2.4k reviews for:

The City of Ember

Jeanne DuPrau

3.77 AVERAGE

ingeborgr's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful mysterious

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Loveable characters: Yes

lotak's review against another edition

1.0

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The author's tone really grated on me, full of simplistic and repetitive sentence structures with patronizing language. When I recommend children's books it will be something less condescending.

missmegs13's review against another edition

3.0

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

rattledragons's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

selenasfriend's review against another edition

4.25

mysterious medium-paced

vallyn's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

lilliandm's review against another edition

4.0

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Tbh kinda depressing for a book meant for late elementary/early middle schoolers but the plot isn't bad

priya_amrev's review against another edition

2.0

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What a weird book. And the ending. Interesting

broccoligoddess's review against another edition

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We read this as a class in middle school and went on a field trip to the theater when the movie came out. It was epic.

hckilgour's review against another edition

2.5

slow-paced

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So I think I didn’t care for this book quite as much simply because it wasn’t written for a nearly 30 year old woman. That being said, it wasn’t a bad book.

I did find the uptake on the plot a bit slow but the ending definitely had me!