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As humanity lives out the remainder of its existence at the top of an isolated apartment tower, young Jackie dares to question Tower Authority and their ban on traveling into the tower's depths. Intelligent and unyielding, Jackie ventures into the shadows of the floors below. But will her strong will and refusal to be quiet—in a society whose greatest pride is hiding the past—bring understanding of how humanity became trapped in the tower she has always called home, or will it simply be her undoing?
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First published June 2, 2015
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January 15, 2016
I'm not sure what appeals to me so much about the YA dystopian genre! I have read quite a few of them lately. Some were good, and some didn't quite hit the mark. Thankfully Floor 21 was a win for me!
What's left of humanity lives in a high rise tower, unable to get into the lower levels because of "the creep" a black growth of tissue, muscle and sludge that causes hallucinations when touched and is taking over the tower. Jackie is a 17 year old girl who lives with her parents on floor 4, the forth highest level of the tower. Although they are not supposed to be inquisitive, and asking questions of what happened to the world before and what is outside the tower is forbidden, Jackie finds herself wanting to know what is down in the lower levels of the tower and beyond.
I really enjoyed the complex layers of this story. Despite the usual dystopian "what happened to the world before, are we the only ones out there?" vibe, I found the storyline to be extremely original. It does have a vibe similar to the silo series, although aimed at a younger audience. It also had the feel of novels such as the hunger games and the divergent series, being that the residents of the tower didn't have much freedom and were oppressed by those of the higher levels. However I found the creep and the set up of the tower itself made it stand out differently for me. It was not particularly better than the above series, but I was surprised how original it felt and it was certainly extremely enjoyable.
The format was refreshing, the voice recording transcripts from the characters. At times I felt it didn't quite work as it seemed a little too unbelievable that they would be recording their voices after certain events of the novel. However it worked really well overall.
I enjoyed the switch in character halfway through the book. It was where I really began to get into the story. And I LOVED the creep! I thought it was really original and I am super excited to find out more about it and the tower and what happened to the world in the next books!
There was one thing that brought it down from a 5 to 4 star rating for me. And unfortunately that was the main character Jackie. I understand that she is only young, but she annoyed me SO MUCH. She was supposed to be beyond her years in intelligence and inquisitiveness, but her immature dialogue annoyed me so much that the book took me much longer to get through than it usually would have. I love a strong young female leading character, but I really disliked Jackie. I'm hoping that she will grow up and grow on me in the next book.
Would I recommend it?
Absolutely for any YA dystopian fan! It was a mix of the silo series and the hunger games, with a touch of Snowpiercer. A solidly enjoyable read and I will not hesitate to pick up the sequel.
Many thanks to Jason Luthor via YA Bound Book Tours for a copy of Floor 21 to read in exchange for my honest review.
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What's left of humanity lives in a high rise tower, unable to get into the lower levels because of "the creep" a black growth of tissue, muscle and sludge that causes hallucinations when touched and is taking over the tower. Jackie is a 17 year old girl who lives with her parents on floor 4, the forth highest level of the tower. Although they are not supposed to be inquisitive, and asking questions of what happened to the world before and what is outside the tower is forbidden, Jackie finds herself wanting to know what is down in the lower levels of the tower and beyond.
I really enjoyed the complex layers of this story. Despite the usual dystopian "what happened to the world before, are we the only ones out there?" vibe, I found the storyline to be extremely original. It does have a vibe similar to the silo series, although aimed at a younger audience. It also had the feel of novels such as the hunger games and the divergent series, being that the residents of the tower didn't have much freedom and were oppressed by those of the higher levels. However I found the creep and the set up of the tower itself made it stand out differently for me. It was not particularly better than the above series, but I was surprised how original it felt and it was certainly extremely enjoyable.
The format was refreshing, the voice recording transcripts from the characters. At times I felt it didn't quite work as it seemed a little too unbelievable that they would be recording their voices after certain events of the novel. However it worked really well overall.
I enjoyed the switch in character halfway through the book. It was where I really began to get into the story. And I LOVED the creep! I thought it was really original and I am super excited to find out more about it and the tower and what happened to the world in the next books!
There was one thing that brought it down from a 5 to 4 star rating for me. And unfortunately that was the main character Jackie. I understand that she is only young, but she annoyed me SO MUCH. She was supposed to be beyond her years in intelligence and inquisitiveness, but her immature dialogue annoyed me so much that the book took me much longer to get through than it usually would have. I love a strong young female leading character, but I really disliked Jackie. I'm hoping that she will grow up and grow on me in the next book.
Would I recommend it?
Absolutely for any YA dystopian fan! It was a mix of the silo series and the hunger games, with a touch of Snowpiercer. A solidly enjoyable read and I will not hesitate to pick up the sequel.
Many thanks to Jason Luthor via YA Bound Book Tours for a copy of Floor 21 to read in exchange for my honest review.
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October 22, 2017
Floor 21 by Jason Luthor is a dystopia novel and usually I don't like those but this one was very different and strange so I had to give it a try. It was certainly different and I love different. This was very good from the get-go. It is a weird story about people that live in the top floors can't come down and the reasons is very, very terrifying. A refreshingly new look at strange! Loved it!
March 18, 2016
Note: I received a copy of this book from the author in exchange for an honest review.
I LOVED this book. It started off pretty great and ended on the same note. Floor 21 is written in the form of recordings in alternate person and I truly enjoyed how this format took this story to a whole new level.
It was really intriguing and kept me on edge the entire time. I was constantly trying to figure out the mystery of the tower as well as that of what awaits outside it. The author has done a splendid job in beautifully carving out the story.
The pace of the story is great and the voice of the main character just wooed me! It was literally like sitting in front of a teenage girl and listening to her blabbering about her life.
I was hooked from the start to the very end. Each and every chapter or recording kept me glued to the book and made me finish the book in a day.
There were a few loose ends left at the end, but considering it was in the form of recordings, I'm ready to give this book benefit of the doubt. Though I do hope that there'll be a sequel to follow this book so that we can finally know what really happened and that what lies outside the Tower.
You can also read this review at The Reading Bud.
I LOVED this book. It started off pretty great and ended on the same note. Floor 21 is written in the form of recordings in alternate person and I truly enjoyed how this format took this story to a whole new level.
It was really intriguing and kept me on edge the entire time. I was constantly trying to figure out the mystery of the tower as well as that of what awaits outside it. The author has done a splendid job in beautifully carving out the story.
The pace of the story is great and the voice of the main character just wooed me! It was literally like sitting in front of a teenage girl and listening to her blabbering about her life.
I was hooked from the start to the very end. Each and every chapter or recording kept me glued to the book and made me finish the book in a day.
There were a few loose ends left at the end, but considering it was in the form of recordings, I'm ready to give this book benefit of the doubt. Though I do hope that there'll be a sequel to follow this book so that we can finally know what really happened and that what lies outside the Tower.
