Impulse

By: Steven Gould

Narrated by: Emily Rankin

Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins

Publisher's summary

Cent has a secret. She lives in isolation, with her parents, hiding from the people who took her father captive and tortured him to gain control over his ability to teleport, and from the government agencies who want to use his talent. Cent has seen the world, but only from the safety of her parents' arms. She's teleported more than anyone on Earth, except for her mother and father, but she's never been able to do it herself. Her life has never been in danger. Until the day when she went snowboarding without permission and triggered an avalanche. When the snow and ice thundered down on her, she suddenly found herself in her own bedroom. That was the first time.

©2013 Steven Gould (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

Mr Gould, you really need to crank up the speed!

I first discovered Steven Gould’s Jumper Series from one of Audible's sales. I really liked the first two installments, but I found the second book "Reflex" a tough read since it took me to some really dark places. The third book "Impulse" is more like the first book and a very enjoyable listen. I would have preferred if they had kept Macleod Andrews for Davys voice and let Emily do Milly and Cent (she does an excellent job, but for me it was a bit distracting). Although the book is a coming-of-age story of many sorts, I still found it intriguing. It was with some dread I listened to the book since I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop, but I am satisfied how things plays out.

Regarding my choice of headline... Come on, Mr. Gould. Three Jumper-books in more than two decades, I am sure you could cut the time between books in half. :)

Great new development :-)

At first I was disappointed the narrator had changed.
But when I found out about Scent, the daughter, it made sense. And then I really enjoyed the new narrator :-)
Scent is a great young adult, witty, fear was and fearless. With just the same wonderful attitude and heart as her parents.
This 3rd volume of Jumper was a pleasure to go through, and I am now looking at #4.
I searched many times if there would eventually be a sequel to the Jumper movie. It sure looked like it at the end of the 1st one.
And now, I am not sure as there has been a lot of all the elements of all the books in the first movie.
I still hope. This is a fantastic series :-)

Best of the series so far!

I loved this one! The first book was about David and him learning how to deal with jumping, as well as falling in love. The second was more about Mel and her life while trying to find David. This was about their child, and dealing with high school. I think one of the things I liked the most is that it was put into the relatable area of school where I can relate, when I really didn't have anything to relate to in the last two book. I also liked that while there was drama, suspense, and some violence, it was still more of an up beat book. The last book was so dark that it just sucked the joy out of me to listen to it and all the problems David went thru.

Yup, this one is definitely the best so far.

STRONGLY suggested.

As YA goes it's top shelf!!

The title says it all. I'll just add this: All these stories by Steven Gould are scientifically implausible. But, good fiction doesn't have to match up with science in order to be good fiction. I think of it as an awesome coming of age and finding love story with a serious spice of science fiction. It's said that there are theories, speculation, speculation squared, and cosmology! So what do you do when you find out that actual theoretical physics is "mostly fiction"? Sit down and read the jumper series... (You have my permission to skip Griffin's story. It's too far outside the plot and can't even find a happy ending.)

Loved all of the Jumper books

Ms. Rankin nailed a 15yo girl in her performance and the book was awesome.

well done

even though I don't get too much into Teen Angst books, this was still interesting and fun. you would think they would test their abilities just a bit more as well as the transferability of the teleportation skill two Mundanes. I'm sure if this continues we may see more of that, heading for the Nextbook now.

Refreshing!

This book is a good continuation of the jumper series. It introduces new uses of their power and focuses on the teenage daughter of Mili and David. This was my concern about the story. I was afraid it was going to follow the Twilight like highschool teenage angst. The girl who doesn't fit in and cant find love and is generally depressed the whole time till she find a guy to fix her. But it did a refreshing job of breaking a bunch of those stereotypes.

Cent is a strong female character. She finds her own solutions to dangerous situations she finds herself in . A guy doesn't come in to rescue her. She's good at math and science. The whole story is peppered in small daily uses of math and science experiments. I liked that it highlighted math in a positive way. Yes Id agree that Cent is too good at math for her age but were listening to a book about people who can teleport so maybe some suspension of disbelief is required :). There some romance in the book but its not much and fits with the storyline.

Also its nice that the super-powered beings are doing what Id hope people with their gifts would actually be doing in real life. Their not always fighting crime, their concerned with environmental causes and try helping out people in various communities using their gifts to bypass military blockades and getting food to impoverished areas. There are also consequences to using their powers to help people. Things get out of their control that they cant fix and people get hurt because of their actions. So they have to think about how they use their gifts before they act.

Should be listed under teen romance

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Not for me:. I have no interest in how a 15 year old girl adjusts to public school.

If you’ve listened to books by Steven Gould before, how does this one compare?

The first two books in this series vere excellent.

Unfortunate 3rd Book

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

No, this book did nothing to move the main plot of the series forward at all. It was childish and read more like a "men suck and women rule" pamphlet. I have a hard time believing it was written by the same guy who wrote the first 2 books in the series.

Any additional comments?

This might be a good book for those interested in stories of girls in high school. However, for anyone looking for Part 3 of the series, it was a huge disappointment. It just doesn't belong with the other 2 books.

Great continuation of Jumper

Would you consider the audio edition of Impulse to be better than the print version?

There is no difference between the 2, but i prefer the on the go option. With the audio book i can multitask and get work done while listening to the great story.

What did you like best about this story?

Great continuation of the Jumper series. Steven Gould does a great job of making me like Cent and her story. Can't wait for the next book!!

What does Emily Rankin bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I like the other reader more, but Emily did a great job reading as Cent, and it made more sense having a female voice, from the perpective of Cent.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Pretty much, finished the book within 2 days after i got it.