Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Incarceron (Incarceron, Book 1) by Catherine Fisher


The description of Incarceron is much more interesting than the book itself. The characters are flat and uninteresting and plot is bland.

I expected a lot more from this particular book but the writing is awkward and I didn't really care what happened to the characters.

The story line has the potential to make for a really great story but it lacks that "umph" that makes a story worth reading.

Borrow this book or pass on it.


Grade: D




Synopsis

Incarceron is a prison unlike any other: Its inmates live not only in cells, but also in metal forests, dilapidated cities, and unbounded wilderness. The prison has been sealed for centuries, and only one man, legend says, has ever escaped.

Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, can’t remember his childhood and believes he came from Outside Incarceron. He’s going to escape, even though most inmates don’t believe that Outside even exists. And then Finn finds a crystal key and through it, a girl named Claudia.

Claudia claims to live Outside—her father is the Warden of Incarceron and she’s doomed to an arranged marriage. If she helps Finn escape, she will need his help in return. But they don’t realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye. Escape will take their greatest courage and cost far more than they know.

Because Incarceron is alive.

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