You can also read this review at The Reading Bud.
March 22, 2018
The mystery of this fic—and its sweet world-building premise—is what kept me intrigued. But some of author Jason Luthor's writing was a bit dodgy and littered with repetitious words. Like, for example...if I took a shot for every time he had Jackie say the following words, I'd be dead within fifty pages of this manuscript:
Anyway
Kinda
Practically
Really
Whatevs/Whatever
Yeah
I could point out more. Not only do these words show up frequently, they appear in the same sentences over and over again. I get it, though. She's supposed to be a teen. It's still annoying and overbearing. Floor 21 could've definitely benefited from an extra set of cleanses...
However! I'm a sucker for LOST-like stories that brim with far-reaching mythologies, and this book has that in spades. I found myself completely immersed in the format at times, even though the logistics of it all are supremely wonky. There's no way that Jackie'd be able to document some of the things she documented during certain sections. Now, I wouldn't honestly mind the oddness too much if the author didn't go overboard with having her say things like, "I really shouldn't be recording right now!" or "What's the point of me doing this?"
Of course I'm paraphrasing, but it's pretty much like that throughout. Especially with the scavenger area. AND the court scene. How was she doing present tense narrating into her recorder and decently describing things—much like an author would—while being questioned? I know I'm not the only one here who's complained about this stuff; it's silly. Regardless, I dug this just enough to move forward and see what happens next. There were moments of pure immersion and some surprisingly well-written passages. So I'm in.
Anyway
Kinda
Practically
Really
Whatevs/Whatever
Yeah
I could point out more. Not only do these words show up frequently, they appear in the same sentences over and over again. I get it, though. She's supposed to be a teen. It's still annoying and overbearing. Floor 21 could've definitely benefited from an extra set of cleanses...
However! I'm a sucker for LOST-like stories that brim with far-reaching mythologies, and this book has that in spades. I found myself completely immersed in the format at times, even though the logistics of it all are supremely wonky. There's no way that Jackie'd be able to document some of the things she documented during certain sections. Now, I wouldn't honestly mind the oddness too much if the author didn't go overboard with having her say things like, "I really shouldn't be recording right now!" or "What's the point of me doing this?"
Of course I'm paraphrasing, but it's pretty much like that throughout. Especially with the scavenger area. AND the court scene. How was she doing present tense narrating into her recorder and decently describing things—much like an author would—while being questioned? I know I'm not the only one here who's complained about this stuff; it's silly. Regardless, I dug this just enough to move forward and see what happens next. There were moments of pure immersion and some surprisingly well-written passages. So I'm in.
April 26, 2016
The author kindly sent me this book last year, and I was super excited to read it, but with one thing and another... it took me until now to get to it.
I was looking forward to reading it, because Floor 21 sounded like a really nice twist to the dystopia genre, which I got hooked on when I read the Hunger Games series.
Unfortunately, the main character, Jackie, isn't very likable, and worse yet, I think the author fell far short in trying to write a young female character, and there were a lot of character traits that were exact opposites, which drove me crazy (for example: she keeps whining at one point pretty early on in the book, about how she wants to date, but yet when a perfectly nice boy asks her out, she's extremely rude to him. It's later explained that the boy teased her ONCE a million years ago, and that's why Jackie is so rude to him.). Jackie's supposedly SO smart, yet she talks like she's 10, has the maturity of a 12 year old, and whines like a 2 year old.
It also drove me crazy that Jackie repeatedly mentions playing baseball with her father in her younger days, but it's never explained exactly how one is playing baseball in a building with limited resources and space. On the roof where the garden is? Yeah, I'm sure a community starving to death is going to leave space for a small baseball field instead of growing more food.
And then halfway through the book, instead of hearing from Jackie, the character voice switches, which did not work for me at all (even though I was not a Jackie fan). I think if the author had wanted to switch voices, he should have switched voices way earlier in the book, perhaps alternating voices like most authors do when dealing with this?
I did really like the fact that Floor 21 is a very unique dystopian world, I liked all the mystery surrounding the storyline, and there are some very interesting scenes that did keep me reading, the book was well edited and written, but overall, the book just did not work for me.
I was looking forward to reading it, because Floor 21 sounded like a really nice twist to the dystopia genre, which I got hooked on when I read the Hunger Games series.
Unfortunately, the main character, Jackie, isn't very likable, and worse yet, I think the author fell far short in trying to write a young female character, and there were a lot of character traits that were exact opposites, which drove me crazy (for example: she keeps whining at one point pretty early on in the book, about how she wants to date, but yet when a perfectly nice boy asks her out, she's extremely rude to him. It's later explained that the boy teased her ONCE a million years ago, and that's why Jackie is so rude to him.). Jackie's supposedly SO smart, yet she talks like she's 10, has the maturity of a 12 year old, and whines like a 2 year old.
It also drove me crazy that Jackie repeatedly mentions playing baseball with her father in her younger days, but it's never explained exactly how one is playing baseball in a building with limited resources and space. On the roof where the garden is? Yeah, I'm sure a community starving to death is going to leave space for a small baseball field instead of growing more food.
And then halfway through the book, instead of hearing from Jackie, the character voice switches, which did not work for me at all (even though I was not a Jackie fan). I think if the author had wanted to switch voices, he should have switched voices way earlier in the book, perhaps alternating voices like most authors do when dealing with this?
I did really like the fact that Floor 21 is a very unique dystopian world, I liked all the mystery surrounding the storyline, and there are some very interesting scenes that did keep me reading, the book was well edited and written, but overall, the book just did not work for me.
May 22, 2016
I like the premise of this book. The idea that everyone is living in an 21 floor apartment and they can't leave their floor had me intrigued. From the moment I started reading I pictured the world that Mr. Luthor built for this book. Jackie's curiosity about the rest of the floors in the apartment rubbed off on me and got me curious. The aspect of the world kept me reading even though the first half of the story was really all about the talking...talking about the building and talking about the people. Yet the second half of the story made up for the first half. This is where Jackie ventured around the apartment building and I was exposed to just what was beyond the other floors. You could say the pacing was faster involving more action. This is a good read. I do look forward to checking out other books by this author.
May 31, 2015
I feel really lucky to have chanced into this book when I did. I am in a group of writers on-line with different degrees of experience and success and differing interests. We support and criticize and fight amongst ourselves but it is a huge, world wide group so no matter when you have a question, someone is awake and willing to give feedback. It was on this groups' page that I first heard the author talking about the bare bones idea which would become Floor 21. From the beginning it caught my interest and I made some comments, and when he had a proof copy ready for feedback from some beta readers I cautiously said, "I'd like to read it." I've read several other books at that stage, and it is an awkward thing to have to tell a hopeful author that you don't like their book. In this case there was no reason to worry. I loved the story idea, I loved the setting and I really loved Jackie from the beginning. Now, much editing and feedback later, this is a book I will call a favorite for many years to come.
