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A review by cornmaven
I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore
4.0
Two alien races are on Earth, one hiding from the other. Humanity's future is in the balance as the evil race intends to detroy all humans in order to pillage and plunder the Earth for its resources.
The setup of a the good teen aliens as ordered by number, so that the evil aliens can only kill them numerically was interesting, as were the powers (legacies) that the teens develop at some point. Romantic involvement with humans, chimera creatures, epic battles, and even clashes with HS jocks round out the features.
I think teens will like it and will want to read the series. I thought the romance sections were overly long, but not badly written, and teen girls will gravitate toward them. The boys will like all the action.
What I did not understand was how a first person narrative of Number Four was being written by the ruling Elder of the good aliens, when he clearly existed as legend in the narrative. Was it possibly a legend developed when the numbered teens were whisked off Lorien as first graders? I couldn't figure that out, and it seemed like a really dumb mistake. And then I find out that it was supposedly co-authored by James Frey. That's sad.
The setup of a the good teen aliens as ordered by number, so that the evil aliens can only kill them numerically was interesting, as were the powers (legacies) that the teens develop at some point. Romantic involvement with humans, chimera creatures, epic battles, and even clashes with HS jocks round out the features.
I think teens will like it and will want to read the series. I thought the romance sections were overly long, but not badly written, and teen girls will gravitate toward them. The boys will like all the action.
What I did not understand was how a first person narrative of Number Four was being written by the ruling Elder of the good aliens, when he clearly existed as legend in the narrative. Was it possibly a legend developed when the numbered teens were whisked off Lorien as first graders? I couldn't figure that out, and it seemed like a really dumb mistake. And then I find out that it was supposedly co-authored by James Frey. That's sad.