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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
3.5 stars
I LIKE this, but I don't love it. Not the way I grew to love the Starbound Trilogy.
*warning, brief review coming*
I hate to say it, but I wanted so badly to love this. On the whole, both Jules and Mia are interesting characters and neither are lovable to begin with BUT they grow on you as well as each other. It's weird for me to read first person, wasn't their other trilogy third person? Either way, their voices were strong.
The plot is more a discover and uncover kind of plot, where two individuals band together to investigate a mystery (or in Mia's case find enough loot to take back home). In this case, it's the temple of the Undying whose message was decoded on earth years ago of an extinct race from thousands of years before. Jules happens to be the son of the scholar who had translated the Undying message, and he is a genius who followed in his father's footsteps.
This is all great and because I love Kaufman and Spooner, and their stories are always solid in emotion and decent action, however I was more confused by what Jules' educational background and speciality is. I figure he's an Undying specialist, including knowing and understanding the language and history about the discovery. However, linguistics were thrown around several times earlier in the book, and tbh, I wasn't really satisfied by the casual use.
FURTHERMORE, and this one is important and one of the reasons why I love The Arrival, is that in the field of linguistics, most of the time when translating from one language to another, one word may not be truly represented in the other language. I do get that Jules repeats three words/phrases when he talks about the nautilus spiral, but he never considers that the glyph could mean more than that.
Other dissatisfactory points is that there's a lot of information being dumped at every one point, the beginning is a bit slow, and we don't learn enough about earth at all yet. I wish we knew more about the dying earth.
But overall I did really enjoy this, mostly because it's a not a difficult story to read at all. The ending (slightly predictable) makes me fascinated enough to read the sequel!
I LIKE this, but I don't love it. Not the way I grew to love the Starbound Trilogy.
*warning, brief review coming*
I hate to say it, but I wanted so badly to love this. On the whole, both Jules and Mia are interesting characters and neither are lovable to begin with BUT they grow on you as well as each other. It's weird for me to read first person, wasn't their other trilogy third person? Either way, their voices were strong.
The plot is more a discover and uncover kind of plot, where two individuals band together to investigate a mystery (or in Mia's case find enough loot to take back home). In this case, it's the temple of the Undying whose message was decoded on earth years ago of an extinct race from thousands of years before. Jules happens to be the son of the scholar who had translated the Undying message, and he is a genius who followed in his father's footsteps.
This is all great and because I love Kaufman and Spooner, and their stories are always solid in emotion and decent action, however I was more confused by what Jules' educational background and speciality is. I figure he's an Undying specialist, including knowing and understanding the language and history about the discovery. However, linguistics were thrown around several times earlier in the book, and tbh, I wasn't really satisfied by the casual use.
Spoiler
For one, it sounded like the use of linguist here equalled to knowing many languages. Academically, linguistics has many broad branches and any one of them could be relevant to Jules, but mostly (and I hate being picky about it, since I am a linguist academically) I was unconvinced by the use of it in Jules' case. It just seemed like it was referring to the most generic non-academic reference to it - someone who speaks many languages. I was really excited to see linguistics being represented! And in some points in the book, something deeper is shown, for example a reference to patterns in languages. Okay, that's linguistics, but knowing many languages...that's something a skilled person can do but not necessarily need to go to university to get a degree for! And the first thing we hear from Jules in his introduction is that he is a 'linguistics and archeology expert'. NOT CONVINCED. Where was my reference to Sapir-Whorf, Hymes, Chomsky; Syntax, Semantics, (no phonology in this case)??? And there was some reference to Morphology though the word was never used, just implied. If he was a linguistics expert in the way he introduced himself, then several scenes such as half of the tasks would have had him spouting his expertise in linguistics (as forementioned, the key branches of basic linguistics).FURTHERMORE, and this one is important and one of the reasons why I love The Arrival, is that in the field of linguistics, most of the time when translating from one language to another, one word may not be truly represented in the other language. I do get that Jules repeats three words/phrases when he talks about the nautilus spiral, but he never considers that the glyph could mean more than that.
Other dissatisfactory points is that there's a lot of information being dumped at every one point, the beginning is a bit slow, and we don't learn enough about earth at all yet. I wish we knew more about the dying earth.
But overall I did really enjoy this, mostly because it's a not a difficult story to read at all. The ending (slightly predictable) makes me fascinated enough to read the sequel!
9/10
HOLLY MOTHER OF GOD!!@!
Bija kvalitatīvi jau no paša sākuma, bet neko vairāk par stabilām 3 zvaigznēm nesakasīja. Bet bet bet!!!! Tā beigu daļa tā norāvās no ķēdes, ka nu vari skraidīt pa istabu un kliegt. Hahahahaha bonusā vēl cliffhanger!!! Amie un Meagan nupat izslaucīja grīdu ar dažām citām šī gada releases awwwww yisssss!
HOLLY MOTHER OF GOD!!@!
Bija kvalitatīvi jau no paša sākuma, bet neko vairāk par stabilām 3 zvaigznēm nesakasīja. Bet bet bet!!!! Tā beigu daļa tā norāvās no ķēdes, ka nu vari skraidīt pa istabu un kliegt. Hahahahaha bonusā vēl cliffhanger!!! Amie un Meagan nupat izslaucīja grīdu ar dažām citām šī gada releases awwwww yisssss!
