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THE CITY OF EMBER MANUAL
Before making a single edit, Tropedia EXPECTS our site policy and manual of style to be followed. It was just about impossible with an audiobook though so I didn’t even try. While Lina and Doon try to decipher the instructions to escape Ember I really wished I had a physical book so I could try to figure out the message along with them. But then again if it were all straight forward there wouldn't be the fun of solving the mystery. And the builders really set these folks up for failure with all the stuff that had to be figured out. I am willing to overlook a lot of the little flaws in the book but it seems to me that Ember wasn't exactly perfectly placed to survive this huge disaster, whatever it was (it’s just down a hole). Maybe this will be addressed in the sequel. I am not sure I fully understand why the founders of Ember felt so much ignorance was necessary or how they could have missed the consequences that that could have over time. I was interested in how the people dealt with their dwindling supplies and Lina's reaction to a colored pencil was great. I thought it was well done and believable. It never occurs to them that the world isn't fair and that not everyone would react as they would. They are kids, despite being working members of society and this is clearly shown in the naivety they display at various points. I liked one thing about Lina and Doon though. There are a lot of coincidences and things that cause one to need to suspend disbelief To me, the concept was interesting enough to make me want to read the book and overlook implausibility or flaws. Not that our hero and heroine aren't kids, being 12, but in that society they are really functioning as adults, so let's lay off the whiny little boy voice. I like her cheery sounding Lina, but Doon sounds too silly and kid like. It doesn't say he is wheezing and gasping like he is on his last breath, but every time he says anything it sounds like the narrator is on her death bed. The book flat out tells you he is big and fat. (I suppose I must declare the book “Fascinating!”) I must mention here that the narration was inferior and the assignment day scene is a perfect example of why. This Assignment Day ritual fascinates me too. The kids go to school until they are twelve and then pick out of a hat the job they will be doing. canned food – the storerooms fascinate me). THE CITY OF EMBER FULL
They get the power from a source they don't really understand and rely on the dwindling contents of storerooms full of items they cannot truly understand (i.e. I am fascinated by the controlled environment in which the people of Ember have lived. Ember is a city that was built to ensure that humans survived some disaster and the city is powered by electricity from a mysterious generator.
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