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| Title | : | The Gardener |
| Author | : | S.A. Bodeen |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 233 pages |
| Published | : | May 25th 2010 by Feiwel and Friends (first published May 1st 2010) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. Science Fiction. Dystopia. Fantasy |
S.A. Bodeen
Hardcover | Pages: 233 pages Rating: 3.64 | 3983 Users | 526 Reviews
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Mason has never known his father, but longs to. All he has of him is a DVD of a man whose face is never seen, reading a children's book. One day, on a whim, he plays the DVD for a group of comatose teens at the nursing home where his mother works. One of them, a beautiful girl, responds. Mason learns she is part of a horrible experiment intended to render teenagers into autotrophs―genetically engineered, self-sustaining life-forms who don't need food or water to survive. And before he knows it, Mason is on the run with the girl, and wanted, dead or alive, by the mysterious mastermind of this gruesome plan, who is simply called the Gardener.Will Mason be forced to destroy the thing he's longed for most?
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| Original Title: | The Gardener |
| ISBN: | 0312370164 (ISBN13: 9780312370169) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.64 From 3983 Users | 526 ReviewsColumn About Books The Gardener
Well, after three weeks in Florida without using Goodreads at all, The Gardener will be the first book I'm reviewing. :)This book is one of those ones that I won't even remember a week from now, but one still with its positive things. Including a lot of actual science and educational facts behind the adventurous and slightly dystopian plot, The Gardener holds many themes, from hardcore environmentalism to family drama. Caught up in the midst of all this are three kids, two of whom live as best
I get really irritated when covers/taglines for books give away major plot points. Or, conversely, I get annoyed when the thing on the cover is presented as a major reveal at the climax of the book. I probably would have liked this a lot more if this book wasn't major failing in this way. Really cool cover/concept, but don't act like we haven't seen it. Anyway, I liked this for the local aspects (set in WA/OR), I liked it because it's one of very few strictly Sci-Fi titles I've read in a long
2.25/5be careful what you wish for ...with the first few pages, mason shares with us a crucial chapter in his life. the day the neighbor's dog bit him, ultimately leaving him with a lifelong scar. the very same day he's being told some shocking news from his single mother: "mason. i know i've always told you your father was ... gone. but it's not true. he just can't be your father right now." (arc, p3) having said that his mother plays a videotape, revealing a man from the neck down, who's
Can you sayYA Twilight Zone? You know how an episode starts off normal and then, bam something unusual happens. Thats how this book is, creepy and just a little weird. Did I mention Im fan of creepy and weird? This is the story of Mason who stumbles upon the towns biggest secret. TroDyn has been using humans as test subjects cultivating a garden of self-sustaining life forms, autotrophs.I enjoyed this book. It was a well written, short and very succinct story, only 232 pages and easily a single
Overall, this book earned a resounding "meh" from me. I didn't have any urges to burn it or anything, nor did it fill me with an unquenchable rage. I just found myself...disappointed. Brace yourself, this is long. If you just need something short and sweet, skip to the end for the tl;dr version. If you want to hear everything... buckle up, I guess. I'm going to put it behind a spoiler warning, not because it has spoilers (anything that does will be hidden behind its own personal spoiler warning)
The concept was unlike everything I read in the past few years, WOW being the best way to describe it. Very predictable, though. I saw the twists and turns coming and I was little surprised by where it led. I guess that, past the scientific references, it falls under 'light reading' from my point of view. I liked Mason, overall, there were enough sides to him to keep things interesting. And the plot moved at a decent pace. But the concept ... I'll say it again. Wow!
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