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The Accelerati Trilogy #2
Edison's Alley
Readers who enjoyed the strange science, quirky humor, and out-of-this-world plot twists in Tesla's Attic will be captivated by this second book in the electrifying Accelerati Trilogy from New York Times- bestselling and award-winning author Neal Shusterman and author/screenwriter Eric Elfman.
Fourteen-year-old Nick has learned that the strange antiques in his attic bedroom were left there by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla. They are pieces of Tesla's Far Range Energy Emitter, capable of transmitting "free energy" to the globe. Some components of the contraption are still missing, but the objects themselves seem to be leading Nick and his friends to their current owners.
However, members of the Accelerati, a menacing secret society of physicists, are on the hunt too, and their brazen leader, Dr. Alan Jorgenson, will stop at nothing to foil Nick and steal the objects. It takes a dangerous build-up of electromagnetic energy in the atmosphere to reverse everyone's fortunes--and lead Nick to his destiny.
Read more in the Accelerati
Tesla's Attic
Hawking's Hallway
Fourteen-year-old Nick has learned that the strange antiques in his attic bedroom were left there by the eccentric inventor Nikola Tesla. They are pieces of Tesla's Far Range Energy Emitter, capable of transmitting "free energy" to the globe. Some components of the contraption are still missing, but the objects themselves seem to be leading Nick and his friends to their current owners.
However, members of the Accelerati, a menacing secret society of physicists, are on the hunt too, and their brazen leader, Dr. Alan Jorgenson, will stop at nothing to foil Nick and steal the objects. It takes a dangerous build-up of electromagnetic energy in the atmosphere to reverse everyone's fortunes--and lead Nick to his destiny.
Read more in the Accelerati
Tesla's Attic
Hawking's Hallway
256 pages, Library Binding
First published February 10, 2015
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About the author
Neal Shusterman
90 books29.9k followersAward-winning author Neal Shusterman grew up in Brooklyn, New York, where he began writing at an early age. After spending his junior and senior years of high school at the American School of Mexico City, Neal went on to UC Irvine, where he made his mark on the UCI swim team, and wrote a successful humor column. Within a year of graduating, he had his first book deal, and was hired to write a movie script.
In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. Neal's talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful "How to Host a Mystery" game for teens, as well as seven "How to Host a Murder" games.
As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios.
Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Much of his fiction is traceable back to stories he tells to large audiences of children and teenagers -- such as his novel The Eyes of Kid Midas. As a speaker, Neal is in constant demand at schools and conferences. Degrees in both psychology and drama give Neal a unique approach to writing. Neal's novels always deal with topics that appeal to adults as well as teens, weaving true-to-life characters into sensitive and riveting issues, and binding it all together with a unique and entertaining sense of humor.
Of Everlost, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman has reimagined what happens after death and questions power and the meaning of charity. While all this is going on, he has also managed to write a rip-roaring adventure…”
Of What Daddy Did, Voice of Youth Advocates wrote; "This is a compelling, spell-binding story... A stunning novel, impossible to put down once begun.
Of The Schwa Was Here, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman's characters–reminiscent of those crafted by E. L. Konigsburg and Jerry Spinelli–are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children's classics.
Of Scorpion Shards, Publisher's Weekly wrote: "Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept, and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination makes it stunningly believable. A spellbinder."
And of The Eyes of Kid Midas, The Midwest Book Review wrote "This wins our vote as one of the best young-adult titles of the year" and was called "Inspired and hypnotically readable" by School Library Journal.
Neal Shusterman lives in Southern California with his children Brendan, Jarrod, Joelle, and Erin, who are a constant source of inspiration!
In the years since, Neal has made his mark as a successful novelist, screenwriter, and television writer. As a full-time writer, he claims to be his own hardest task-master, always at work creating new stories to tell. His books have received many awards from organizations such as the International Reading Association, and the American Library Association, as well as garnering a myriad of state and local awards across the country. Neal's talents range from film directing (two short films he directed won him the coveted CINE Golden Eagle Awards) to writing music and stage plays – including book and lyrical contributions to “American Twistory,” which is currently playing in Boston. He has even tried his hand at creating Games, having developed three successful "How to Host a Mystery" game for teens, as well as seven "How to Host a Murder" games.
As a screen and TV writer, Neal has written for the "Goosebumps" and “Animorphs” TV series, and wrote the Disney Channel Original Movie “Pixel Perfect”. Currently Neal is adapting his novel Everlost as a feature film for Universal Studios.
Wherever Neal goes, he quickly earns a reputation as a storyteller and dynamic speaker. Much of his fiction is traceable back to stories he tells to large audiences of children and teenagers -- such as his novel The Eyes of Kid Midas. As a speaker, Neal is in constant demand at schools and conferences. Degrees in both psychology and drama give Neal a unique approach to writing. Neal's novels always deal with topics that appeal to adults as well as teens, weaving true-to-life characters into sensitive and riveting issues, and binding it all together with a unique and entertaining sense of humor.
