The Ember books are similar to the Lowis Lowery books; The Giver, Gathering Blue and Messenger (though Messenger pretty much sucked compared to Gathering Blue and The Giver). Each are about a different universe/dimension than our own.

It’s an okay book. It stopped abruptly, in my opinion, though if I had been in the age group that was intended for this book, I probably wouldn’t have noticed.

It just seemed to me that the author could have gone on with the book, talking about whether the pinballs would stay with the foster parents for a long time, or if they’d be adopted by the foster parents, or what. And I think the author should have told us what happens with Harvey’s father—does he ever get Harvey back? Does he have to go into therapy, does he get closer to Harvey, does he quit drinking?

This book isn’t one of my top priorities at the moment. I’ve been consuming it since last summer (summer of 2006), but because it’s so heavy, it usually stays at home, and I don’t make much progress in reading it because of how big/heavy it is. I’d read it in bed, but I like to read lying down, and I find it hard to lie down with this book and still be able to read it.

I do, once in a blue moon, take it out and read a whole book off (I do believe I’m up to the Voyage of the Dawn Treader), but mostly, it sits in the picnic basket.

Perhaps I’ll finish reading it this summer? Who knows.

This was an interesting story, but not worth my time to consume again. It wasn’t really my thing.

It’s basically about a section of the government infecting people with psychic powers, and then performing illegal acts to get these people into basically a cage (well, it was an apartment, but they weren’t allowed to leave the apartment, so it might as well be a cage), and making said people preform their psychic power over and over again.

If I were more paranoid about the government, I might’ve enjoyed this more.

Meanwhile, if you enjoyed this book, you might enjoy 1984 by George Orwell, The Giver by Lois Lowery and/or Gathering Blue by Lois Lowery.

It gives me energy in the morning, but makes me feel sick in the afternoon. Probably because I don’t drink enough water to hydrate me after drinking the Dew.

Also tends to make me feel depressed. But I drink it sometimes, just because it helps me wake up.