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3.49 AVERAGE
3.49 AVERAGE
I book has a lot going on and very fantasy so at times it's a lot to take in. However, I really enjoyed the ending section of the book and it made me want to read the sequel.
A unique fantasy world and concept, but I thought it was a little boring overall. That said, I am interested in what happened to Sapphique, but I don't know that I want to invest in the second book. Also, and maybe this is because I listened to it rather than read it so that it was more glaring, the overuse of the words guttering/juttering really annoyed me.
interesting book with an interesting story. Wish characters had been a little more likeable, but otherwise good.
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I will admit that I was bought in by this cover. There are two things that would sell me completely and they are 1: Keys and 2: Pocket Watches. So without a second thought, I picked this up from the shelf on my library and scanned it out.
I hadn't merged with pure fantasy in a while so it was a tough transition going from contemporary and futuristic fiction. The beginning of the book was a slow paced read as you venture back and forth between the POVs of Claudia, the Warden of Incarceron's daughter, and Finn, a prisoner of Incarceron. It roughly took me a few tries and a motivational pep talk to get halfway through. The beginning was the toughest part to get through, it was like trying to fit into that pair of jeans that just quite didn't fit but after jumping around and doing the "pants dance" they went on snugly.
For the characters, the development of emotions and bonds were well progressed, but when it comes to my favorite story to read about it was Claudia. You'd think that reading about Finn, the prisoner trying to escape, would galvanize by interest but it didn't. Claudia's attitude, her spunky nature, and just the tight-knit bond between her and Jared, her tutor, grasped my attention and had me flying through her story. She was a character that I looked up to.
I do recommend this book to true fantasy lovers hoping to dissolve themselves in a new world. Fisher does a wonderful job stitching together two different worlds in one universe. Though I wasn't bought in the beginning, by the end I was sold again and again.
I will admit that I was bought in by this cover. There are two things that would sell me completely and they are 1: Keys and 2: Pocket Watches. So without a second thought, I picked this up from the shelf on my library and scanned it out.
I hadn't merged with pure fantasy in a while so it was a tough transition going from contemporary and futuristic fiction. The beginning of the book was a slow paced read as you venture back and forth between the POVs of Claudia, the Warden of Incarceron's daughter, and Finn, a prisoner of Incarceron. It roughly took me a few tries and a motivational pep talk to get halfway through. The beginning was the toughest part to get through, it was like trying to fit into that pair of jeans that just quite didn't fit but after jumping around and doing the "pants dance" they went on snugly.
For the characters, the development of emotions and bonds were well progressed, but when it comes to my favorite story to read about it was Claudia. You'd think that reading about Finn, the prisoner trying to escape, would galvanize by interest but it didn't. Claudia's attitude, her spunky nature, and just the tight-knit bond between her and Jared, her tutor, grasped my attention and had me flying through her story. She was a character that I looked up to.
I do recommend this book to true fantasy lovers hoping to dissolve themselves in a new world. Fisher does a wonderful job stitching together two different worlds in one universe. Though I wasn't bought in the beginning, by the end I was sold again and again.
What I read did not match the praise I had heard. Parts were clever, but the magic wasn't there for me.
This book was very slow in the beginning and I found the author to be extremely long-winded. However, when the action is happening (especially towards the end), it's an absolute page turner. I loved how everything came together in the end and I'm excited to read the sequel!
Finally I finished! This book could NOT keep my attention. Once it finally reached the juicy details it was over...am I willing to torture myself through another several hundred pages to find the answers that Incarceron left me with? Probably not.
Can't really say enough. Awesome, innovative, lots of grey-scale characters (including the Prison!) and a satisfying, but open ending. Four and a half thumbs up.
Incarceron is a prison the size of a world, complete with mountains and chasms, and living metal forests and townships and secret compacts. Most of the inmates don’t even believe there’s an Outside—and even if there were, Incarceron is a closed system—nothing enters, and nothing leaves. The prison itself makes sure of that. How, you may ask? Simple—it’s alive.
Deep in its recesses, though, is a boy named Finn, a “son” of Incarceron, a cell-born who is believed to have been created by the organic matter in the prison itself… except he’s sure he’s from the Outside. Finn is a starseer, called by some a visionary or a prophet—but are these “visions” of the world Outside really his own memories? When he comes by a crystal key that matches a blue insignia on his wrist, Finn’s already eager desire to Escape is escalated by something completely unexpected—communication with a girl named Claudia, from the Outside, who claims to be the Warden’s daughter.