Of Everlost, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman has reimagined what happens after death and questions power and the meaning of charity. While all this is going on, he has also managed to write a rip-roaring adventure…”
Of What Daddy Did, Voice of Youth Advocates wrote; "This is a compelling, spell-binding story... A stunning novel, impossible to put down once begun.
Of The Schwa Was Here, School Library Journal wrote: “Shusterman's characters–reminiscent of those crafted by E. L. Konigsburg and Jerry Spinelli–are infused with the kind of controlled, precocious improbability that magically vivifies the finest children's classics.
Of Scorpion Shards, Publisher's Weekly wrote: "Shusterman takes an outlandish comic-book concept, and, through the sheer audacity and breadth of his imagination makes it stunningly believable. A spellbinder."
And of The Eyes of Kid Midas, The Midwest Book Review wrote "This wins our vote as one of the best young-adult titles of the year" and was called "Inspired and hypnotically readable" by School Library Journal.
Neal Shusterman lives in Southern California with his children Brendan, Jarrod, Joelle, and Erin, who are a constant source of inspiration!
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October 11, 2015
As a die-hard fan of Neal Shusterman, I can certainly say that in every book he wrote that I've read, he didn't leave behind a character to rot in the pits of hell. I mean to say, he gave his book characters their own time to redeem themselves or make themselves important. Or develop these characters emotionally as a reminder that they also exist in the story.
Anyway, enough of that. Edison's Alley is ten-times crazy (or at least that's what I thought) and I'm blaming Tesla's inventions for that. This second book of the Accelerati Trilogy notched up its plot gaming by giving me a totally surreal and exhilarating book experience. It showcased an emotional ride, a solid back story (at least to its main character Nick) and world-building which evidently exhibited what our main characters are facing.
Edison's Alley continued where Tesla's Attic left. Nick and his friends are still in the move to take back Tesla's inventions Nick sell on his garage sale. After learning what these inventions are for in the first book, these teens are in hurry especially now that the world is really in the brink of apocalypse. But the Accelerati will not make Nick's mission easier.
As a science person (not the hardcore one just interested enough and enjoying science), it was a wondrous, oh-wow experience reading Edison's Alley. Forging science and the contemporary lives of growing-up kids, the author successfully written an convincing story of teens saving the world or at least their young lives. I particularly enjoyed the science part more even sometimes I don't get the ideas/concepts the characters are talking about. At least I learned something new, right? It's fascinating, especially Tesla's invention and the wholeness of it which was related to his famous coil (the Tesla coil). OH.MY.GOD. Just thinking and pondering about it made me giggle for excitement and anticipation.
And there's the major plot twist and more to life of Nikola Tesla that I am inclined to research or maybe read more about him-- to know more about his rivalry with Thomas Alva Edison or probably himself? (And Marconi has been mentioned and his patent for radio. Lol.)
Edison's Alley is thrilling adventure with more-than-just-enough science and techs (which is fine by me), family dynamics, friendship, love, betrayal, revenge, grief, and many more.
Anyway, enough of that. Edison's Alley is ten-times crazy (or at least that's what I thought) and I'm blaming Tesla's inventions for that. This second book of the Accelerati Trilogy notched up its plot gaming by giving me a totally surreal and exhilarating book experience. It showcased an emotional ride, a solid back story (at least to its main character Nick) and world-building which evidently exhibited what our main characters are facing.
Edison's Alley continued where Tesla's Attic left. Nick and his friends are still in the move to take back Tesla's inventions Nick sell on his garage sale. After learning what these inventions are for in the first book, these teens are in hurry especially now that the world is really in the brink of apocalypse. But the Accelerati will not make Nick's mission easier.
As a science person (not the hardcore one just interested enough and enjoying science), it was a wondrous, oh-wow experience reading Edison's Alley. Forging science and the contemporary lives of growing-up kids, the author successfully written an convincing story of teens saving the world or at least their young lives. I particularly enjoyed the science part more even sometimes I don't get the ideas/concepts the characters are talking about. At least I learned something new, right? It's fascinating, especially Tesla's invention and the wholeness of it which was related to his famous coil (the Tesla coil). OH.MY.GOD. Just thinking and pondering about it made me giggle for excitement and anticipation.
And there's the major plot twist and more to life of Nikola Tesla that I am inclined to research or maybe read more about him-- to know more about his rivalry with Thomas Alva Edison or probably himself? (And Marconi has been mentioned and his patent for radio. Lol.)
Edison's Alley is thrilling adventure with more-than-just-enough science and techs (which is fine by me), family dynamics, friendship, love, betrayal, revenge, grief, and many more.
