Jumper

By: Steven Gould

Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews

Length: 10 hrs and 45 mins

Publisher's summary

What if you could go anywhere in the world, in the blink of an eye? Where would you go? What would you do

Davy can teleport. To survive, Davy must learn to use and control his power in a world that is more violent and complex than he ever imagined. But mere survival is not enough for him. Davy wants to find others like himself, others who can Jump.

©1992 Steven Gould (P)2011 Audible, Inc.

Critic reviews

"An exceptionally well-organize debut, with thoughtful ideas, a controlled plot, and characters-particularly the young protagonist-portrayed with insight and compassion." ( Kirkus)

"Gould's warm, delightful, and compulsively readable novel dispalys assured storytelling skill." ( Publishers Weekly)

fantastic story!

I listen while I work and usually it's no problem to work away the day without even thinking about it but with this book I found myself so focused in on the store I'd forgotten what I was even doing! I can't wait to here more!

Exceptional

definetly one of my favorite books I've ever listened too. so under rated. the whole series is great!

One of my favorites!

Just finished listening for a third time. Wish it was made into a movie, it's so good.

plesenty surprised

so, it is good to know just how much they "adapted" the book for the movie. Good fun, and the emotional side was a bit heavy handed bit it gave good background.

will check out the next book in the series.

A favorite read, now a favorite listen

I’ve read Jumper many times, so I added it to my Audible collection. I immediately began listening and couldn’t stop. I was surprised to find that the narrator brought me a new understanding of the main character and his efforts to handle his challenges alone.

Far fetched story that went a bit too far

About halfway through the story started going too far. Up to that point it was believable reasonable for an 18 year old who could teleport.

Spoiler alert!!

In no way am I going to believe that a teenage book nerd is going to take out terrorists. The described combat that he engaged in was ridiculous. Outwitting federal agents was a stretch as well.

Much better than the movie

I really enjoyed it, very engrossing, and had me from the start. I will be looking for more books like this.

I READ A LOT

I SHRUGGED
The concept of the story is unique. The writing never falls into the boring range. The main character reads a lot and though very young, has a complex vocabulary and seems more mature then his age.
I gave it only three stars, as I did not like the direction the story went or some of the inconsistencies to the characters. Two Thirds of the way into the book, it became a super hero story. I am not a fan of Super Heroes. There was no consequence for jumping. Usually in a book like this, there is a price to pay for the power and the price paid usually adds to the story and how often the character wields his power. The main character jumps willy nilly all the time. In America we do not show people being blown up. The main character's mom leaves her twelve year old boy with an abusive husband. The kid steals a million dollars from the bank with no plans for paying them back. His girlfriend has a problem with him stealing from a bank, but not from Disney World.

I also believe Gould had problems figuring out if he was writing an adult book or a teen book. It read different ways at different times.

All in all it is not a bad book, but I will spend my money on better.

Great Story

What did you like best about this story?

I enjoyed the story line... Kept me interested for the whole book! read it 3 times. Listened to it once.

Entertaining Coming of Age Story

Reminded me of Spiderman. Instead of “Spidy” powers, the hero teleports to fight badies and other do-gooder activities. Also similar to Spiderman, David Rice (aka, the main character) has a bit of a temper which leads to rash actions and sometimes mean spirited pranks on those who provoke him. He is also viewed with suspicion by the authorities who are determined to catch him. And yes, like Spidy, he has girlfriend troubles.