With their separate allies and enemies, Claudia and Finn work together to try and solve the mysteries of Incarceron—including its hidden location, and of course, the gateway out.
The thing I love about Incarceron by Catherine Fisher is that there are no easy answers. The riddles the characters have to solve aren’t simple wordplays, but really the characters around them—and all of them are intriguing shades of grey—even Incarceron itself. There are the wise Sapients, but with wisdom comes obsession. There is the cold and distant Warden, who is so skilled at hiding his own feelings that the reader can never be quite sure what he’s thinking. There’s Claudia, who wants to help Finn escape, but is ultimately doing it to thwart her father and avoid an impossible betrothal. And more than that, there’s the questions that Claudia and Finn are trying their hardest to answer—where is Incarceron? And how does one escape from it? And the worst question of all—is the Outside, where Time and Progress have been halted, and Protocol dictates the limits of a “perfect” age—is that any less of a prison?
The answers were breathtaking, and nothing I would have expected. The construct of this book as a whole is beautiful, from cover to content. I loved every minute reading it, and was thrilled to find a book that felt fresh and new, in a barricade of recycled ideas. Fisher doesn’t limit what she’s allowed to do in this book, and the result of that is awesome. Magic? Impossible science? Hocus pocus? Sword-play? Yes, it’s all there, with no apologies whatsoever. It doesn’t even feel quite like a suspension of disbelief—she pulls the wool over your eyes so successfully. This is a fantastic stand-alone book, but I’m beyond excited that there are plans for continuation here, because Incarceron’s secrets have only started to be revealed, and the world Outside is on the verge of a revolution. I can’t wait to see it.
Incarceron is a prison the size of a world, complete with mountains and chasms, and living metal forests and townships and secret compacts. Most of the inmates don’t even believe there’s an Outside—and even if there were, Incarceron is a closed system—nothing enters, and nothing leaves. The prison itself makes sure of that. How, you may ask? Simple—it’s alive.
Deep in its recesses, though, is a boy named Finn, a “son” of Incarceron, a cell-born who is believed to have been created by the organic matter in the prison itself… except he’s sure he’s from the Outside. Finn is a starseer, called by some a visionary or a prophet—but are these “visions” of the world Outside really his own memories? When he comes by a crystal key that matches a blue insignia on his wrist, Finn’s already eager desire to Escape is escalated by something completely unexpected—communication with a girl named Claudia, from the Outside, who claims to be the Warden’s daughter.
With their separate allies and enemies, Claudia and Finn work together to try and solve the mysteries of Incarceron—including its hidden location, and of course, the gateway out.
The thing I love about Incarceron by Catherine Fisher is that there are no easy answers. The riddles the characters have to solve aren’t simple wordplays, but really the characters around them—and all of them are intriguing shades of grey—even Incarceron itself. There are the wise Sapients, but with wisdom comes obsession. There is the cold and distant Warden, who is so skilled at hiding his own feelings that the reader can never be quite sure what he’s thinking. There’s Claudia, who wants to help Finn escape, but is ultimately doing it to thwart her father and avoid an impossible betrothal. And more than that, there’s the questions that Claudia and Finn are trying their hardest to answer—where is Incarceron? And how does one escape from it? And the worst question of all—is the Outside, where Time and Progress have been halted, and Protocol dictates the limits of a “perfect” age—is that any less of a prison?
The answers were breathtaking, and nothing I would have expected. The construct of this book as a whole is beautiful, from cover to content. I loved every minute reading it, and was thrilled to find a book that felt fresh and new, in a barricade of recycled ideas. Fisher doesn’t limit what she’s allowed to do in this book, and the result of that is awesome. Magic? Impossible science? Hocus pocus? Sword-play? Yes, it’s all there, with no apologies whatsoever. It doesn’t even feel quite like a suspension of disbelief—she pulls the wool over your eyes so successfully. This is a fantastic stand-alone book, but I’m beyond excited that there are plans for continuation here, because Incarceron’s secrets have only started to be revealed, and the world Outside is on the verge of a revolution. I can’t wait to see it.