Floor 21 is set in a skyscraper in a dystopian future. People live on the top floors but have no idea what is down there in the lower levels, even within their sprawling building, and the idea of a ground floor or world beyond the tower? Well, they start counting floors at the top, going below 12 is threatening and dangerous so you see where floor 21 implies fear and mystery on a horror movie level. The main story is told in the first person, as a series of recordings by the daughter of two brilliant scientists. Jackie is smart, tough, curious and a bit bored. As a teacher, I know that combination spells a challenge, but one I love, and I adore Jackie and her faithful baseball bat.
I think some people might not like this book, you know the ones with no sense of humor or patience for young adults, or interest in fantasy and dystopian stories. That is ok, people like me will reread it enough to make up for them. Jackie isn't Katniss Everdeen, she isn't Tris Prior, but they would understand her. She is someone I want to know more about and I will read the next book.
Floor 21 is set in a skyscraper in a dystopian future. People live on the top floors but have no idea what is down there in the lower levels, even within their sprawling building, and the idea of a ground floor or world beyond the tower? Well, they start counting floors at the top, going below 12 is threatening and dangerous so you see where floor 21 implies fear and mystery on a horror movie level. The main story is told in the first person, as a series of recordings by the daughter of two brilliant scientists. Jackie is smart, tough, curious and a bit bored. As a teacher, I know that combination spells a challenge, but one I love, and I adore Jackie and her faithful baseball bat.
I think some people might not like this book, you know the ones with no sense of humor or patience for young adults, or interest in fantasy and dystopian stories. That is ok, people like me will reread it enough to make up for them. Jackie isn't Katniss Everdeen, she isn't Tris Prior, but they would understand her. She is someone I want to know more about and I will read the next book.
May 28, 2015
Jackie is seventeen, living in the Tower with the remnants of humanity. No one knows why they were forced to live here or what went on Before. The humans live on the top floors of the Tower, and the lower floors are infected by the Creep, which is a nasty infestation that can cause serious hallucinations and even kill if you get too close to it. Jackie is the daughter of two scientists, and she possesses both her parents' intelligence and curiosity. She is not content with accepting what the Authority tells everyone about their lives, and sets out to find some answers. And that gets her into trouble on more than one level.
This is an engaging and very readable story. I devoured it in two days. Jackie is a very well-drawn protagonist: smart, funny, and very much the rebellious teenager. She doesn't take grief from anyone, and is not one to simply accept without proof. Secondary characters are also believable and more than just background to Jackie's voice.
The Tower itself is quite a complex and intriguing world, for all that it is a limited space. The differences in the class structure, the creepiness (sorry, but that's the only word for it) of the Creep, and the interweaving of politics and religion with the science make for a very engaging setting. It's a well-thought out setting with many layers.
The story is told in first person, mainly by Jackie, who records her thoughts and questions, and documents her explorations on a voice recorder. There is a section later of recordings by another character, but it fits well in the story and doesn't shift you out of context. I won't say more so as not to spoil the plot for anyone.
This is a really good story, with a nice, fast moving plot, very real characters, and a dystopian setting that is dark and sometimes quite scary. Definitely recommended.
This is an engaging and very readable story. I devoured it in two days. Jackie is a very well-drawn protagonist: smart, funny, and very much the rebellious teenager. She doesn't take grief from anyone, and is not one to simply accept without proof. Secondary characters are also believable and more than just background to Jackie's voice.
The Tower itself is quite a complex and intriguing world, for all that it is a limited space. The differences in the class structure, the creepiness (sorry, but that's the only word for it) of the Creep, and the interweaving of politics and religion with the science make for a very engaging setting. It's a well-thought out setting with many layers.
The story is told in first person, mainly by Jackie, who records her thoughts and questions, and documents her explorations on a voice recorder. There is a section later of recordings by another character, but it fits well in the story and doesn't shift you out of context. I won't say more so as not to spoil the plot for anyone.
This is a really good story, with a nice, fast moving plot, very real characters, and a dystopian setting that is dark and sometimes quite scary. Definitely recommended.
December 28, 2015
Floor 21 by Jason Luthor is one of the more unique novels I've read in some time, owing much of that to the first-person narrative structure that plays out through a series of audio recordings from Jackie, the teenage girl protagonist, and Vick. This structure gives the novel a time-capsule feel to it, as if the readers have stumbled upon these recordings.
This is a fresh twist on the first-person narrative, and I feel like this story couldn't have been told the traditional way. Floor 21 is equal parts thriller and horror, but the horror isn't the predictable gorefest one might expect. Jackie is a wonderful character whose voice practically leaps off the page, and the pacing keeps this from being a chore of a read, even when the questions are plentiful and the answers don't seem to be on the horizon.
Vick's recordings fill in the gaps in a way I don't see often in first-person novels -- the Hunger Games trilogy, in particular, suffered from being first-person at times -- and Vick's "chapters" gave the novel a surprising amount of backbone. Jackie is the hero of the tale, but Vick is no less important in the overall scope of the story.
Jason Luthor has created a fantastic universe, at once limited and incredibly deep. I hope there is another book on the horizon, because Floor 21 set a fantastic foundation on which Luthor could build. I highly recommend this book.
This is a fresh twist on the first-person narrative, and I feel like this story couldn't have been told the traditional way. Floor 21 is equal parts thriller and horror, but the horror isn't the predictable gorefest one might expect. Jackie is a wonderful character whose voice practically leaps off the page, and the pacing keeps this from being a chore of a read, even when the questions are plentiful and the answers don't seem to be on the horizon.
Vick's recordings fill in the gaps in a way I don't see often in first-person novels -- the Hunger Games trilogy, in particular, suffered from being first-person at times -- and Vick's "chapters" gave the novel a surprising amount of backbone. Jackie is the hero of the tale, but Vick is no less important in the overall scope of the story.
Jason Luthor has created a fantastic universe, at once limited and incredibly deep. I hope there is another book on the horizon, because Floor 21 set a fantastic foundation on which Luthor could build. I highly recommend this book.
July 27, 2016
My love for books has always been in the thriller/horror genre and my love of reading has over time pushed me into many other categories such as this one, YA and Dystopia. I read the blurb for Floor 21 and was quite intrigued by it and had to see what Jason does with this story.
Floor 21 is written in a first narrative and I don't think this story could have been told in any other way. We get to see things in recordings from Jackie and Vic. If this story was told any other way, it wouldn't have that same urgency or unique mystery to it. Reading about the Tower and the Creep from their view points keeps this story strong moving at a great pace.