April 6, 2024
Qué divertido! Jajajaja. Y ya en el tercio final, un desparrame absoluto😂😂😂 Aunque estuve riéndome casi desde el principio.
Doy por hecho que aunque aparezcan nombres reales y esto venga catalogado de ciencia ficción, nadie se va a tomar en serio este divertidísimo desbarre, no?. El tono ya lo dice todo.
Dicho esto, de todos esos aparatos a cual más goloso, yo me quedaría con el llavero, sin duda (que tampoco estuvo manco a la hora de proporcionar divertidísimos gags, dicho sea de paso).
Qué rabia la aparición final!. Ansiosa por leer el tercero. La verdad que me puso de buen humor. GL (Libre Neal Shusterman)
Doy por hecho que aunque aparezcan nombres reales y esto venga catalogado de ciencia ficción, nadie se va a tomar en serio este divertidísimo desbarre, no?. El tono ya lo dice todo.
Dicho esto, de todos esos aparatos a cual más goloso, yo me quedaría con el llavero, sin duda (que tampoco estuvo manco a la hora de proporcionar divertidísimos gags, dicho sea de paso).
Qué rabia la aparición final!. Ansiosa por leer el tercero. La verdad que me puso de buen humor. GL (Libre Neal Shusterman)
April 23, 2015
Another incredible tale of marvellous adventure, dastardly villains, mixed emotions and confusing consequences. Grownups, turn off the adult part of your brain and you'll find this just as enjoyable!
December 11, 2015
Esta segunda parte ha superado a su predecesora. Además, las últimas cincuenta páginas han sido brutales y dejan con muchísimas ganas de su desenlace *o*
October 24, 2024
A life and death decision from teens. Oh, I'm really going to introduce this series to my nephews
March 17, 2015
The second book in Shusterman’s Accelerati series does full credit to his ability to combine the best elements of good storytelling. A tight, unpredictable plot that ties up every stray sentence into a grand plan, edge-of-seat action and suspense, and human characters who develop, like real people, by teasing out the mysteries of their lives and understanding the root of their actions. His humour impresses and enlightens as much as it draws a smile, and the sophisticated writing is so humorous it also sounds cool, perfect for the 'tween/young teen demographic of both boys and girls. Best of all, the humour and action always have deeper significance, and the narrator helps the reader ever so subtly to go beneath the surface to the core of the story, introducing them to depth and meaning.
Points for discussion:
Freedom
- Freedom isn’t freedom when you’re addicted to it.
Romance
- Caitlin likes Nick because he’s sometimes brilliant and insightful and sometimes wildly insensitive and dim. He’s a normal guy who has to learn from his mistakes and try to be better. But most of the time he does what he thinks is right. He’s very unlike her first boyfriend who was all about appearing great with little substance underneath.
- Caitlin doesn’t like her experience of boyfriends (someone you thought you really liked, but once you got to know spent all your time figuring out how to escape.) She thought that’s how boyfriends would be until true love set in and you found your soul-mate. But she didn’t want to turn her soul-mate into a ‘boyfriend’ who would just hang around, make out, and generally not be someone you really cared about. So she didn’t want to ‘date’ Nick because he may become just another ‘boyfriend’. Deep down she wanted him as a soul-mate, but neither were ready for that yet. At this stage of their lives, the best they could be for each other was a good friend. Refreshing common sense 101.
Family
- The love in Nick’s family is real, especially between the father and his sons, (the mother died in an accident prior to the series). Even if the father doesn’t know all that his son is trying to do to save the world, it is because the son is trying to protect his dad. There is nothing they wouldn’t do to help the other.
- There's cute brotherly affection: Nick’s younger brother idolises him, and so although he knows he is probably involved in something he shouldn’t be, he chooses to believe that Nick can handle it.
Depth of understanding in friendship
- “Mitch’s room was a pigsty – and Nick sensed it was a pretty accurate reflection of Mitch’s mental space as well. He hadn’t known Mitch before Mr. Murlo went to prison, and maybe his friend was a slob before all that, but Nick sensed that his current state of disarray was a direct result of the state of his family. It was as if Mitch’s life had spun into a tornado that left its debris scattered around his room.” [122]
Evil
- The baddies are not all distant symbols of evil. They are an organisation with a variety of members, some of them characters we’ve come to respect and trust. Then we learn what they’re really up to. With little thought they silence those who oppose them or know too much.
- The young who are being introduced to their ranks are left to ponder whether that is the price of being great, being willing to sacrifice anything and anyone in the pursuit of greatness.
Doing good when it’s hard
- If we stopped fighting for lost causes, where would we be? We’d be worse than lost… [296]
- Nick doesn’t even let a baddy fall to his death—that was not the kind of victory he wanted.