Fibonacci spirals and Francois LaRoux - well, that was one hell of a cliffhanger. I'm hooked on this writing team, especially after Starbound, which is one of my favorite series EVER, and this duology looks to be shaping up as another fantastic space adventure. Seriously, this cliffhanger . . .
Unearthed takes place on an alien planet, Gaia, where a long-exist race seems like the solution Earth has been waiting for. For Jules, the culture and technology offers a unique opportunity for study- if the scavengers like Mia don't loot everything for money first. When Jules and Mia get into trouble with other scavengers, they form an alliance to both get what they want.
I really liked Jules and Mia, and I'm surprised that I didn't hate their romance, even though it was kind of fast? They meet each other, have one conversation and suddenly they were off on their adventure but I loved their teamwork and still thought they were great together. *shrug*
As for the plot, I felt like it kind of dragged a bit, and I got a little lost in the last half. It seemed like they were just running around for a long time. I did really like the ending though, it was SO good. Apparently the sequel sucks which is really too bad. This book was super entertaining, wasn't awful, and was pretty much all I wanted from it.
When we allow ourselves to explore, we discover destinations that were never on our map.This book was pretty fun. While it didn't wow me, I still had a good time. It really does have Indiana Jones in space vibes, and weirdly felt like Breath of the Wild. There was so much temple puzzles and running around, climbing stuff, trying not to die from traps and bad guys.
I really liked Jules and Mia, and I'm surprised that I didn't hate their romance, even though it was kind of fast? They meet each other, have one conversation and suddenly they were off on their adventure but I loved their teamwork and still thought they were great together. *shrug*
As for the plot, I felt like it kind of dragged a bit, and I got a little lost in the last half. It seemed like they were just running around for a long time. I did really like the ending though, it was SO good. Apparently the sequel sucks which is really too bad. This book was super entertaining, wasn't awful, and was pretty much all I wanted from it.
This is the YA version of Indiana Jones meets sci-fi adventure, and I absolutely loved it! There is nonstop action, and I adored the chemistry between Jules and Amelia.
We're from two different worlds in every possible sense.
Spooner and Kaufman are an excellent writing duo, and I look forward to the follow-up.
We're from two different worlds in every possible sense.
Spooner and Kaufman are an excellent writing duo, and I look forward to the follow-up.
This book would be sooo much better without the insta-love.
But I'm still excited to read the next one, because I need answers for that ending.
But I'm still excited to read the next one, because I need answers for that ending.
3.5/5 stars
I started this book in 2019 but I have to put it down because it's so slow and I am not feeling the story very much. I was planning to reread this but then I still know every detail that happened in this book so I just decided to continue on with where I left off and I just finish the book in one sitting because the ending!!! That ending!!! I hope the sequel is more fast paced than this one. But still the plot is good but a bit slow.
I started this book in 2019 but I have to put it down because it's so slow and I am not feeling the story very much. I was planning to reread this but then I still know every detail that happened in this book so I just decided to continue on with where I left off and I just finish the book in one sitting because the ending!!! That ending!!! I hope the sequel is more fast paced than this one. But still the plot is good but a bit slow.
This was a freaking amazing book. Love love love. I feel like Mia and Jules were such beautifully constructed characters, and the plot was bloody fantastic. I’m still in awe of the ending. I love these two authors so much, and was not disappointed when reading this after finishing the star bound series (loved it). I cannot wait for the sequel !!
Reread:
This book was as a big of a hecking oof as I remember it. I was a bit worried rereading this that it wouldn’t be as good as I remember it, but damn was it still as good. I’ve tried to reread this book so many damn times, but for some reason I could never fully get through it, but ya girl stuck through it and I’m so glad I did. I just needed that refresher before I take on Undying and it was beautiful. The
Majority of this reread was done by Audible, as I packed to leave college for home, and while the voices were okay they weren’t my favourite. I felt as though the people talking, as adults, were too old to be Mia and Jules, but i still enjoyed the retelling. Simply put, this is a good book. It’s got the romance, the action-packed sequences, the drama, the aliens and adventure, the dynamic duo. Just purely good young adult sci-fi. On top of that, the descriptions of gaia’s surface was so beautifully written, of the sunsets and of how haunting the undying were. And that ending, Phewwwewweww, I vaguely remember what happened but damn was it a punch to the gut. I have undying in my bag right now and you best believe I’ll be starting it straight away.
Reread:
This book was as a big of a hecking oof as I remember it. I was a bit worried rereading this that it wouldn’t be as good as I remember it, but damn was it still as good. I’ve tried to reread this book so many damn times, but for some reason I could never fully get through it, but ya girl stuck through it and I’m so glad I did. I just needed that refresher before I take on Undying and it was beautiful. The
Majority of this reread was done by Audible, as I packed to leave college for home, and while the voices were okay they weren’t my favourite. I felt as though the people talking, as adults, were too old to be Mia and Jules, but i still enjoyed the retelling. Simply put, this is a good book. It’s got the romance, the action-packed sequences, the drama, the aliens and adventure, the dynamic duo. Just purely good young adult sci-fi. On top of that, the descriptions of gaia’s surface was so beautifully written, of the sunsets and of how haunting the undying were. And that ending, Phewwwewweww, I vaguely remember what happened but damn was it a punch to the gut. I have undying in my bag right now and you best believe I’ll be starting it straight away.