pills are the only thing that keep you from feeling all the emotions that were supposed to be being held in the Giver, oh and people know animals are real, oh and Jonas’ dad was against Gabe’s release, oh and everyone knows there is an elsewhere because dudes jump off boats and stroll around chatting with citizens. Etc, but I’ll give you a Matty replacement to make up for killing the only slightly cool character I have made since The Giver, and I’ll try to cram a bunch of answers in that I know you want from all my hate mail, but they will be rushed and unsatisfying.

5. PLEASE DONT MAKE A 5. Seriously, I will pay you whatever you would charge for another book for you not to write it.

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Bad Audio, Average Narrator, Good Plot

Revisado: 03-13-21

Audio: Consistent white noise throughout. Annoying, yet survivable.

Narrator: Odd given the Dutch/American accent switch. Clearly had a hard time maintaining a consistent recording from session to session.

Plot: (Minor Spoiler in form of Comparison)
I suggest this book only for serious fans of Dumas. It is in the spirit of Monte Cristo but without its depth. It feels like a serial put together, which, given Dumas, it probably is. I do find value in that he was way ahead of Disney in his hero/heroine treatment. (You’ll see.)

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