- Nick is offered a choice to betray Tesla’s goals and inventions over to the baddies, or to allow his father and brother to suffer. He makes a choice, which, based on everything else we know of him, could not really be a betrayal, but will surely prove to be another step along his journey to work out how he’s supposed to save the world.
Intelligence
- Intelligence is valued, but especially in conjunction with a good conscience.
November 27, 2020
Dit is het tweede deel in de trilogie en er gebeurt eigenlijk heel veel, maar niet iets doorslaggevends.
Je leest veel vanuit verschillende personages, want het verhaal meer vaart geeft.
Hopelijk heeft Nick het snel opgelost in deel 3! Dit is een spannende mysterieuze serie voor 10 jaar en ouder.
Je leest veel vanuit verschillende personages, want het verhaal meer vaart geeft.
Hopelijk heeft Nick het snel opgelost in deel 3! Dit is een spannende mysterieuze serie voor 10 jaar en ouder.
August 21, 2015
2,5 Stars
Style and Language
An invisible storyteller is again the one, who brings the story of Nick and his friends and how they fight against the Accelerati, close to the reader. But this time it´s less fun and less intriguing. In fact, it becomes kind of boring to read about all those artifacts and how they get back to Nick. I had at least expected, to get to know a bit more about Nicks family, Nick and his friends. But they seemed to fade away in the story.
Characters
The authors seem to have put their characters into the background. The search for the objects and the artifacts take more space of the story, then the figures itself. At least I don´t have any other explanation for the fact, that most parts of this novel give the reader an exact list of the still missing parts and how they were regained by Nick and his friends. But one thing is for sure: the annoying Petula is again part of the story and her short time conscious helps Caitlin and Mitch go back to what´s right.
Result
After the more than unusual and odd first book of the Accelerati-Trilogy this second book seems to be a write-off, compared to the first one. The novel just doesn´t get of the ground and the characters wobble through the story. Sad, but I expected a lot more after the wonderful first part.
Style and Language
An invisible storyteller is again the one, who brings the story of Nick and his friends and how they fight against the Accelerati, close to the reader. But this time it´s less fun and less intriguing. In fact, it becomes kind of boring to read about all those artifacts and how they get back to Nick. I had at least expected, to get to know a bit more about Nicks family, Nick and his friends. But they seemed to fade away in the story.
Characters
The authors seem to have put their characters into the background. The search for the objects and the artifacts take more space of the story, then the figures itself. At least I don´t have any other explanation for the fact, that most parts of this novel give the reader an exact list of the still missing parts and how they were regained by Nick and his friends. But one thing is for sure: the annoying Petula is again part of the story and her short time conscious helps Caitlin and Mitch go back to what´s right.
Result
After the more than unusual and odd first book of the Accelerati-Trilogy this second book seems to be a write-off, compared to the first one. The novel just doesn´t get of the ground and the characters wobble through the story. Sad, but I expected a lot more after the wonderful first part.
April 27, 2015
Really enjoyed this book. The story has a great flow and sucks you right back in. I was happy to see the same wonderful characters working so well together in going for the greater good. I still love the characters I loved in the first book, and have come to hate the ones I hated in the first book, even more. :-) Great story, I can't wait to see where we go in the next book :-)
January 1, 2016
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Tenía ganas de poder leer la continuación de esta trilogía, el primer libro me encantó y me enganchó mucho asique quería ver que nos deparaban los autores para el siguiente libro, he de decir que lo he devorado en un día.
Tenía ganas de poder leer la continuación de esta trilogía, el primer libro me encantó y me enganchó mucho asique quería ver que nos deparaban los autores para el siguiente libro, he de decir que lo he devorado en un día.
July 9, 2016
3,5 Sterne
February 3, 2017
What a great tween series this is!!! Lots of action, fun in-jokes, and that ending! Holy cow! I love pretty much everything Neal Shusterman writes, and this is different from his normal stuff, but no different in quality. On to Dark Side of Nowhere in my Shusterthon.
November 26, 2017
Another fast and fun read.
Review to come.
Review to come.
December 30, 2017
This is darker than the first book in the trilogy. The band of young heroes shows more flaws and conflict. Some bad decisions are made, which made it harder for me to relate to the kids. Still very interesting and intelligent storytelling. By the end the world is safe again, but only for a month. And there are signs for worse things to come. So not really a stand-alone book, but the link between the beginning and the end of the story.
August 7, 2020
Het geheim van Edison is een ontzettend leuk vervolg! Lees hier mijn recensie: https://nerdygeekyfanboy.com/recensie...
July 15, 2015
Use Tesla's Far Range Energy Emitter to Make Popcorn
This is a popcorn-for-your-brain middle grade book, and I mean that in the best way possible.
