I dissagree, I loved the book but I do agree that her word selection could have been larger and by the middle I had started to lose interest. I put it down for a few weeks but when I started reading it again I found that it turned out to be a pleasing ending with a few twists. I have also read the other 2 books and would recommend them too.

i love the book i was glued to it

This was a wonderful, wonderful book. I could not put it down. As a matter of fact, I have bought a set for my classroom so we can use it for literature circles.

this was a exciting book- can't wait to read The Prophet of Yonwood!

I love this book! It's awesome I read it for my book repot at NCS and I can't wait to get my hands on the second book, THE PEOPLE OF SPARKS!

I TOTALLY agree with you! I mean, when I read about it, I thought the idea of ember was interesting, so I bought the book. I couldn't stand it! I quit trying to read it halfway through. I think the story had great potential, but the author is a weak writer. Perhaps in the hands of a more descriptive writer it would have been a success.

This book really kept me intrigued! I loved all the suspence!

I am in the middle of city of ember and i think it is confusing, but kind of good. I think mostly it is a stupid book, because it is dark and there are no citys that are dark.

I just finished The City of Ember and for the most part. I liked it. It has an intersting plot and its genre is between sciene fiction and fantasy. Personally I hate those to genres but Jeanne Duprau did a great job at writing the book. I can't wait to read the next installment, People of Sparks.

I really like the book It is extreemely ausome.

I like the sequel too.

This book is very fun and exiting. I like most books that are lke this one. I want to read the prequel.

I think the whole Idea of the instructions and trying to escape from an ancient city in the future. Jeane Duprau said that she meant it to be in the future but it doesn't really matter.

I think the city of ember is a good book because you have to read the whole book to understand it. The City of Ember is suspensful and it doesn't have violence or witchcraft in it. I think that it's cool that Jeane DuPrau wrote the book in such a way that makes you want to read the sequel.

i also agree i started to lose interest it just didn't sound interestin but towards the end it got a little better but the author could have used stronger words.

Dear reviewer,
I totally agree with you. The plot is intresting, but it was written really badly. The sentences were all choppy and boring, like 'She ran home. She liked her messenger job.' If the writing was better the book would have been better too.

This book was really good! My teacher read it to my whole class and it was alot of people's favorite book. Althought the writing style was not as good as the plot, it was an interesting style and after a while you got used to it.

I 've read the People Of Sparks
and The prophet of Yonwood
now and they were better than the first book. More interesting but the writing style was still lacking.

i am tempted to read people of sparks

please, do you have any idea of another city of ember front book jacket.

i love this book because it is very enteresting i wish i could see the outher and i want to know what is happing to the city and why is it bitch black

this is all i have to say for now bye

this is the best book i have read since harry potter. yes, it does have some lack of descriptive writting, but i could pretty much imagine the book in my head.the author is pretty good but this was her first book so you guys have to cut her some slack.! i mean, have any of you people witten a book that was more than 200 pages long?????

i love the book!
its grabbed me like a tiger!

I'm reading it right now but I lost the book and i'm looking for an online version of the book. Anyone know how to get one?

please we want to see what the chewed instrutions really look like and what they say

I really like your sequal of The City Of Ember. My teacher is reading it to us for read aloud and so far, it sounds adventurous. Q: when I read the the 3rd book, I don't think there was a part of Nickie leaving her diary beside a rock. Where did that part go to?P.S. the diary part was found online.

I don't i agree that it is boring bit I love this book

This book rocked! I couldn't take my eyes off of it! I cant wait to get my hands on the sequal AND the prequal!!!
I would reccomend this book to anyone.

okkayyy book.
very random ideas in the book, but good.

kindaa like The Giver if anyone has ever read thatt.

but ii guess i liked the book. maybe not loved it, but i would recommend it to all who have not read it.

:)

the book rocked it was so cool!!!

I think the book was very good and it kept me haning. The only part I didn't like is the ending intell I found out that there was a second book. I think that everyone should read the book. But if you don't like mysters then I think its not a good book for you.

OMG I love that book it rocks but I am still on the waiting list fo the people of the sparks
but ilove it so much I wrote a review about that book two i never would have wrote it if i knew you had sorry :`(

I disagree with you, while the wording was thin, I found to engaging storyline more than made up for the fact that it was aimed at younger audiences. The later books don't have as thin of wording though, and have just as good a storyline.

I totaly think that the book rocked and so did people of sparks, THE PROPHET OF YONWOOD SUCKED

I found the book to be quite great. I don't mind the 'bland' vocab, but the story was solid. Character development could use work, I found the story line great. Like really really really good.

i loved it we read it in class awsome book cant untill i c the movie

personaly i loved this book to peices! it was my FAVE book EVAH and i dont know what u guys are talking about when you say BLAND VOCABULARY. i mean, if she had used bigger words, then i think the book would have been hard to understand. i am the series #1 fan, and i am SO EXCITED FOR THE MOVIE! since u guys are all obsessed with the vocab, i would like to see you guys write a better book. peace out and thanks for reading ;-D

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Im reading the book in my book club and so far it is a really good book and it builds suspension. (P.S. i dont know if i spelled the last word correctly.)

this book rock the house they is nothing like thie book

This book was amazing!!My teacher only would read one chapter a day so we all got made but it was great!I've never been so interested in a book before!WOW!!!

the city of ember is a great story to read to a class,firends,family,or anybody you know.So read the story it is great.In fact read all the series.there are four.

This book...I thought it was alright. The plot was the only reason I want to get the next book out: I want to find out what happens next. However, I think that if someone were to describe what happened in a book report, I wouldn't bother to read the book because I think it could have been better written.

i need help on this book :(

I loved this book! I am reading it again and again and again. My teacher has already read it to my class. It is one of the best books that I've read. It is amazing!