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The City of Ember
- The First Book of Ember
- Narrated by: Wendy Dillon
- Length: 6 hrs and 50 mins
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"DuPrau's first foray into fiction creates a realistic post-apocalyptic world where everyone has lived underground for so long that they assume it has always been that way....DuPrau's book leaves Doon and Lina on the verge of the undiscovered country and readers wanting more." (USA Today)
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- Jolie B
- 05-26-12
Good story; annoying narrator and background sound
The story is the only thing that has kept me listening to this audio book. The narrator tries too hard to come up with different voices for characters, and so felt she had to include lip-smacking and other irritating mannerisms to differentiate character voices. Some listeners might consider this a great performance, but I was ready on several occasions to shut off my mp3player and just go get a paper edition from the library. There is also background noises and music occasionally, which was sometimes distracting.
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- BookAddict
- 09-29-10
Wonderfully Done
I really, really, really enjoyed this story. It was quite hard to put down and we really enjoyed the narrating with all the different voices for each character. Yes, the mayor was a tad wheezy, but it fit him perfectly. We've enjoyed listening to this story several times all ready!
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- Carolyn
- 01-25-09
A new family classic
My 9 year old son and I choose a book every month to listen to when we travel to and from places. He heard great things about City of Ember. We were both at the edge of our seats. Excellent book!! Enjoyable for all ages.
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- Tom
- 04-22-10
How do you know what you know?
How do you know what you know? If your entire experience is one context; if your community's entire shared and accumulated knowledge is one unvarying existence; can you be responsible for what you do not know outside your own world? What reasons would you have to look for new knowledge about your world?
Very good opportunities in the book to discuss lessons with the kids and to think about implications for yourself. What would life be like without telephones? What if electricity came on only at certain times? This is how many people in the world live today.
Excellent book to listen to with the family on a road trip. The prologue hooked the kids and the story never let up. The kids are already asking to listen to the sequels.
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- Karen K
- 07-18-13
LOVED the story, though not the narrator
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Ember is a city that was built to ensure that humans survived some disaster and the city is powered by electricity from a mysterious generator. I am fascinated by the controlled environment in which the people of Ember have lived. They get the power from a source they don't really understand and rely on the dwindling contents of storerooms full of items they cannot truly understand (i.e. canned food – the storerooms fascinate me). The society absolutely fascinates me. The kids go to school until they are twelve and then pick out of a hat the job they will be doing. This Assignment Day ritual fascinates me too. (I suppose I must declare the book “Fascinating!”)
I must mention here that the narration was inferior and the assignment day scene is a perfect example of why. The mayor who runs that ritual is fat. The book flat out tells you he is big and fat. It doesn't say he is wheezing and gasping like he is on his last breath, but every time he says anything it sounds like the narrator is on her death bed. I like her cheery sounding Lina, but Doon sounds too silly and kid like. Not that our hero and heroine aren't kids, being 12, but in that society they are really functioning as adults, so let's lay off the whiny little boy voice.
There are a lot of coincidences and things that cause one to need to suspend disbelief To me, the concept was interesting enough to make me want to read the book and overlook implausibility or flaws.
I liked one thing about Lina and Doon though. They are kids, despite being working members of society and this is clearly shown in the naivety they display at various points. It never occurs to them that the world isn't fair and that not everyone would react as they would. I thought it was well done and believable.
I was interested in how the people dealt with their dwindling supplies and Lina's reaction to a colored pencil was great. I am not sure I fully understand why the founders of Ember felt so much ignorance was necessary or how they could have missed the consequences that that could have over time. Maybe this will be addressed in the sequel. I am willing to overlook a lot of the little flaws in the book but it seems to me that Ember wasn't exactly perfectly placed to survive this huge disaster, whatever it was (it’s just down a hole). And the builders really set these folks up for failure with all the stuff that had to be figured out. But then again if it were all straight forward there wouldn't be the fun of solving the mystery. While Lina and Doon try to decipher the instructions to escape Ember I really wished I had a physical book so I could try to figure out the message along with them. It was just about impossible with an audiobook though so I didn’t even try.
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- Kaui
- 11-13-12
excellent book for 4th to 9th graders
This is book 1 of 4 in the "Ember" series which describes a post-apocalyptic earth in hopeful terms. I like that part of the series' approach, though the overall style can be a little pedantic (in my adult opinion) for moral lessons. However, the target audience is juvenile readers so I think the clarity and overt description of moral connections is likely appropriate. All middle and elementary schoolers I have spoken to about this book have really enjoyed it.
This book has both a female and male protagonist, making the book likely equally appealing to boys and girls. How the two relate to each other and their dying city of Ember, and how the two work to to solve problems is a nice exploration into egoism, altruism and ultimately, humility.