It has good guys and villains. Kids outsmart the over-confident adults. There's a new seriously weird invention on almost every page. Action is non-stop. It is loaded with funky, funsy sorta science. The hero is angsty when he needs to be motivated, but he's generally an agreeable main character. Supporting characters, from level headed romantic interest, to traitor, to zombielike slacker, and so on, have their moments and come with enough twists to be interesting.
The writing is there to drive the action and the narrative. This is flat out middle grade action storytelling with no pretense of being more than a headlong actioner. But that said, the narrative works and the writing doesn't get in the way. There are enough descriptive touches, throwaways and observations to buoy the book up, but fine literature is not the goal here.
That said, there are some funny lines, some snappy dialogue, and some sly and deadpan touches that offer just enough edge and vinegar to keep the story sharp and to amuse an alert reader. As is often the case, the inept and too-smart-for-his-own-good villain gets some of the best lines. All of this, coupled with some major over the top action, makes for a fast, fun read.
This is the second book of a trilogy that revolves around the heroes collecting and reassembling all of the parts to a wondrous machine built by Tesla. Even if you haven't read the first book you get enough of the back story in the first few chapters of this book to be up to speed, so don't despair if you are joining this series in progress.
Please note that I picked up a free copy of this book at the 2015 ALA Convention. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
This is a popcorn-for-your-brain middle grade book, and I mean that in the best way possible.
It has good guys and villains. Kids outsmart the over-confident adults. There's a new seriously weird invention on almost every page. Action is non-stop. It is loaded with funky, funsy sorta science. The hero is angsty when he needs to be motivated, but he's generally an agreeable main character. Supporting characters, from level headed romantic interest, to traitor, to zombielike slacker, and so on, have their moments and come with enough twists to be interesting.
The writing is there to drive the action and the narrative. This is flat out middle grade action storytelling with no pretense of being more than a headlong actioner. But that said, the narrative works and the writing doesn't get in the way. There are enough descriptive touches, throwaways and observations to buoy the book up, but fine literature is not the goal here.
That said, there are some funny lines, some snappy dialogue, and some sly and deadpan touches that offer just enough edge and vinegar to keep the story sharp and to amuse an alert reader. As is often the case, the inept and too-smart-for-his-own-good villain gets some of the best lines. All of this, coupled with some major over the top action, makes for a fast, fun read.
This is the second book of a trilogy that revolves around the heroes collecting and reassembling all of the parts to a wondrous machine built by Tesla. Even if you haven't read the first book you get enough of the back story in the first few chapters of this book to be up to speed, so don't despair if you are joining this series in progress.
Please note that I picked up a free copy of this book at the 2015 ALA Convention. Apart from that I have no connection at all to either the author or the publisher of this book.
August 22, 2019
Spannender zweiter Teil um Nick und seine Freunde
Man könnte sagen, die Geschichte hört mit einem Cliffhanger auf, denn Nick erhält ein schlimmes Angebot, um etwas noch Schlimmeres zu verhindern. Mit anderen Worten - er wird erpresst. Jetzt ist man natürlich gespannt, wie das alles endet.
Man könnte sagen, die Geschichte hört mit einem Cliffhanger auf, denn Nick erhält ein schlimmes Angebot, um etwas noch Schlimmeres zu verhindern. Mit anderen Worten - er wird erpresst. Jetzt ist man natürlich gespannt, wie das alles endet.
December 8, 2016
Celestial Object Felicity Bonk has been averted from its collision course with Earth, but the threat to mankind—and, in particular, to fourteen-year-old Nick Slate and his friends—looms as imminent as ever. Dr. Alan Jorgenson and the Accelerati, headed by a mysterious old man who stays in the shadows while Jorgenson and other top agents carry out his bidding, are in hot pursuit of Nick and the supernaturally empowered Tesla inventions hidden in his attic. Nick's quest to complete Nikola Tesla's greatest invention by fitting his smaller machines together into one gigantic superconductor is progressing, but finding and getting back the objects he unwittingly sold at his garage sale is a slow, challenging process. For every Tesla item he or his friends retrieve from a neighbor who purchased it and is now reluctant to part from the unique talisman, Nick knows a dozen more remain unaccounted for, and the superconductor won't work until all the inventions are in place. The task is urgent, as Nick can't be sure how long Jorgenson will tarry before losing patience and converging for the kill, perhaps literally. Nick's only way to ensure his family's safety is to track down Tesla's machines before Jorgenson makes a move, but there are dangers that dwarf even the Accelerati. Felicity Bonk is now orbiting Earth at roughly the same distance as the Moon, and having bizarre effects on our planet. Static electricity builds up as never before, sharply stinging people every time they touch, and lightning storms gradually increase in volume and intensity worldwide. The trend isn't foreboding enough to send everyone into a doomsday spiral again, but Nick has the uneasy feeling that calamity is stalking the planet, and this time there's no cosmically charged baseball bat to swat it away. Completing Tesla's superconductor may be the only avenue to preventing disaster.
