A Transcript of Contemporary Marginalia in a Copy of the Kodama Memorial Library of Meisei University
Hardcover, 316 pages
Published Feb. 27, 1998 by Yushodo Shuppan.
aka The First Folio
Contains 36 plays: All’s Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus Cymbeline Hamlet Julius Caesar King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry IV. Part 2 King Henry V King Henry VI. Part 1 King Henry VI. Part 2 King Henry VI. Part 3 King Henry VIII King John King Lear King Richard II King Richard III Love’s Labour’s Lost Macbeth Measure for Measure Merchant of Venice Merry Wives of Windsor Midsummer Night’s Dream Much Ado About Nothing Othello Romeo and Juliet Taming of the Shrew Tempest Timon of Athens Titus Andronicus Troilus and Cressida Twelfth Night Two Gentlemen of Verona Winter’s Tale
Order varies by edition.
This is very much YA Sci-Fi for beginners. But the constant action and world building make for a fun light read.
A very sweet nerd/jock story. I really liked both of these main characters and really enjoyed their interactions with each other. The angsty part got a lil confusing for me (the donation and the transfer and Del Taco what?) but the author acknowledges that appropriately I thought. Holden is so unique and Ezra is loveable. All in all a great addition to a fun series!
Read my review of “Love” at my web site.
Funny & sweet. Appreciated the fact that I got the pop culture references in this one, especially given pop culture and I parted ways a few decades ago.
First: Warden Cross is my favorite character. Still. He makes my inner fangirl happy.
But what you really want--the review, in which I see two options:
1) You've already read Books 1-4 in the series: It's a continuous story, and you've made it this far--read the fifth book already and get your ending.
2) You haven't started the series and you're looking ahead to see if it holds up until the end: I think it does. If you enjoy the first couple of books, I think it'll be worth your time to see it through.
As for thoughts pertaining to just this book--it's a good ending. It fit the story, the characters come full circle, and the confrontation with Furnace ended up about where I figured it would.
There were some fun touches that I appreciated (such as finding out Zee would make a great Wheezer candidate), and we get …
First: Warden Cross is my favorite character. Still. He makes my inner fangirl happy.
But what you really want--the review, in which I see two options:
1) You've already read Books 1-4 in the series: It's a continuous story, and you've made it this far--read the fifth book already and get your ending.
2) You haven't started the series and you're looking ahead to see if it holds up until the end: I think it does. If you enjoy the first couple of books, I think it'll be worth your time to see it through.
As for thoughts pertaining to just this book--it's a good ending. It fit the story, the characters come full circle, and the confrontation with Furnace ended up about where I figured it would.
There were some fun touches that I appreciated (such as finding out Zee would make a great Wheezer candidate), and we get a new villain who makes Cross look sane. There are some touching moments where we realize not everyone gets to cross the finish line, but it never quite gets more depressing than you can handle--they feel appropriate for the story.
But more importantly, I enjoyed that after all the insanity that was going on in Book 4, that we cooled off a bit and the action stepped back down. Don't get me wrong, there's still a lot of great fight scenes, and things to keep the story moving--we just get more of the subtle character moments that were more prevalent earlier on.
Escape From Furnace is a good series. I highly recommend it if the plot sounds like it's up your ally; good beginning, good end--what more could you want?
