Escaping Eleven

Eleven, Book 1

De: Jerri Chisholm

Narrado por: Justis Bolding

In Compound Eleven, the hierarchy of the floors is everything.

My name is Eve Hamilton, and on my floor, we fight.

Which at least is better than the bottom floor, where they toil away in misery.

Only the top floor has any ease in this harsh world; they rule from their gilded offices.

Because four generations ago, Earth was rendered uninhabitable—the sun too hot, the land too barren. Those who remained were forced underground. While not a perfect life down here, I’ve learned to survive as a fighter.

Except my latest match is different. Instead of someone from the circuit, my opponent is a mysterious boy from the top floor. And the look in his eyes tells me he’s different … maybe even kind.

Right before he kicks my ass.

Still, there’s something about him—something that says he could be my salvation … or my undoing. Because I’m no longer content to just survive in Eleven. Today, I'm ready to fight for more than my next meal: I'm fighting for my freedom. And this boy may just be the edge I've been waiting on.

©2020 Jerri Chisholm (P)2022 Recorded Books

Yet another book ruin by the m.c.

1. Narrator: sometimes a bit weird w expression and emphasis but not bad. Just ok.

2. General story idea: cool concept. Reminds me a lot of dust/shift/wool by hugh howey. If you removed all the excitement, the twists, the character developement, and that series was actually good. Otherwise world ruined, living in bunker, lower level ppl treated less than. Same. This book takes a looong time to get nowhere.

3. Main character: here is where the problem really is. Main character is the typical ramona the pest style. Messy tomboy w an attitude that just cant ever be decent. Idk why ramona pops in my head but she does a lot in books like this. This girl, eve, is cringe worthy and obnoxious. She never has any character growth at all. And the whole "im a fighter and i always speak my mind and oopsies it gets me in trouble but i always try and stand up for the little guy" its over done by now! Eve cannot be kind or understanding ever. Her "im not like other girls im sassy" stuff gets OLD. Blaming everyone else for everything, always. I was esp annoyed with her blaming the bunker about her brother, yet not also having some resentments w her family over it. Ill touch on this again later. She is a 2 dimensional character. And selfish.
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So some plot points that bother me:
Eve is mad bcuz they took her little brother out due to the 1 kid policy so she hates the preems(sp?) Because of that. But her mom and dad knew full well that policy and shouldnt have even tried. It put their child in danger. Why is eve not holding her parents accountable at least a little? It sounds like there is birth control. At least abortions. So why risk that? Also she gets mad about a cleansing and says there could be other ways to keep the population down besides that. Ya, there is.. its called the 1 kid policy that people dont seem to listen to.
Then the wanting to go to another bunker was stupid as we know the others would be the same anyways.
But the main thing that got me angry. Wren comes down while running late for his important test to urge her to bring her close denominator friends up to the mean floor. Its obviously very important or he wouldnt have told her to.. with it being illegal. So one who is actually smart would put 2 and 2 together and realize something bad may be about to happen. She goes down to ask but barely makes any effort. Had this several minute long thought (yet again) about lying. And doesnt give them good reason. Could have said hey grab ur closest friend and family come up stairs i think something bad is going to happen bcuz wren urged me to do this. But no she doesnt. And her friend gets killed in front of her own son. Then she has the audacity to get angry at wren for "not telling her". He did. He told u to get them up there. Why else would he do that?!! Come on dude. Its her fault. She could have made it clear there was probably an emergency. But she is selfish. All we hear is about her her her and her feelings. And curse anyone who hurts her feelings. But she isnt the problem?

Whatever. I had to fst fwd so much in this book. I tried so hard to give it a shot. It wasnt worth it