The Reader

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paperback, 464 pages

Published Sept. 5, 2017 by Speak.

ISBN:
978-0-14-751805-7
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"Set in a world where reading is unheard-of, Sefia makes use of a mysterious object to track down who kidnapped her aunt Nin and what really happened the night her father was murdered"--

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reviewed The reader by Traci Chee (Sea of ink and gold -- book one)

Review of 'The reader' on 'Storygraph'

I wanted to like this, but at over 100 pages in, I have to admit that it’s not clicking with me. The premise is intriguing, but most of this first quarter of the story has been a near endless parade of new characters, and I can’t get invested in any of them when the perspective keeps changing. The introductions to the pirates in particular threw me off, since it felt like it came from a completely different book. It’s possible that everything comes together in the end, but I don’t have enough investment in any of these storylines at this point to want to see it through.

reviewed The reader by Traci Chee (Sea of ink and gold -- book one)

Review of 'The reader' on 'Goodreads'

Looking at reviews of this book it seems like this is either a book you adore or one that you don't understand at all. I'm in the don't understand category.

The premise seems good. A girl's family is killed and she goes on the run with the thing that they were guarding - a book. No one reads in this time so she doesn't know why the book is important.

Ok, that seems like a good start. But it starts to break down quickly.

I kept reading this book because I was certain it had to go somewhere and have everything tie together eventually. I was wrong. It wasted a great premise. This is supposedly the first book in a series so maybe it will all make sense eventually but I don't want to slog through more books to find out.This review was originally posted on Based On A …

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