While I had some issues with Jackie and her personality, she's young yet extremely intelligent, her mannerisms and the way she talked at times, didn't always mesh with her suppose intelligence. I felt that Jason wrote some very interesting characters with different attributes. Although we don't get to know these other characters very well, through the eyes of Jackie and Vic, we have a good understanding these characters.
Jason did a great job of keeping me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed the mysteries of the Tower and the Creep and how things came to be. There are still quite a few outstanding questions and mysteries, which I am hoping in the next book we get answers to.
Overall, a great YA dystopia read. I highly recommend to others who enjoy this genre.
Floor 21 is written in a first narrative and I don't think this story could have been told in any other way. We get to see things in recordings from Jackie and Vic. If this story was told any other way, it wouldn't have that same urgency or unique mystery to it. Reading about the Tower and the Creep from their view points keeps this story strong moving at a great pace.
While I had some issues with Jackie and her personality, she's young yet extremely intelligent, her mannerisms and the way she talked at times, didn't always mesh with her suppose intelligence. I felt that Jason wrote some very interesting characters with different attributes. Although we don't get to know these other characters very well, through the eyes of Jackie and Vic, we have a good understanding these characters.
Jason did a great job of keeping me on the edge of my seat. I enjoyed the mysteries of the Tower and the Creep and how things came to be. There are still quite a few outstanding questions and mysteries, which I am hoping in the next book we get answers to.
Overall, a great YA dystopia read. I highly recommend to others who enjoy this genre.
May 20, 2015
Grabs you and doesn't let you go
If you read a few chapters of this, you'll most likely find, as I did, that you have to read more and more. Why are Jackie's once smart parents so dull to the world? What is the Creep? Why does everybody live in a tower, and how did they get there? Why isn't anybody else curious about it all?
The author's portrayal of a 17-year-old girl's point of view of this single-building world is at once convincing and gripping. The ending leaves you satisfied but begging for more.
Hoping for a sequel soon!
If you read a few chapters of this, you'll most likely find, as I did, that you have to read more and more. Why are Jackie's once smart parents so dull to the world? What is the Creep? Why does everybody live in a tower, and how did they get there? Why isn't anybody else curious about it all?
The author's portrayal of a 17-year-old girl's point of view of this single-building world is at once convincing and gripping. The ending leaves you satisfied but begging for more.
Hoping for a sequel soon!
May 21, 2015
Impressive and holds your attention
Well written and a book I couldn't put my kindle down before reading it all the way through. Jason really created a story that painted a picture of Jackie's frustration with the tower and her questions not being answered.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and couldn't recommend this book more to anyone who wants a book that is solid from start to finish
Well written and a book I couldn't put my kindle down before reading it all the way through. Jason really created a story that painted a picture of Jackie's frustration with the tower and her questions not being answered.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book and couldn't recommend this book more to anyone who wants a book that is solid from start to finish
May 23, 2015
Excellent story!
The book is writing as if you are hearing the audio journals that the character makes. Very imaginative way to start. From there you get the character's point of view of a dystopian future were not many humans are left, and those that are left live inside a skyscraper. The story follows a teenage girl, Jackie, and her insatiable need to figure out how they got there and why. If you enjoy the Hunger Games, you will like this book.
The book is writing as if you are hearing the audio journals that the character makes. Very imaginative way to start. From there you get the character's point of view of a dystopian future were not many humans are left, and those that are left live inside a skyscraper. The story follows a teenage girl, Jackie, and her insatiable need to figure out how they got there and why. If you enjoy the Hunger Games, you will like this book.
July 8, 2015
only about 1/2way thru.
this author should look into movie rights.
this could be as big as "the hunger games"
will let you know if I change my mind when I finish it. ;-)
ok. I finished it. but I want to read more!
the FB, twitter and www sites don't connect.
I need to find him to tell him I want MORE!
this author should look into movie rights.
this could be as big as "the hunger games"
will let you know if I change my mind when I finish it. ;-)
ok. I finished it. but I want to read more!
the FB, twitter and www sites don't connect.
I need to find him to tell him I want MORE!
March 29, 2016
Read and reviewed for OnlineBookClub.org.
Official review coming soon!
Official review coming soon!
January 15, 2018
This is, hands down, one of the best and most unique dystopian novels I've ever read
January 14, 2016
*Disclaimer: I received an e-copy of this book for review as a part of YA Bound Book Tours*
You know sometimes how you sit and wonder about the world and how it came to be? Now imagine, growing up inside a tower, yes a freaking tower, mind you a rather big tower, and not knowing how or why you've ended up living there. What happened to the world, who made the tower, are there other humans out living in other towers? Our main character is a 17 year old girl named Jackie, she thinks these things all the time, yet she is not allowed to question anything, in fact technically it is a crime to think any thoughts that could go against the towers authority. If you are caught doing so, you go in to reinforcement, which is something no one wants to go through, because the you that comes out is not the same as the one that went in.
Life in this tower is not fair, as most dictatorships are not. Each floor getting less and less, and more darker and dangerous. Floor 1, is top secret no one is allowed to go there. Floor 2, is basically church, where they gather to on Sevenths day, to here about the Darkness. Floor 3 the laboratories and then floor 4 is where Jackie and her parent's live, they are scientist, they are a little more lucky then others. You are not allowed to past floor 21, it is dangerous and there is this thing, this living like muscle mass thing called the Creep and if you touch it you can hallucinate and start to see demons in the shadow, how it really came to be we don't know but it has something to do with the Darkness that occurred and made the world as it is now. The only reason why people know that the world was not always like this is because of the scavengers that go down below, bringing up food and sometimes movies and games, sometimes items that no one ever gets to know about because they go directly to floor 1.
I have to say that the concept of this story is pretty good, it was really interesting. Jackie I found annoying, but it wasn't her fault. Now to explain myself. the character she was actually an interesting character but the author's way of making her express herself in how she spoke was less then enjoyable. I really don't think that's how someone with her head would speak. I mean yes she is a 17 year old girl but not all 17 year old girls talk that way. It felt like the author was going out of his way to make us remember that yes this was a teenager or that this was honestly how they though all girls of that age spoke. I understand that we are reading "recordings" and she is talking to well herself, just something about it stood out to me as grating. But that is just me. Another issue I feel I should bring up is this error, Jackie mentions how a guys asks her out on a date and well part of her reasoning not to go out with with the guy is because he is on a lower floor and wouldn't able to come to higher floors, yet her best friend lives on floor 8 and she is up at her place many times. I don't know if when reading I overlooked something but if not then that really stayed with me the whole time and if I did over look something I apologize now to the author for pointing it out.
I had mentioned earlier that when reading we are reading recordings and that is basically the whole book, but it is broken up into parts at first it is Jackie's then it moves on to Commander Vicks while he is out scavenging. It was done well to a degree, at times it wasn't written like a recording as they are describing the events, taking place. It felt like it was in the present tense rather the past. It never took away from the enjoyment of the story, just something that stood out to me.