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- Michelle
- 11-16-18
Great Character book for 5th Grade
This was the first book I read to my 5th grade class as part of our character lessons. It shows many traits that kids need today. Perfect for book study.
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- E.F.B.
- 01-22-20
A Modern Children's Classic
I first heard of this story back in 2008 when the movie came out, but it took until the second time my mom and I watched it (and some disappointment when we realized they weren't making a sequel) to check and see if it was based on a book. My mom read the books first and enjoyed them, but we talk about our books so I ended up needing to wait a few years until I'd forgotten what mom said about the sequels so I could read them myself.
This first book in the series was very fun. I enjoyed the puzzle aspect (that's part of what I enjoyed about the movie, too) and I love how the main characters work together to solve the problem that almost everyone else has become too complacent to bother with. Bonus points that it's an almost-teen girl and boy working together without any romance whatsoever! Woot woot!
I thought the interactions between Lina and Doon and their friends and family were done well. For one thing, I liked that they *had* family to interact with and they clearly loved their families and wanted to help make things better for them as much as for everyone else. Lina was so patient and loving with her baby sister and strange grandmother. While Doon had a little friction with his father I appreciated that his father wasn't portrayed as stupid or wrong. It was simply a difference in personality and outlook.
I also enjoyed seeing what it might be like for people who'd never known anything but the underground to see things like (view spoiler)
While this isn't the deepest middle grade book I've ever read, nor is it my favorite one ever, I feel it was appropriate for its target audience while also being enjoyable for an adult like me who hasn't been a tween for a while. I give it 4 stars and am looking forward to the rest of the series.
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- Bev
- 09-26-07
This story will hold your attention
Living in blackness, depending on the ingenuity of the "builders" electricity to keep the impending darkness at bay is Lina Mayfleet, just graduating from school and looking forward to her new job as "runner". Lina's world is an interesting one and you'll find yourself picturing her landscape and images in your mind. But, what happens when the lights run out? Go with Lina and her friend Dune as they unravel of the puzzle of their world, and the world beyond.
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- Margaret
- 12-31-04
Great story. Well written
Both my 11 year old daughter and I found this to be a fascinating story. We could hardly wait to get in the car to hear the next installment. The characters are likeable, except for the bad guys, who are despicable. The storyline is fresh and different, except as usual the poor parents have been killed off before the story even begins. We are definitely downloading the sequel.
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- Simon
- 04-06-11
Great story
A really good story, characters and keeps you wanting to listen to the end.
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- Callum
- 08-04-22
Great little story
I had seen the movie and decided to try to book to see if they had missed out anything interesting. The writer creates a very detailed world and I was always interested to see what was uncovered next. The further into the story I got the harder it was to switch off.
The narrator did a good job with very distinct characters, the mayor was particularly well done. There were also various sound effects added throughout, like running water, which made me feel even more immersed in the story.
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- MAWIcatmeow
- 03-27-22
Amazing
I loved this book it is all about hidden world and how to cope after losses. Lina is a brave character that is interesting and curious
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- Dylan
- 12-28-21
Its altight
Not a bad read, but leaves many questions open because it expects you to continue reading the series. It creates however a wonderful dystopian world and great characters, but as I said the story is open ended.
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- Catherine Smethurst
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- 02-02-21
Amazing
A very enjoyable series highly recommend, I’d been waiting a long time for this series and so glad it’s come to audible in the U.K.
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- Emma
- 07-19-20
great book but annoying name change
love this book so much! I thought lina was pronounced (leena) not (lie na) that put me off a lot. other than that fantastic!
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- Ricky
- 10-29-07
A must
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- N.
- 04-22-12
Over-acted
I am three quarters of an hour into this audio book, and struggling. Irritating sound effects at the beginning, and the narrator appears to have just graduated from the 'Let's exaggerate every voice' school of acting. An old woman is unbearably quavery - she has given the Mayor an infuriating gasp/shriek in most sentences - children must have high squeaky voices.
Wendy Dillon has a good voice when not putting her slant onto the characters. Perhaps someone could point out to her that we ordinary listeners have our own imaginations too, and we quite like to concentrate on the story, not the reader.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-06-21
good book
I did enjoy it. I suppose due to the fact it's rather old it's free of all the new cliches and tropes in modern YA post apocalyptic novels. This made it a refreshing listen. I wanted to know what happened next, and I got to find out, very satisfying. It tied up all its loose ends while still setting up nicely for the second book.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-01-21
For a fan of movie I became a fan of the book.
Was a great listen. Some of the theatrical elements of adding sounds to enhance wasn't balanced so it took away from the narrations but overall was fantastic and a good book.