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Exo
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Narrated by:
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Emily Rankin
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By:
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Steven Gould
About this listen
Award-winning author Steven Gould returns to the world of his classic novel Jumper in Exo, the sequel to Impulse, blending the drama of high school with world shattering consequences.
Cent can teleport. So can her parents, but they are the only people in the world who can. This is not as great as you might think it would be - sure, you can go shopping in Japan and then have tea in London, but it's hard to keep a secret like that. And there are people, dangerous people, who work for governments and have guns, who want to make you do just this one thing for them. And when you're a teenage girl things get even more complicated. High school. Boys. Global climate change, refugees, and genocide. Orbital mechanics.
But Cent isn't easily daunted, and neither are Davy and Millie, her parents. She's going to make some changes in the world.
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Book is finished nicely, and narration is good.
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Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
I have very mixed feelings about this, there are parts that I've reviewed a second or third time, but there were sooooo many parts that if I was reading this I would have skimmed whole chapters, and skipped pages. There were many parts that left me numb with boredom and there were parts that were well written.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
After some reflection the most interesting part of this story was that it was primarily from the point of view of a 2nd generation jumper. David and Millie grew up knowing that teleporting was impossible, while Cent grew up knowing that it was possible. David and Millie did the same sorts of things they might have done if they couldn't teleport, while Cent came up with the things she could do because she could teleport.The least interesting was the amount of technical detail and what felt like multiple references to the same previous event in an earlier book, perhaps with one small extra piece of detail. These two makes me wonder if Gould had enough story for the demanded word count.
Finally like book three this is Cent's story, and each time the chapter was about Cent it was first person perspective, while when ever it was from David or Millie it was third person perspective. I would have found it easier to read if it was either just first person Cent or everybody was third person.
Oh one other thing, because this was Cent's story it was filled with soooo much - I'm going to say guessed - teenage girl emotion about boyfriend and girlfriends, that it clashed horribly with the technical detail. So much so that I was confused about the target audience.
Have you listened to any of Emily Rankin’s other performances? How does this one compare?
I have only listed to the Impulse (book 3) and this one. She's not the best performer, nor is she the worst. It was possible to tell who was speaking based on her change of tone.Could you see Exo being made into a movie or a TV series? Who would the stars be?
Ignoring the disconnect from the Jumper film, and the question about how to cover previous story elements - when space based films for teenagers are in vogue, possibly.Any additional comments?
Of the Jumper series book two was, IMO, the best, while book three was the worst. This book has some way to go to catch up to the quality of story and story telling of the first two books. The limited appearance of the 'bad' guys in the third book was terrible while this book handled them much better, but not as good as the 2nd book. No spoilers.Confused writing damages a reasonable story
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Great story
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