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The Diamond of Darkhold (2008)

by Jeanne DuPrau

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With spoilers, which should be gimmes for any adult reader.

Solar power is all well and good but what you need to start a society is information. Next time, print the damn book on sturdier, nonflammable, nonorganic material.
1 vote ljhliesl | May 21, 2013 |
It was quite like-able.
In this last (?) book of Ember we see that it's very hard to cope with winter, and how Lina and Doon look back to what they had. Then things happen and they end up needing to go to Ember so they can help the people of Sparks (and the Emberites too).
Wasn't as good as the first two books, but it was quite good and the end was a good end, so you feel closure and that the story got somewhere. ( )
  littlesparrow | Apr 2, 2013 |
Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with this series. Post-apocalyptic, very realistic, the ending was happy enough but didn't feel contrived. ( )
1 vote aelizabethj | Apr 1, 2013 |
The people of Ember are now the people of Sparks, and Sparks isn't looking so hot these days--with 400 new mouths to feed, supplies are running low, and winter's only just beginning. A plot device trader comes along and gives Doon the tattered remains of a book; Doon and Lina head back to Ember to save the world.

Eh. It's better than Prophet of Yonwood, but that doesn't say much. Maybe it's the distance from when I read the first book, but this has neither the charm nor complexity of City of Ember. I remember the story being more fascinating, the characters more richly drawn, the writing more sophisticated. I'm disappointed in this. ( )
  librarybrandy | Mar 31, 2013 |
A satisfying conclusion to this series (essentially a trilogy and and out-of-sequence prequel). As in the first book, Lina and Doon take on a quest for better quality of life based on an uninterpretable document from the Builders. Though they encounter obstacles and belligerents, one can't really say they meet enemies. A hallmark of this series is that ultimately most people, even those in opposition, are rendered benign or ineffective over the course of the story, making this a good series for people who like dystopian themes but not the distress of a true dystopia. ( )
1 vote OshoOsho | Mar 30, 2013 |
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For Jim and Susie, who made the journey possible
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Around the middle of the twenty-first century, when it seemed a great catastrophe was about to engulf the world, an underground city was built as a last refuge for the human race.
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It’s been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people, joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter aboveground, they find an unusual book. Torn up and missing most of its pages, it alludes to a mysterious device from before the Disaster, which they believe is still in Ember. Together, Lina and Doon must go back underground to retrieve what was lost and bring light to a dark world.

In the fourth Book of Ember, bestselling author Jeanne DuPrau juxtaposes yet another action-packed adventure with powerful themes about hope, learning, and the search for truth.

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When a roamer trades them an ancient book with only a few pages remaining, Lina and Doon return to Ember to seek the machine the book seems to describe in hopes that it will get their new community, Sparks, through the winter.

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