I'm going to conclude this rather long winded review, give it a 3.5 rating and say over all I liked it and I would hope there will be a second part.
You know sometimes how you sit and wonder about the world and how it came to be? Now imagine, growing up inside a tower, yes a freaking tower, mind you a rather big tower, and not knowing how or why you've ended up living there. What happened to the world, who made the tower, are there other humans out living in other towers? Our main character is a 17 year old girl named Jackie, she thinks these things all the time, yet she is not allowed to question anything, in fact technically it is a crime to think any thoughts that could go against the towers authority. If you are caught doing so, you go in to reinforcement, which is something no one wants to go through, because the you that comes out is not the same as the one that went in.
Life in this tower is not fair, as most dictatorships are not. Each floor getting less and less, and more darker and dangerous. Floor 1, is top secret no one is allowed to go there. Floor 2, is basically church, where they gather to on Sevenths day, to here about the Darkness. Floor 3 the laboratories and then floor 4 is where Jackie and her parent's live, they are scientist, they are a little more lucky then others. You are not allowed to past floor 21, it is dangerous and there is this thing, this living like muscle mass thing called the Creep and if you touch it you can hallucinate and start to see demons in the shadow, how it really came to be we don't know but it has something to do with the Darkness that occurred and made the world as it is now. The only reason why people know that the world was not always like this is because of the scavengers that go down below, bringing up food and sometimes movies and games, sometimes items that no one ever gets to know about because they go directly to floor 1.
I have to say that the concept of this story is pretty good, it was really interesting. Jackie I found annoying, but it wasn't her fault. Now to explain myself. the character she was actually an interesting character but the author's way of making her express herself in how she spoke was less then enjoyable. I really don't think that's how someone with her head would speak. I mean yes she is a 17 year old girl but not all 17 year old girls talk that way. It felt like the author was going out of his way to make us remember that yes this was a teenager or that this was honestly how they though all girls of that age spoke. I understand that we are reading "recordings" and she is talking to well herself, just something about it stood out to me as grating. But that is just me. Another issue I feel I should bring up is this error, Jackie mentions how a guys asks her out on a date and well part of her reasoning not to go out with with the guy is because he is on a lower floor and wouldn't able to come to higher floors, yet her best friend lives on floor 8 and she is up at her place many times. I don't know if when reading I overlooked something but if not then that really stayed with me the whole time and if I did over look something I apologize now to the author for pointing it out.
I had mentioned earlier that when reading we are reading recordings and that is basically the whole book, but it is broken up into parts at first it is Jackie's then it moves on to Commander Vicks while he is out scavenging. It was done well to a degree, at times it wasn't written like a recording as they are describing the events, taking place. It felt like it was in the present tense rather the past. It never took away from the enjoyment of the story, just something that stood out to me.
I'm going to conclude this rather long winded review, give it a 3.5 rating and say over all I liked it and I would hope there will be a second part.
December 15, 2016
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One of my absolute favorite types of stories involves people who are confined to a community apart from whatever is out there. The Village and The Forest of Hands and Teeth come immediately to mind. I will be the first to admit the cover of Floor 21 is not what caught my attention - it was the synopsis. I read it and I HAD to know what was outside of the tower and why Jackie was stuck on the inside!
As you've probably figured out, Floor 21 is about a society of people that lives in a tower. It's extremely tall, extremely old, and it's entirely built on secrets. No one knows how far down it goes, only that things get worse the further people descend. For this reason, no one but a select few are allowed past a certain floor, which doesn't sit well with Jackie, who desperately wants answers.
This story is told in recorded journal entries, which was a little weird to read, but made me feel like I was really able to understand Jackie and her fears and motivations. I identified with Jackie very strongly and found it very easy to relate to her skeptical nature. While everyone around her blindly accepts that the tower is the only thing left in the world and their only means of survival, Jackie is determined to know all of the facts that no one wants to share.
Floor 21 has one of the creepiest atmospheres I've come across, especially for YA fiction. Between the mysterious Creep that has overtaken the lower levels of the tower and the creepy guys on the top floor, it was hard to catch a break. I was literally on the edge of my seat almost from page one! So let's talk about the Creep for a minute. It's some kind of almost muscular substance that reacts to emotions and basically eats people. I have no idea where it came from or what it is, but I have a feeling that that'll all be revealed in book two.
One thing I didn't love about this book is that it switches points of view pretty late. I do understand why the author chose to do this at the particular place where he did it, but it was somewhat jarring. Because of the journal entry format of the story I never felt really connected to any of the other characters, which made switching to another POV really weird. It certainly didn't ruin the story though - it's just something to be aware of!
When I was reading this I didn't realize it was a series. I was really confused the closer I got to the end wondering how in the world it could possibly be wrapped up so quickly. Well, IT COULDN'T and it ended on a major cliffhanger so now I'm dying to know what happens next! I can't say too much more about Floor 21 without spoilers, but suffice it to say it blew me away! This book is creepy and I adored the main character. I will definitely be continuing this series soon!
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
One of my absolute favorite types of stories involves people who are confined to a community apart from whatever is out there. The Village and The Forest of Hands and Teeth come immediately to mind. I will be the first to admit the cover of Floor 21 is not what caught my attention - it was the synopsis. I read it and I HAD to know what was outside of the tower and why Jackie was stuck on the inside!
As you've probably figured out, Floor 21 is about a society of people that lives in a tower. It's extremely tall, extremely old, and it's entirely built on secrets. No one knows how far down it goes, only that things get worse the further people descend. For this reason, no one but a select few are allowed past a certain floor, which doesn't sit well with Jackie, who desperately wants answers.
This story is told in recorded journal entries, which was a little weird to read, but made me feel like I was really able to understand Jackie and her fears and motivations. I identified with Jackie very strongly and found it very easy to relate to her skeptical nature. While everyone around her blindly accepts that the tower is the only thing left in the world and their only means of survival, Jackie is determined to know all of the facts that no one wants to share.
Floor 21 has one of the creepiest atmospheres I've come across, especially for YA fiction. Between the mysterious Creep that has overtaken the lower levels of the tower and the creepy guys on the top floor, it was hard to catch a break. I was literally on the edge of my seat almost from page one! So let's talk about the Creep for a minute. It's some kind of almost muscular substance that reacts to emotions and basically eats people. I have no idea where it came from or what it is, but I have a feeling that that'll all be revealed in book two.
One thing I didn't love about this book is that it switches points of view pretty late. I do understand why the author chose to do this at the particular place where he did it, but it was somewhat jarring. Because of the journal entry format of the story I never felt really connected to any of the other characters, which made switching to another POV really weird. It certainly didn't ruin the story though - it's just something to be aware of!
