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shawniebooks's review against another edition
5.0
File that one away under A for awesome. What a surprise this book was! Really looking forward to the next book, especially because this ended so abruptly.
stalecrumby's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.25
warning's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
labunnywtf's review against another edition
4.0
Babel chose you because you're poor. They thought you would be easy to manipulate. Twice you've proven them wrong. Twice you've set the sword aside when they've asked you to swing it. When you look back, it won't be mercy that you regret.
Well, that was FUN.
In a world far in the future but without the flying cars, 10 teenagers are given the chance of a lifetime. Leave Earth behind and travel through space to mine a valuable resource from a hostile planet. In exchange, you and your families will become millionaires. Your sick family members will receive the healthcare they're in desperate need of, and you'll be a rockstar.
All you have to do is pass the trials we put you through, and you're in. No big deal.
I don't know if I knew this already, but training/schooling is clearly my jam in books. I think I should've known that already, but clearly, I need to seek this out more often in books.
These kids fight hard. They want to win, they want to go to Eden and mine the mysterious, magical, dangerous Nyxia. And they'll fight whoever is in their way to get there.
There's a lot going on in this book, but it's not so science-y that you get lost. We're dealing with teenagers here, there's no big squishy scientist brains trying to describe things, or run spectroscopes or whatever they do. They're not there to run the space station.
Which makes me wonder if I should read the second book? Because logically, it will take place on Eden, it will involve Nyxia mining, and I just...mmmmmmeh?
But not reading it feels like I didn't think this book was worth continuing to the next one, which feels unfair.
What an odd first world problem I am having here.
I should continue at least to find out what's going on with the Big Corporate Conspiracy angle, I suppose. Hmm.
Well, that was FUN.
In a world far in the future but without the flying cars, 10 teenagers are given the chance of a lifetime. Leave Earth behind and travel through space to mine a valuable resource from a hostile planet. In exchange, you and your families will become millionaires. Your sick family members will receive the healthcare they're in desperate need of, and you'll be a rockstar.
All you have to do is pass the trials we put you through, and you're in. No big deal.
I don't know if I knew this already, but training/schooling is clearly my jam in books. I think I should've known that already, but clearly, I need to seek this out more often in books.
These kids fight hard. They want to win, they want to go to Eden and mine the mysterious, magical, dangerous Nyxia. And they'll fight whoever is in their way to get there.
There's a lot going on in this book, but it's not so science-y that you get lost. We're dealing with teenagers here, there's no big squishy scientist brains trying to describe things, or run spectroscopes or whatever they do. They're not there to run the space station.
Which makes me wonder if I should read the second book? Because logically, it will take place on Eden, it will involve Nyxia mining, and I just...mmmmmmeh?
But not reading it feels like I didn't think this book was worth continuing to the next one, which feels unfair.
What an odd first world problem I am having here.
I should continue at least to find out what's going on with the Big Corporate Conspiracy angle, I suppose. Hmm.
moonchild720's review against another edition
2.0
This book took me over a month to read. Over. A. Month. I haven’t taken that long to finish a book since the end of 2017. This book sounded so interesting to me. It really did. But it just kind of fell flat for me.
It was so good at the beginning but I found myself getting bored after I would read like 20 pages and put it down. I feel like so much was going on but a majority of the book were descriptions and explanations. There wasn’t really all that many conversations or really meaningful relationships so I got bored. I mean we only got through 28 days and it took 183 pages. Then randomly jumps to day 99. I didn’t like that. Even though there were so many descriptions, I still felt like I had no clue what was going on.
There were hints and clues that something big was going to be found out and when Emmett swiped the access card and he and Kaya began exploring, I for sure thought they were going to find some stuff. They did but then we get nothing after that. They found an Ademite that was being held and tortured and then it kills Kaya and then that’s the end. There was some mention of the article and Morning talked to Emmett about it but we got no real information about how that connects to anything. I’m sure it’ll come with more books but I don’t know I’m interested enough to read them.
I guess I just wanted more. Adding the other team pissed me off and then when Genesis 12 was winning everything it also pissed me off. Then the end about a final fight to the death of who goes to Eden? Not cool. No wonder who makes it gets so much money. Though I don’t agree with it. I do believe Babel wouldn’t send the losers back home simply because they can tell people what happened. I get the feeling that this company is hiding so many things so I do believe no one would return home. Who eve knows if any of the winners will return home.
This book seemed good but it was too drawn out for me personally. It seemed different enough from other books which is good but I found I couldn’t make a connect to the main character at all. This would be interesting as a movie if they sped up the story but it’s just too slow as a book.
It was so good at the beginning but I found myself getting bored after I would read like 20 pages and put it down. I feel like so much was going on but a majority of the book were descriptions and explanations. There wasn’t really all that many conversations or really meaningful relationships so I got bored. I mean we only got through 28 days and it took 183 pages. Then randomly jumps to day 99. I didn’t like that. Even though there were so many descriptions, I still felt like I had no clue what was going on.
There were hints and clues that something big was going to be found out and when Emmett swiped the access card and he and Kaya began exploring, I for sure thought they were going to find some stuff. They did but then we get nothing after that. They found an Ademite that was being held and tortured and then it kills Kaya and then that’s the end. There was some mention of the article and Morning talked to Emmett about it but we got no real information about how that connects to anything. I’m sure it’ll come with more books but I don’t know I’m interested enough to read them.
I guess I just wanted more. Adding the other team pissed me off and then when Genesis 12 was winning everything it also pissed me off. Then the end about a final fight to the death of who goes to Eden? Not cool. No wonder who makes it gets so much money. Though I don’t agree with it. I do believe Babel wouldn’t send the losers back home simply because they can tell people what happened. I get the feeling that this company is hiding so many things so I do believe no one would return home. Who eve knows if any of the winners will return home.
This book seemed good but it was too drawn out for me personally. It seemed different enough from other books which is good but I found I couldn’t make a connect to the main character at all. This would be interesting as a movie if they sped up the story but it’s just too slow as a book.
brittneyfike's review against another edition
5.0
THIS ONE IS
WORTH ALL THE
HYPE. I LOVED THE
CHARACTERS AND
WAY TOO MANY
OTHER THINGS TO
LIST HERE.
WORTH ALL THE
HYPE. I LOVED THE
CHARACTERS AND
WAY TOO MANY
OTHER THINGS TO
LIST HERE.
mrgnjo's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
inspiring
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
rkdesko's review
adventurous
dark
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.5
4saradouglas's review against another edition
4.0
I thought this was a very fast, enjoyable read. It certainly wasn't perfect and there were a lot of tropes and easy to predict parts, but overall it was a real page-turner. I'm glad I have the sequel ready to go as it ends on a real cliffhanger.
jplayjames's review against another edition
3.0
I file it under M for Mid.
It did some good work redeeming itself from a shaky start (and I will admit to a lack of faith in it that made it easy to get very bugged by things like a joke that wouldn't work in the multiple languages it was told in, etc.)
It did feel a bit cartoonishly evil, a little paint by numbers, and the ending made it very clear that if you don't expect to read all three there is not really any point reading this book. But it was fairly easy to get invested in through the middle section in particular.
It did some good work redeeming itself from a shaky start (and I will admit to a lack of faith in it that made it easy to get very bugged by things like a joke that wouldn't work in the multiple languages it was told in, etc.)
It did feel a bit cartoonishly evil, a little paint by numbers, and the ending made it very clear that if you don't expect to read all three there is not really any point reading this book. But it was fairly easy to get invested in through the middle section in particular.