Why I pIcked ItI tried to read City of Ember a while back (read- early college years), and just couldn't get into it. I don't know what it was at the time, but it just couldn't catch and hold my interest. But recently I saw it available on my Libby app, and my husband recommended I try to read it again so I checked it out and listened to the audiobook! SummaryThe City of Ember is running low on supplies. They've been able to survive generations on what they have, but the blackouts in the city are becoming more frequent and have been staying dark longer, and there are rumors that the stock of food and other goods are running out. Corruption is spreading, but no one knows what to do. Soon, Lina and Doon, children of the city, find fragments of an ancient text that sound like directions on how to leave and survive outside of the city. So the two of them go on a mission to decipher the text and find out what is outside of the city. What I likedI think the storyline was extremely intriguing. I like the thought of a civilization that had to go underground and then loses the directions on when and how to leave again. I also think that the world and the occupations were great. I was able to get immersed into the world pretty easily, and I thought that it was interesting to read about the ins and outs of city politics and daily life. I also enjoyed the relationship built between Lina and Doon. They didn't start out as friends, but by the end they were relying on each other for a lot. And there didn't have to be a romance, which was nice, too. What I didn't LikeOnce again, I couldn't really get into the book. Yes, I thought it was intriguing, and yes, I liked some of the aspects of the world like listed above, but even though I liked it, I didn't mind when I spaced when listening to the book or when I listened to it at night and fell asleep before the sleep timer turned off. There were times I just kept listening from wherever it was stopped, and I didn't bother to go back and figure out what I had missed. Similar to All We Have is Now, I would rather read a book where I feel the need to go back and re-listen to the parts I missed. Overall Impression 🌟🌟🌟Obviously I didn't get as into the book as I would have hoped. There were some major pros, and by the end I was getting more intrigued, but there were probably some important details throughout the book that I missed out on because I just wasn't as interested as I should have been. Good book, but I'm not sure if I'll continue the series or not.
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