When I was reading this I didn't realize it was a series. I was really confused the closer I got to the end wondering how in the world it could possibly be wrapped up so quickly. Well, IT COULDN'T and it ended on a major cliffhanger so now I'm dying to know what happens next! I can't say too much more about Floor 21 without spoilers, but suffice it to say it blew me away! This book is creepy and I adored the main character. I will definitely be continuing this series soon!
Actual rating: 4.5 stars
December 15, 2015
Received a free copy through Kindle Direct Publishing.
It was the writing style chosen to tell this story that originally attracted me to the book, and for the most part it lived up to that - telling the story in a series of transcribed voice recordings - most of them from the POV of Jackie but a segment in the latter half from Commander Vick that reveal the state of affairs surrounding the tower and its extremely high and low floors. For the most part, it skips over the way of life in the middle, the people who are closer to the bottom and scrambling for scraps, but the groundwork has been set for a sequel and we might see some more details about the other floors there. It was interesting seeing a dystopia from the unsatisfied rich person compared to the more common bottom-dweller, so that's easily overlooked.
What I really liked
- the narrative voice, for the most part. Jackie's dissatisfaction with her way of life was apparent even before things went haywire
- the slice-of-life feel things began with. It's not all drama in dystopia, though there's a healthy dose of it
- the numerous twists. My favourite was the parent-related one.
- the big reveal chapter. It came attached with a few pleasant surprises
What I felt could have been done better
- back to the narrative voice, some bits didn't sound like
- the characters that vanished off the grid - I get ones like Danny, they're supposed to vanish, or like George who's a one-time appearance but someone like Allison - Jackie's best friend but not even mentioned in the second half, not even seeing her friend off on a scavenging expedition...
- the big fight at the end - felt somewhat anticlimatic
- the end of Commander Vick's recordings - aside from not really sounding like a live recording, it's a plot end that I'd rather have been tied up or left earlier than an apparent death bed when leading into the sequel
- a bit of inconsistency - clumsy editing I think, which readers have hawk-eyes for sometimes...
On the whole, an enjoyable read - and relatively easy on the eyes as well, with the way the narrative is a young woman's voice.
It was the writing style chosen to tell this story that originally attracted me to the book, and for the most part it lived up to that - telling the story in a series of transcribed voice recordings - most of them from the POV of Jackie but a segment in the latter half from Commander Vick that reveal the state of affairs surrounding the tower and its extremely high and low floors. For the most part, it skips over the way of life in the middle, the people who are closer to the bottom and scrambling for scraps, but the groundwork has been set for a sequel and we might see some more details about the other floors there. It was interesting seeing a dystopia from the unsatisfied rich person compared to the more common bottom-dweller, so that's easily overlooked.
What I really liked
- the narrative voice, for the most part. Jackie's dissatisfaction with her way of life was apparent even before things went haywire
- the slice-of-life feel things began with. It's not all drama in dystopia, though there's a healthy dose of it
- the numerous twists. My favourite was the parent-related one.
- the big reveal chapter. It came attached with a few pleasant surprises
What I felt could have been done better
- back to the narrative voice, some bits didn't sound like
- the characters that vanished off the grid - I get ones like Danny, they're supposed to vanish, or like George who's a one-time appearance but someone like Allison - Jackie's best friend but not even mentioned in the second half, not even seeing her friend off on a scavenging expedition...
- the big fight at the end - felt somewhat anticlimatic
- the end of Commander Vick's recordings - aside from not really sounding like a live recording, it's a plot end that I'd rather have been tied up or left earlier than an apparent death bed when leading into the sequel
- a bit of inconsistency - clumsy editing I think, which readers have hawk-eyes for sometimes...
On the whole, an enjoyable read - and relatively easy on the eyes as well, with the way the narrative is a young woman's voice.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
September 26, 2016
This novel is set in the future where a disease/creature named the Creep has overtaken the lower floors of an enormous tower and has essentially locked all those people into the tower. There is dark clouds and pollution all throughout the city and no contact with any people except those in the Tower. Peoples floor that they live on dictates their status in the community, like Jackie, who lives on the 4th floor because her parents are scientists on the 3rd floor. They are accustomed to a higher status of living, more food, and further away from the Creep. The problem is, Jackie is quite curious about the history of them going to the building and the Creep, but these are things that aren't too be discussed. Then Jackie finds a way to get to the top floor where no one is to go, but the information she gets could be more troublesome then answering questions.
This novel was okay, the concept and idea was really good and really original, but I was left with quite a few questions at the end that is rather frustrating. My biggest complaint about this novel is that in the beginning the description of the Creep is black goo that is on the walls and so forth (obviously the description is much better in the novel) but then later in the book the description changes and takes on an explanation of essentially human muscle and even the color is described as skin tone rather than the black. I do not like this because it makes it harder to understand and visually see because it seemed to change through the novel. And again, there were a lot of unanswered questions, the most frustrating of which seems to be absolutely NO ONE seems to known when or how the Creep came to be and when the population moved into the Tower.
This novel was okay, the concept and idea was really good and really original, but I was left with quite a few questions at the end that is rather frustrating. My biggest complaint about this novel is that in the beginning the description of the Creep is black goo that is on the walls and so forth (obviously the description is much better in the novel) but then later in the book the description changes and takes on an explanation of essentially human muscle and even the color is described as skin tone rather than the black. I do not like this because it makes it harder to understand and visually see because it seemed to change through the novel. And again, there were a lot of unanswered questions, the most frustrating of which seems to be absolutely NO ONE seems to known when or how the Creep came to be and when the population moved into the Tower.
January 11, 2018
This was probably the first found footage horror-esque book that I've come across. it worked surprisingly well, a lot better than I expected when starting out. The author transitions really smoothly from a narration to a more action-oriented style.
This book is a really interesting mix of Science Fiction, Horror, Dystopia, and YA (though it didn't really feel like a YA book to me, other than the protagonist being 17).
This book is a really interesting mix of Science Fiction, Horror, Dystopia, and YA (though it didn't really feel like a YA book to me, other than the protagonist being 17).
January 2, 2016
I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
Floor 21 is a fascinating, original concept and a very enjoyable read.
The main protagonist is Jackie, a 17 year old girl who is very curious about her society and asks lots of dangerous questions - like why they live like they do in the Tower, where did they come from, how long have they lived there etc. It is through Jackie asking such questions and mulling over these things that we uncover what kind of a world she lives in – where humans live in apartments in a high rise building and never go outside, the different levels of their society, how there is so much Darkness, how rule breakers go to Reinforcement and come back a different person, Scavenging teams that go away for weeks at a time hoping to find food, materials, and answers, and then there is the Creep, a living breathing gunk that can kill or at best make you hallucinate.