Thanks to her connection with Ms. Planck, the undercover lunch server from school, Petula Grabowski-Jones is moving up through the junior ranks of the Accelerati. Petula's primary desire is to have Nick be her boyfriend, but if he's too obtuse to choose her, opting instead for Caitlin, then Petula will make him sorry he wasn't smarter. The more Petula demonstrates her eccentric savvy and ambition to Ms. Planck, the further the cafeteria lady brings her into the Accelerati fellowship, eventually introducing her to Jorgenson, whose ambition is a match for Petula's own. The Accelerati could use a mole among Nick's small circle of trusted friends, and Petula will do nicely for the job. When little things go wrong with Nick's coordinated retrieval of Tesla's creations, no one thinks to suspicion Petula, but she invariably is orchestrator of the chaos, subverting Nick's mission long enough for Jorgenson to decide how to proceed. Nick already possesses many of Tesla's inventions, and their powers prove to be a formidable defense against even the Accelerati's advanced secret weaponry, preventing Jorgenson from barging into Nick's attic and confiscating his stash of supernatural gadgetry. Besting Nick will require more than brute force.
"(W)hen you cover up strange things, they never go away completely, do they?"
—Wayne Slate, Edison's Alley, P. 75
Vince LaRue is still kind of dead, but Tesla's wet cell battery keeps him walking and talking as though he'd never been offed by an agent of the Accelerati. The battery's electrodes must be attached to Vince at all times or he'll relapse into death, an annoyance that Nick and his friends have to continually circumvent as their adventure proceeds. It's not hard to perpetuate the false story that Vince is narcoleptic and needs intervention from his friends when he falls asleep at school, but it's inconvenient to have to constantly monitor him and leap into action when his electrodes become unattached. On top of that, Nick knows that Vince's reanimation can't be permanent. Tesla's machines will soon all be configured except one, and then the only one left to add will be Vince's wet cell battery. This hasn't dawned on Vince as he helps Nick track down the scattered inventions, but Nick dreads the moment when he will have to take his friend's life, and this time Tesla's brilliance won't be able to save him. As the hunt to finish the superconductor nears its end and Jorgenson steps in with a blockbuster move that could blow Nick's plan to smithereens, the electrically supercharged atmosphere generated by Felicity Bonk around Earth amps up to levels that could fry the planet in a discharge of apocalyptic proportions. With no other recourse, Nick puts his faith in Tesla's hands, trusting that the legendary man of science knew what he was doing when he concocted his greatest invention, and that its assembly in Nick's attic can halt Earth's destruction. Will that faith in Tesla's genius almost a hundred years after his death be rewarded with mankind's rescue from the brink of extinction?
Edison's Alley has two things going for it that the first book of the trilogy, Tesla's Attic, also had: laugh-out-loud humor—some of the best I've read in a middle-grade novel, and undoubtedly the finest I've seen from Neal Shusterman—and fertile soil for thought, yielding a healthy, vibrant crop. Edison's Alley isn't as amazing in this area as Tesla's Attic, but there's a lot to mull over in these pages, which is a hallmark of Neal Shusterman's writing. The first invention that Nick and Caitlin retrieve in this book, a weightlifting set that allows the user to suspend gravity in proximity to the machine, presents an intriguing and multidimensional existential issue. The ability to navigate around the house unbound by gravity feels exhilarating and liberating, a sensation sweeter than the overweight man who owns the set has ever experienced, and he won't relinquish it without a desperate fight. Yet the human body isn't designed to operate without gravity pulling on it; muscles would atrophy and bones lose density, just as our psychological and emotional form distorts when we aren't under pressure from within and without. As much as we might wish the pressure would ease up, it's what keeps us grounded and allows life as we know it to continue. We can't get much done in the absence of gravity, and indeed the body of the man who owns the weight machine already shows the deleterious effects of zero gravity. But giving up his weightlessness is an emotional decision for the man, even as he knows in his heart of hearts it's the best thing for him. "Freedom isn't freedom when you're addicted to it," Nick says to the man, and he knows Nick is right. He has to give up the weight machine that made life's heaviness easier to bear, as we all must adapt to gravity's full force eventually.
Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman have a way with describing characters that resonates, especially Petula. For example: "Petula was like sand at the beach—she had a way of getting into everything, making the world feel uncomfortable." That she does, and I know there are people like that in real life. They have a knack for getting in places where you least want them, causing irritation and discomfort. Petula is more an annoyance to Nick and Caitlin's relationship than a barrier, but the two of them have trouble enough connecting on their own, never quite able to get on the same wavelength. Caitlin wonders why it has to be that way with boys. "Why couldn't boys understand that sometimes 'I like you as a friend' means 'I like you more than a boyfriend' or 'I like you too much to ever break up with you'—because that's all the boy-crazy girls in school ever seemed to do: find the boy, break up with the boy, hate the boy, find the next boy, rinse and repeat, over and over." That's a good observation, and reason to hesitate before turning a special relationship into just another short-lived romance that won't be more than an afterthought to one's personal timeline in a decade or two. Why wreck a close friendship by trying for too much too soon? Of course, with Felicity Bonk accruing an alarming amount of the solar system's electricity and channeling it toward Earth, there's no guarantee how long they'll have to let friendship naturally blossom into something more. The planet could be disintegrated in a matter of days, and what can a group of teens do to stop it? No one knows more about coping with a dismal future than Vince, who dies on a routine basis and doesn't know how long Tesla's wet cell battery can be expected to keep him reanimated. "Yeah, it's a lost cause," Vince tells Nick and their friends as the Felicity Bonk crisis attains critical mass. "(B)ut everything in the world is a lost cause when you think about it, right? We all die, the sun eventually goes supernova, and the Milky Way collides with Andromeda. And don't forget that all of the stars in the billion billion galaxies will wink out of existence one day." Is there any reason, then, to delay Earth's demise another hundred, thousand, or million years? Of course there is, and that's Vince's point. "I'm just saying that if we stopped fighting for lost causes, where would we be?" "We'd be worse than lost," Nick answers, finally understanding why they have to keep trying. We might not know if our battle against oblivion makes sense, but it's all we can do. We fight for something over nothing, for consciousness in preference to the eternal void, though we haven't a prayer of solving the riddle of existence. Like Nick and Vince, we fight simply because we don't want to think about where we'd be if we gave up. That's the remarkable nature of hope.
I would give Edison's Alley two and a half stars, and I wasn't far from rounding up to three. It isn't as extraordinarily wise or strikingly emotional as Tesla's Attic, but sets up well for Hawking's Hallway, the finale of the Accelerati Trilogy. I trust no one more than Neal Shusterman to close out a story, and I'm confident he'll come through here the way he has so many times before. If Hawking's Hallway is as good as Tesla's Attic, the Accelerati Trilogy will be a marvelous artistic success, another iridescent feather in an author's cap that is already crammed full of them. Do yourself a favor and take a dive into this trilogy. I say with assurance that you won't be disappointed.
Thanks to her connection with Ms. Planck, the undercover lunch server from school, Petula Grabowski-Jones is moving up through the junior ranks of the Accelerati. Petula's primary desire is to have Nick be her boyfriend, but if he's too obtuse to choose her, opting instead for Caitlin, then Petula will make him sorry he wasn't smarter. The more Petula demonstrates her eccentric savvy and ambition to Ms. Planck, the further the cafeteria lady brings her into the Accelerati fellowship, eventually introducing her to Jorgenson, whose ambition is a match for Petula's own. The Accelerati could use a mole among Nick's small circle of trusted friends, and Petula will do nicely for the job. When little things go wrong with Nick's coordinated retrieval of Tesla's creations, no one thinks to suspicion Petula, but she invariably is orchestrator of the chaos, subverting Nick's mission long enough for Jorgenson to decide how to proceed. Nick already possesses many of Tesla's inventions, and their powers prove to be a formidable defense against even the Accelerati's advanced secret weaponry, preventing Jorgenson from barging into Nick's attic and confiscating his stash of supernatural gadgetry. Besting Nick will require more than brute force.
"(W)hen you cover up strange things, they never go away completely, do they?"
—Wayne Slate, Edison's Alley, P. 75
Vince LaRue is still kind of dead, but Tesla's wet cell battery keeps him walking and talking as though he'd never been offed by an agent of the Accelerati. The battery's electrodes must be attached to Vince at all times or he'll relapse into death, an annoyance that Nick and his friends have to continually circumvent as their adventure proceeds. It's not hard to perpetuate the false story that Vince is narcoleptic and needs intervention from his friends when he falls asleep at school, but it's inconvenient to have to constantly monitor him and leap into action when his electrodes become unattached. On top of that, Nick knows that Vince's reanimation can't be permanent. Tesla's machines will soon all be configured except one, and then the only one left to add will be Vince's wet cell battery. This hasn't dawned on Vince as he helps Nick track down the scattered inventions, but Nick dreads the moment when he will have to take his friend's life, and this time Tesla's brilliance won't be able to save him. As the hunt to finish the superconductor nears its end and Jorgenson steps in with a blockbuster move that could blow Nick's plan to smithereens, the electrically supercharged atmosphere generated by Felicity Bonk around Earth amps up to levels that could fry the planet in a discharge of apocalyptic proportions. With no other recourse, Nick puts his faith in Tesla's hands, trusting that the legendary man of science knew what he was doing when he concocted his greatest invention, and that its assembly in Nick's attic can halt Earth's destruction. Will that faith in Tesla's genius almost a hundred years after his death be rewarded with mankind's rescue from the brink of extinction?
