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Incarceron #1)
By : by Catherine Fisher
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Original Title : Incarceron
ISBN : 0340893605 (ISBN13: 9780340893609)
Edition Language : English
Series : Incarceron #1
Paperback, 458 pages
Published May 3rd 2007 by Hodder Children's Books
Characters : Claudia, Finn Abbott, Keiro, Attia, John Arlexa
Setting : Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children’s Literature (2011), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2011), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2007), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2008)
Description : Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A young Incarceron -- a futuristic prison, sealed from view, where the descendants of the original prisoners live in a dark world torn by rivalry and savagery. It is a terrifying mix of high technology -- a living building which pervades the novel as an ever-watchful, ever-vengeful character, and a typical medieval torture chamber -- chains, great halls, dungeons. A young prisoner, Finn, has haunting visions of an earlier life, and cannot believe he was born here and has always been here. In the outer world, Claudia, daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, is trapped in her own form of prison -- a futuristic world constructed beautifully to look like a past era, an imminent marriage she dreads. She knows nothing of Incarceron, except that it exists. But there comes a moment when Finn, inside Incarceron, and Claudia, outside, simultaneously find a device -- a crystal key, through which they can talk to each other. And so the plan for Finn's escape is born ...
Literary Awards : Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Nominee for Children’s Literature (2011), Milwaukee County Teen Book Award Nominee (2011), Cybils Award Nominee for Young Adult Fantasy & Science Fiction (2007), Carnegie Medal Nominee (2008)
REVIEWS :I know many of you are staring at my two star review with amazement. I imagine you're thinking, "Cory, how could you?! This is one of the greatest steam-punk novels ever written! How can you rate it without even finishing it?"To that, I have a simple answer: I wasn't impressed.This book, like many fantasy novels I've ignored for the past few years, follows the Hero's Journey like a bible.Of course we have a mystery revolving around the hero's past. Of course the hero has to be of royal blood "Year by year Incarceron tightened its grip. It made a hell of what should have been Heaven." Loved revisiting this world! I read this first when I was in my teens and I remember enjoying it wholeheartedly; years later and that opinion hasn't changed!Claudia lives in a dystopian future, where there have been such advances in technology and science, but the leaders have chosen to keep the world frozen in history. They have chosen a medieval time period, and everything must be kept in 'era'. I found it difficult to enjoy Incarceron at first.You know that saying, Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it? Ya, this is Incarceron all over.So there's two worlds in this one story. There's the "real" world and the Incarceron world.The real world is a futuristic world with fantastical technologies - which are not used much because the King of that world decided that change was bad, progress - demeaning and invention - unsafe. So he reverted the whole world to a I finished this book last night but waited till this morning to review it. Had I not, I suspect that the review would have been a bit more...vitriolic.I've run on several mediocre YA novels recently and that not only disappoints me, but gives me pause. maybe I'm getting harder to please?Having just gone through the Percy Jackson series and found it disappointing and reading a book by Tamora Pierce which I found mostly stultifyingly dull, I was rooting for this one. Unfortunately it just didn't Where to begin? I just loved this book so much. Reading it was like drinking a white chocolate mocha, oh so delicious. Maybe I'm really weird, but I've always thought prisons were kind of...cool. Not the modern day kind, but the medieval types. Strange, maybe, but I just find dungeons really interesting. ANYWAY, Incarceron is the ULTIMATE prison. It's alive, and it has a perosonality, which is just so unbelievably awesome. I must admit, the twists were very predictable, but I didn't mind, Disclaimer: It was hard to convey my overall views on this book. I feel like this review is very much a 'I can't put my fingers on what was wrong' type of review, so I apologize if it seems rather chaotic. Incarceron is a book with some interesting ideas, and some intensely visual imagery. Catherine Fisher put some imagination into crafting this story, and I tip my hat to the author for that. However, my overall feeling after finishing it is disappointment. Unfortunately, there were aspects that If Incarceron was a school subject, it would definitely be science. I love science, I find it fascinating, but I’m not very good at it… kind of like this reading experience! First of all, this book is fascinating, captivating, the type of story that sticks with you to the point that you’re forgetting everything else you have to do because you’re so obsessed over what happens next! But, on the other hand, it’s really confusing, and to be honest, I had a hard time digesting all the intricacies of Abandoned at about page 90.Reasons: general disinterest in the story, the fantasy world and the characters' fates; unappealing writing style; strong suspicions that Finn is the "dead" prince; painful flashbacks of The Maze Runner, Matrix, Robocop and some apocalyptic B-grade movies whose names I can't recall.Lessons learned: science fantasy might not be my cup of tea. How many different forms of imprisonment are there? How irrevocable are they? What does living in that kind of prison do?I admire Incarceron for trying something that felt a bit new, and I generally enjoyed the story. I'm not sure I'd go back to reread it, though, so that's my personal line for a four-star book. But although this is a three-star review, it's worth checking out.Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement. You can read I love this book with a mad passion. I could hardly even tell you why, except that the concept of the living and sentient prison that's a whole world in itself is amazing, and the blend of the fantastical/fairy tale/historical and the high-tech aspects of Claudia's world fascinated me, and the Warden reminds me of Jack Bristow from Alias with his grim aspect and habit of keeping dark secrets mingled with a fierce (if sometimes oddly expressed) love of his daughter, and Jared is GUH and I have a good feeling about rereading this; it'll be even better than the first time. Although, my first read was pretty awesome: it gave me nightmares and all. Not the type of nightmare that will have you waking up screaming, or soaking your bed sheets with sweat, but more like an annoying dream. I dreamed I was in Incarceron and I had to pee really, really bad; but the prison kept shifting and I couldn't find a bathroom.If I dream of Incarceron again, it better have a bathroom close by so I I'm finished. Done. Turned the last page.And I'm so glad.What a royal waste of time it would have been better spent sleeping cos yup this book was as boring as watching paint dry lol. For a long time I've been excited about the premise of this book and ordered it from my library being very excited to read it. While it did start off promising with the promise of shocking revelations to come, the book soon went down and by the end it fell flat on its face. Okay the characters. Finn had so much I really like the idea of a sentient prison. The mystery of Claudia and her relationship with her father is something my mind worked on through the entire book. Claudia's tutor was my favorite character. This is one of the most unique books I have read so far. It's about a prison that's alive and how no one can escape because of the monsters and traps that are within it. The story follows two characters; Finn who lives within the prison, and Claudia who lives on the outside of the prison. They're connected somehow and it's a mystery and adventure of finding answers. I thought it was interesting since it had both dystopian and steampunk elements which isn't something I've seen done before and I.
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