The beginning of the book hooked me in immediately and I just wanted to keep on reading it. It kept me interested the entire time. It was dramatic and action packed. The characters are all very likeable and I liked the fact that the book was split into three different parts, each written from a different character’s perspective with their voice recordings which made the story very easy to read being written in a conversational tone.
This book was a fast read and is a great dystopian tale, full of intrigue and tantalising mystery. I think it would make an awesome movie! The book did not end on a cliff hanger and there were hardly any loose ends, and I feel it could easily be read as a standalone novel. However, I am looking forward to a sequel which I hope will follow up one of the events that occurred at the end.
I really loved reading Floor 21 and I would recommend this book to all lovers of dystopian stories.
Floor 21 is a fascinating, original concept and a very enjoyable read.
The main protagonist is Jackie, a 17 year old girl who is very curious about her society and asks lots of dangerous questions - like why they live like they do in the Tower, where did they come from, how long have they lived there etc. It is through Jackie asking such questions and mulling over these things that we uncover what kind of a world she lives in – where humans live in apartments in a high rise building and never go outside, the different levels of their society, how there is so much Darkness, how rule breakers go to Reinforcement and come back a different person, Scavenging teams that go away for weeks at a time hoping to find food, materials, and answers, and then there is the Creep, a living breathing gunk that can kill or at best make you hallucinate.
The beginning of the book hooked me in immediately and I just wanted to keep on reading it. It kept me interested the entire time. It was dramatic and action packed. The characters are all very likeable and I liked the fact that the book was split into three different parts, each written from a different character’s perspective with their voice recordings which made the story very easy to read being written in a conversational tone.
This book was a fast read and is a great dystopian tale, full of intrigue and tantalising mystery. I think it would make an awesome movie! The book did not end on a cliff hanger and there were hardly any loose ends, and I feel it could easily be read as a standalone novel. However, I am looking forward to a sequel which I hope will follow up one of the events that occurred at the end.
I really loved reading Floor 21 and I would recommend this book to all lovers of dystopian stories.
May 21, 2015
I received a free copy of this book after voting for it on Kindle Scout.
I greatly enjoyed this book and finished it in one sitting. Luthor has created an interesting and mysterious world where answers are in short supply but questions are plentiful. For example, what exactly is the Creep (besides evidence that Luthor plays Starcraft)?
Floor 21 is narrated by two characters who record their thoughts, the first of whom is a seventeen year old girl named Jackie and the second of whom is a Scavenger named Vick. While Jackie is an interesting character, Vick is not so much. In fact, Vick's chapters are the first reason I gave Floor 21 four stars instead of five. Vick was not particularly interesting, and even though he'd been name-dropped in Jackie's chapters, he didn't really live up to expectation. His narration is flavorless and emotionless because he's creating an audio record for his superiors to listen to. My personal opinion is that writing the Scavenger chapters from Mike's perspective would have been a better choice, especially since his friendship with Jackie gives him a more plausible reason to be recording events.
The second reason I gave Floor 21 only four stars is because Luthor seemed a bit wibbly wobbly on how unreliable he wanted his narration to be. Dialogue is relayed verbatim in a way that clashes with Jackie's stream of consciousness style as well as Vick's... boring. Having characters misremember or not remember exactly what was said--even glossing over important tidbits that they didn't realize the significance of--would have made things even more mysterious.
Nevertheless, I'd recommend picking this up if you're a fan of YA and/or post-apocalyptic stories.
I greatly enjoyed this book and finished it in one sitting. Luthor has created an interesting and mysterious world where answers are in short supply but questions are plentiful. For example, what exactly is the Creep (besides evidence that Luthor plays Starcraft)?
Floor 21 is narrated by two characters who record their thoughts, the first of whom is a seventeen year old girl named Jackie and the second of whom is a Scavenger named Vick. While Jackie is an interesting character, Vick is not so much. In fact, Vick's chapters are the first reason I gave Floor 21 four stars instead of five. Vick was not particularly interesting, and even though he'd been name-dropped in Jackie's chapters, he didn't really live up to expectation. His narration is flavorless and emotionless because he's creating an audio record for his superiors to listen to. My personal opinion is that writing the Scavenger chapters from Mike's perspective would have been a better choice, especially since his friendship with Jackie gives him a more plausible reason to be recording events.
The second reason I gave Floor 21 only four stars is because Luthor seemed a bit wibbly wobbly on how unreliable he wanted his narration to be. Dialogue is relayed verbatim in a way that clashes with Jackie's stream of consciousness style as well as Vick's... boring. Having characters misremember or not remember exactly what was said--even glossing over important tidbits that they didn't realize the significance of--would have made things even more mysterious.
Nevertheless, I'd recommend picking this up if you're a fan of YA and/or post-apocalyptic stories.
November 23, 2017
I enjoyed this story once it got past the tedium of Jackie's repetitive thoughts about the Creep and what was on the various floors.entertaining
However, the book has some major issues. As I was reading, I couldn't understand why the Scavengers would have to take two weeks to be away when they were still within the same building. It would make more sense if they left the building and had to travel a distance to find things. After all those years, how can the food they get be any good? Where is the chocolate manufactured? It has a shelf life.
It's not until about a third of the way through that it's mentioned that the tower is huge, but even that doesn't really give a feel for the size. And a plausible explanation is given to why the Scavenging takes so long (you'll have to read the story to find out what that is).
Another problem is the recordings. Each chapter says it's a recording, but when Jackie starts travelling around vents and such, how is she recording? And it doesn't make sense that she's allowed to bring her recording device into a top-secret place. At her "trial," they don't even use the most incriminating recording against her. So were those chapters even recordings?
Even so, if you can disregard those failings, the story was entertaining and I was curious what was going to happen, and learn more about Floor 1 and what was below Floor 21..
However, the book has some major issues. As I was reading, I couldn't understand why the Scavengers would have to take two weeks to be away when they were still within the same building. It would make more sense if they left the building and had to travel a distance to find things. After all those years, how can the food they get be any good? Where is the chocolate manufactured? It has a shelf life.
It's not until about a third of the way through that it's mentioned that the tower is huge, but even that doesn't really give a feel for the size. And a plausible explanation is given to why the Scavenging takes so long (you'll have to read the story to find out what that is).
Another problem is the recordings. Each chapter says it's a recording, but when Jackie starts travelling around vents and such, how is she recording? And it doesn't make sense that she's allowed to bring her recording device into a top-secret place. At her "trial," they don't even use the most incriminating recording against her. So were those chapters even recordings?
Even so, if you can disregard those failings, the story was entertaining and I was curious what was going to happen, and learn more about Floor 1 and what was below Floor 21..
May 13, 2016
Review: Floor 21 by Jason Luther
Well - this was a fun read!
