I Am Number Four

By: Pittacus Lore

Narrated by: Neil Kaplan

The first book of the #1 New York Times bestselling series and the inspiration for the hit movie from Dreamworks!

John Smith seems like an ordinary teenager, living a normal life with his guardian Henri in Paradise, Ohio. But for John, keeping a low profile is essential, because he is not an ordinary teenager. He’s an alien from the planet Lorien, and he’s on the run. A group of evil aliens from the planet Mogadore, who destroyed his world, are hunting anyone who escaped.

Nine Loric children were sent to Earth to live in hiding until they grew up and developed their Legacies, powers that would help them fight back—and help them save us. Three of them are now dead. John is Number Four, and he knows he’s next….

Michael Bay, director of Transformers, raved: “Number Four is a hero for this generation.” This epic story is perfect for fans of action-packed science fiction like The 5th Wave series by Rick Yancey, The Maze Runner series by James Dashner, and Orson Scott Card’s Ender’s Game.

The battle for Earth’s survival wages on. Read all of the books: #2: The Power of Six, #3: The Rise of Nine, #4: The Fall of Five, #5: The Revenge of Seven, #6: The Fate of Ten, and #7: United as One.

Don’t miss the first book in the brand-new I Am Number Four spin-off series: Generation One.

To Much Missing

This book would be interesting to a preteen. I purchased it after seeing the Motion picturewith my Daughter. The book starts very well. It has a great story line that runs out of gas at the end. This is the RARE time that I must admit the movie was better than the book.

The story is okay, but the reading is terrible

I don't mind the story, it was a little cliche and the character of Sarah was 2 dimensional and mainly just a tool to prop up the main character. The action scenes were good though and I really came to legitimately care about the character Henri.

The vocal performance was AWFUL though. This guy made all the female characters sound like whiney petulant brats when the words he read implied none of that. This guy nearly made me give up completely on the book because his portrayal of female characters was so bad. I dreaded any scene with a female characters, because his reading of them was so cringey. It really seemed like he viewed these characters as purely 1 dimensional and he portrayed them as such.

Seriously, gag me with a spoon.

Horrible narration

I heard good things about this series so I was excited to start it. From the jump the narration is so bad I'm having a hard time sticking with it. The narrator is clearly a lot older than the main character, and his "girl voice" is so bad its like nails on a chalkboard. I may bag it and get a different book.

The narration could have been better

I think that the narrator is probably an excellent actor, but I think that a lot of the characters came off as very whiny. Also, the dialogue was not great. That is certainly not the narrator’s fault.

For the Non-Reader

Where does I Am Number Four rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I've never read many books; however, listening is even less than that. This book is #2 is my relatively short list.

What was one of the most memorable moments of I Am Number Four?

The moment that the book is 1000 times better than the horribly made movie.

What about Neil Kaplan’s performance did you like?

He did well for the male voices.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

It would remain the same title "Number Four".

Any additional comments?

Although the male voice actor did well with the male voices, I didn't like how he sounded for the female voices. I wish some of these books hired a male and female, when necessary.