Incarceron
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To free herself from an upcoming arranged marriage, Claudia, the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, a futuristic prison with a mind of its own, decides to help a young prisoner escape.
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Add a SummaryFinn is a prisoner in Incerarceron, a prison that only one man has ever escaped from. His storyis shrouded with lies and is not clear. Finn and his friends try to find their way out of this pit of darkness and they find a key. This key is the key out of Incarceron. Finn meets a girl from the OUTSIDE. Her name is Claudia and she says that she is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron. With Claudia's help Finn tries to escape from Incarceron. He realizes that Incarceron is alive.......
This book is slightly reminiscent of City of Ember. It is about a sentient prison, which was loaded up with all the scum of society one hundred sixty years before the story takes place and then sealed. Inside it are murderers, thieves, madmen, dreamers, and many innocents, all of whose ancestors were placed in Incarceron to take part in a utopian experiment. However, life in Incarceron is dark, brutal, short, and completely unsuited to Finn Starseer's gentle nature. Finn has no memory of who he is or where he comes from. All he has is a tattoo on his wrist, a desperate desire to know his past, the aid of an old dreamer whose only wish is to Escape Incarceron, and a crystal key. Meanwhile, on the Outside is a world that has been frozen in time. Claudia is the daughter of the powerful and distant Warden of Incarceron, an intelligent, well-trained woman who is trapped into a political marriage with the dissolute prince of her world. Wanting nothing more than to escape this marriage and reveal what she believes to be a great wrong to her country, Claudia breaks into her father's forbidden study and discovers a key identical to Finn's, containing a hologram of the emblem of a former dynasty.
Centuries ago it was decided that all criminals were to be sealed into a prison that would help them to create the perfect paradise. They were gathered and along with the wisest teachers they entered Incarceron. However, paradise was never reached...Incarceron was sentient and it was always watching its inmates, as they fought, as they stole, as they killed each other. Finn, doesn't know how he came to be in Incarceron. His first member was waking up in a cell deep in Incarceron three years ago. He was initiated into a group of thieves and has been revered as their "star-seer." But Finn knows he came from the outside and that he needs to get back and when he finds a key he knows it is time to escape. Claudia is the daughter of the warden of Incarernon. As such she knows what is expected of her. She is to behave, follow her lessons and eventually marry the crown prince and become queen. Her wedding day is almost upon her and Claudia is desperate to escape her fate when she discovers a key locked in her father's office.
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Add a Commenthard core fans are going to hate me, but this story was only amusing i didn't even feel that i needed to reach the end. This book was predictable with characters with overused personalities. Read something else
can't really skim or else the details become a little confusing, but a very original story, i think
A very unique and beautiful book that everyone should read.
Incarceron is refreshingly inventive in its world building, although many basic elements may be found in other books (e.g. the prison warden's daughter falling in love and aiding a young prisoner escape in Stendahl's The Charterhouse of Parma). The pacing is brisk from the beginning and builds speed on the way. Without spoiling anything I can tell you that not everyone is just as they seem, not even the sentient prison itself, and some characters' loyalties are questionable. There is a movie script being shopped around Hollywood for Incarceron (imdb.com) so this series (there is a second book which others say doesn't wrap everthing up) may soon become a must read. It is well suited to being a film.
I really enjoyed reading "Incarceron": The story was original, well-plotted, well-written, and a good blending of sci-fi and fantasy elements. There was a number of unexpected twists throughout the book, but in the end, everything came together like opposite poles of a magnet :-) Very cool, very exciting. I am already well into Book 2 (Sapphique) and can really recommend this book to everyone who likes a love for details and a really unique storyline.
this was great but the second is BLAND JUNK lolz
Very good read for anyone who loves the attention payed to details. Despite the fact that I thought it was filled up with some unnecessary details, liked it very much. I only wish the ending was a bit different, and that the story wasn't dragged out the way it was. I knew that Finn was actually Giles immediately when it discussed the Havaarna mark on his wrist...
I enjoyed this book. The whole idea of the plot is remarkably unique, and though not refreshing, definitely gets your brain juices flowing. I don't think it was too confusing at all, though my one complaint was the perspective switching, because it really did get annoying at times. Nonetheless, I really love the two different realms idea, and of the futuristic, yet aristocratic vibe of the book. Overall, a very nice teen, science-fiction book. A little long, and yeah, a little bit boring in parts, but worth reading because of the intrigue.
A very good book. Gets a little confusing if you read it too fast. But, by the end it makes sense. I can't wait to start the next one!
A good story-but if you want something really good, I suggest the Seven Realms series.