Let me start off by saying that the world Jason Luther has created is unique, dark and intriguing. There are well thought out layers of complexity. From politics to science to religion, it is clear that time was taken to create a believable interweave of multiple aspects of an insular society. All these things make the world of the Tower believable, but the reader is not beaten about the head and shoulders with them. As a reader, I felt like this was a real place -- not a nice place, but real.
The age and voice of the narrator, Jackie, a teenage girl, was crisp and believable. She is smart, but with just enough youthful rebellion and naiveté that I believe the trouble that she gets herself into. The other characters are also more that cardboard foils.
Jackie's struggle to figure out her place in the secretive world of the Tower and her driving curiosity, keep the story moving along nicely. I zoomed right through this book almost without pause. (Darn that sleep thing.)
The mysterious (and very icky) nature of The Creep that infests the Tower is fabulous. That is some seriously nasty stuff. What a great 'big bad'. (I am not sure I want to find out what that stuff really is.)
The only thing I will say is that sometimes, given the situations she was in, I did raise an
eyebrow at how Jackie was possibly making her recordings. But that didn't hang me up for long.
I am looking forward to the next book. Good stuff Jason!
Well - this was a fun read!
Let me start off by saying that the world Jason Luther has created is unique, dark and intriguing. There are well thought out layers of complexity. From politics to science to religion, it is clear that time was taken to create a believable interweave of multiple aspects of an insular society. All these things make the world of the Tower believable, but the reader is not beaten about the head and shoulders with them. As a reader, I felt like this was a real place -- not a nice place, but real.
The age and voice of the narrator, Jackie, a teenage girl, was crisp and believable. She is smart, but with just enough youthful rebellion and naiveté that I believe the trouble that she gets herself into. The other characters are also more that cardboard foils.
Jackie's struggle to figure out her place in the secretive world of the Tower and her driving curiosity, keep the story moving along nicely. I zoomed right through this book almost without pause. (Darn that sleep thing.)
The mysterious (and very icky) nature of The Creep that infests the Tower is fabulous. That is some seriously nasty stuff. What a great 'big bad'. (I am not sure I want to find out what that stuff really is.)
The only thing I will say is that sometimes, given the situations she was in, I did raise an
eyebrow at how Jackie was possibly making her recordings. But that didn't hang me up for long.
I am looking forward to the next book. Good stuff Jason!
February 6, 2016
Floor 21 is set in a high rise tower. People live only on the top floors because anything below floor 21 is uninhabitable. The only thing that lives there is the Creep. As far as they people in the tower are concerned, they are all that's left. They can't go outside because of the Creep, only a select few get to travel to the lower level to scavenge as much as they can. Most people are content with this, but Jackie isn't. She wants answers, she wants to know why and how etc, but how does she find these answers when asking questions gets you sent up to floor 1 to get re-schooled. Those that go to floor 1 never return the same.
Ok, this was one of the most unique books I've read in a long time. I realy enjoyed everything about it!
I loved Jackie. She was smart, funny, brave and not afraid to ask questions and take risks. She was well written and developed. I loved her diary entries too. They added a little something special to the plot. Talking of plot, its a fast moving and intriguing story and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The setting was perfect. At first I thought that a book set in a high rise wouldn't be that great, but it works here. What floor you live on tells people what class you belong to. You can imagine that living in a place like that that food etc would be scare. It is but scientist have developed a way to grow things too, plus the scavengers bring stuff back. You get food based on floor, so floor 1 gets the best and so on.
In all, this was a really great read. Unique, interesting and engaging, I look forward to more from this author.
Ok, this was one of the most unique books I've read in a long time. I realy enjoyed everything about it!
I loved Jackie. She was smart, funny, brave and not afraid to ask questions and take risks. She was well written and developed. I loved her diary entries too. They added a little something special to the plot. Talking of plot, its a fast moving and intriguing story and I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The setting was perfect. At first I thought that a book set in a high rise wouldn't be that great, but it works here. What floor you live on tells people what class you belong to. You can imagine that living in a place like that that food etc would be scare. It is but scientist have developed a way to grow things too, plus the scavengers bring stuff back. You get food based on floor, so floor 1 gets the best and so on.
In all, this was a really great read. Unique, interesting and engaging, I look forward to more from this author.
June 6, 2015
Great book
I greatly enjoyed this book. It is suspenseful and really grabs the imagination! I really like the idea of using a "recording" to tell the story as it is not just another predictable futuristic tale, but is a fun-to-read adventure. The main character is spunky and comes across as a "free spirit" with a lot of courage. The only negatives I would mention are that some of the secondary characters seem a little flat and don't seem realistic. Also, the "demons" and "angels" we're somewhat confusing as it was difficult to figure out if they are the same or different. overall an interesting book and I would read more by this author.
I greatly enjoyed this book. It is suspenseful and really grabs the imagination! I really like the idea of using a "recording" to tell the story as it is not just another predictable futuristic tale, but is a fun-to-read adventure. The main character is spunky and comes across as a "free spirit" with a lot of courage. The only negatives I would mention are that some of the secondary characters seem a little flat and don't seem realistic. Also, the "demons" and "angels" we're somewhat confusing as it was difficult to figure out if they are the same or different. overall an interesting book and I would read more by this author.
July 5, 2015
I made it through! And I have concluded that I am still perhaps too squeamish for the slimy-creepy-crawler side of horror. But if you're good with that stuff, you'll enjoy The Creep.
Luthor plotted his novel well, and the characters (what you can learn from a limited perspective) are great. The concepts developed for the novel are singularly chilling. Some masterful storytelling going on here! Guaranteed to stick with you!
Luthor plotted his novel well, and the characters (what you can learn from a limited perspective) are great. The concepts developed for the novel are singularly chilling. Some masterful storytelling going on here! Guaranteed to stick with you!
May 22, 2015
Great Read!
I just finished reading Floor 21. I didn't know what to expect when I started it but I can't wait for a second book. Please continue this story Jason Luthor. I voted for this book on Kindle Scout and I'm so glad I did. I love discovering new authors. Keep writing. You have a new fan. Thank you amazon and Jason Luthor.
I just finished reading Floor 21. I didn't know what to expect when I started it but I can't wait for a second book. Please continue this story Jason Luthor. I voted for this book on Kindle Scout and I'm so glad I did. I love discovering new authors. Keep writing. You have a new fan. Thank you amazon and Jason Luthor.
February 16, 2016
Rating: 2.5 rounded up to 3 stars
The voice of Jackie annoyed me. She's supposed to be a 17-year-old girl but spoke as though she's twelve. I had to remind myself she's older than how she sounded.
Received a copy in exchange for an honest review
Full review to come.
The voice of Jackie annoyed me. She's supposed to be a 17-year-old girl but spoke as though she's twelve. I had to remind myself she's older than how she sounded.
Received a copy in exchange for an honest review
Full review to come.
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