Christine Aziz
Paperback | Pages: 166 pages Rating: 3.12 | 405 Users | 62 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Olive Readers |
| ISBN: | 0330439634 (ISBN13: 9780330439633) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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I cannot recall the exact moment when I decided to become a Reader. This is unusual for me, as I am always precise about beginnings...Imagine a future without a past, a time without memory, a state in which nationality, ancestry, tradition, language, history have no place. Governing this world is a hyper-organised system of corporations, a network of companies, each responsible for a particular product, each with a workforce conditioned to one end...But, somewhere, a clandestine group is operating to preserve the past...In the Olive producing region of Olea, the Readers are smuggling and storing books in a secret library hidden away in the house of Jephzat and her family. When her sister disappears under suspicious circumstances, and her parents are hastily relocated by the Company, Jephzat is ordered to remain behind. Alone and facing the suspicion and hostility of the villagers, she falls in love with Homer, an olive picker she once rescued from the hands of Company Commissioners - and a long-time member of the Readers. As Homer introduces her to the library, and her hunger for knowledge grows, so do her questions, and soon she finds herself closely involved not only in the recovery and preservation of books, but in a secret plan which endangers Jephzat herself...Details Out Of Books The Olive Readers
| Title | : | The Olive Readers |
| Author | : | Christine Aziz |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 166 pages |
| Published | : | by Pan Publishing (first published January 1st 2005) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Science Fiction. Fantasy. Dystopia |
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Ratings: 3.12 From 405 Users | 62 ReviewsPiece Out Of Books The Olive Readers
There was so much wrong with this book which is a shame as I really enjoyed most of it. It drifts along in a lovely land but then suddenly there's a rushed ending with a worldwide revolution caused by one character happening in one paragraph hahaha! There's not enough description about the rest of the world, it's too focused on one place and although narrated by the main character she never reacts to anything. There's no resolution for most of the characters. The ending is just kind if vague butProbably my first sci-if/utopian read, way before I really discovered this genre in more recent years. I was gripped.
The winning entry out of 46,000 entries in a writing competition, The Olive Readers indeed has an interesting dystopian story line of a future time when water is a commodity more precious than gold. Hidden within the populace of the Olive Country is a group of readers who have compiled a library of books written in languages no longer allowed to be spoken. Jephzat is the daughter of scientists who are trying to determine the secret to creating water. I read this over a series of many months as
Either 2.5 or 3 stars. The plot and concept is very promising, intriguing and creative. (This is for the bulk of my rating). The execution thereof was just sloppy and disappointing. Also...some of the characters were one dimensional and boring.
Started off well, then escalated in the final section to an unbelievable climax, all over too quickly like the author wanted to get it over and done with. Disappointed
Several two and three star reviews have already eloquently described the faults of this novel. The writing of the opening few pages shows promise and builds anticipation, but this is very quickly dissipated by some intrusive and clumsy exposition. This strips the novel of its early air of mystery and leaves it as neither credible science fiction nor convincing fantasy. It makes me wonder if the publishers were unsure of who their target audience ought to be. Not the accustomed readers of those
Like many other reviews have said, this book started off well but seem to lose something towards the end.I wasn't sure about the 'alternative future' set up but, by the end of the first 'book' - the novel itself is divided into five smaller books - I was intrigued by the mystery surrounding Jephzat's sister. Even through the revelation of this in book two, I was still intrigued but after this the whole story seemed to disappear.Through the second half of the novel, the pace was fat too fast, at
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