Edison's Alley has two things going for it that the first book of the trilogy, Tesla's Attic, also had: laugh-out-loud humor—some of the best I've read in a middle-grade novel, and undoubtedly the finest I've seen from Neal Shusterman—and fertile soil for thought, yielding a healthy, vibrant crop. Edison's Alley isn't as amazing in this area as Tesla's Attic, but there's a lot to mull over in these pages, which is a hallmark of Neal Shusterman's writing. The first invention that Nick and Caitlin retrieve in this book, a weightlifting set that allows the user to suspend gravity in proximity to the machine, presents an intriguing and multidimensional existential issue. The ability to navigate around the house unbound by gravity feels exhilarating and liberating, a sensation sweeter than the overweight man who owns the set has ever experienced, and he won't relinquish it without a desperate fight. Yet the human body isn't designed to operate without gravity pulling on it; muscles would atrophy and bones lose density, just as our psychological and emotional form distorts when we aren't under pressure from within and without. As much as we might wish the pressure would ease up, it's what keeps us grounded and allows life as we know it to continue. We can't get much done in the absence of gravity, and indeed the body of the man who owns the weight machine already shows the deleterious effects of zero gravity. But giving up his weightlessness is an emotional decision for the man, even as he knows in his heart of hearts it's the best thing for him. "Freedom isn't freedom when you're addicted to it," Nick says to the man, and he knows Nick is right. He has to give up the weight machine that made life's heaviness easier to bear, as we all must adapt to gravity's full force eventually.
Neal Shusterman and Eric Elfman have a way with describing characters that resonates, especially Petula. For example: "Petula was like sand at the beach—she had a way of getting into everything, making the world feel uncomfortable." That she does, and I know there are people like that in real life. They have a knack for getting in places where you least want them, causing irritation and discomfort. Petula is more an annoyance to Nick and Caitlin's relationship than a barrier, but the two of them have trouble enough connecting on their own, never quite able to get on the same wavelength. Caitlin wonders why it has to be that way with boys. "Why couldn't boys understand that sometimes 'I like you as a friend' means 'I like you more than a boyfriend' or 'I like you too much to ever break up with you'—because that's all the boy-crazy girls in school ever seemed to do: find the boy, break up with the boy, hate the boy, find the next boy, rinse and repeat, over and over." That's a good observation, and reason to hesitate before turning a special relationship into just another short-lived romance that won't be more than an afterthought to one's personal timeline in a decade or two. Why wreck a close friendship by trying for too much too soon? Of course, with Felicity Bonk accruing an alarming amount of the solar system's electricity and channeling it toward Earth, there's no guarantee how long they'll have to let friendship naturally blossom into something more. The planet could be disintegrated in a matter of days, and what can a group of teens do to stop it? No one knows more about coping with a dismal future than Vince, who dies on a routine basis and doesn't know how long Tesla's wet cell battery can be expected to keep him reanimated. "Yeah, it's a lost cause," Vince tells Nick and their friends as the Felicity Bonk crisis attains critical mass. "(B)ut everything in the world is a lost cause when you think about it, right? We all die, the sun eventually goes supernova, and the Milky Way collides with Andromeda. And don't forget that all of the stars in the billion billion galaxies will wink out of existence one day." Is there any reason, then, to delay Earth's demise another hundred, thousand, or million years? Of course there is, and that's Vince's point. "I'm just saying that if we stopped fighting for lost causes, where would we be?" "We'd be worse than lost," Nick answers, finally understanding why they have to keep trying. We might not know if our battle against oblivion makes sense, but it's all we can do. We fight for something over nothing, for consciousness in preference to the eternal void, though we haven't a prayer of solving the riddle of existence. Like Nick and Vince, we fight simply because we don't want to think about where we'd be if we gave up. That's the remarkable nature of hope.
I would give Edison's Alley two and a half stars, and I wasn't far from rounding up to three. It isn't as extraordinarily wise or strikingly emotional as Tesla's Attic, but sets up well for Hawking's Hallway, the finale of the Accelerati Trilogy. I trust no one more than Neal Shusterman to close out a story, and I'm confident he'll come through here the way he has so many times before. If Hawking's Hallway is as good as Tesla's Attic, the Accelerati Trilogy will be a marvelous artistic success, another iridescent feather in an author's cap that is already crammed full of them. Do yourself a favor and take a dive into this trilogy. I say with assurance that you won't be disappointed.
January 10, 2022
Het geheim van Edison is een spannend avontuur vol met wetenschap en interessante feitjes! Je kan merken dat Neal Shusterman & Eric Elfman veel kennis hierover hebben en het is voor kinderen erg fijn om er op deze manier meer te weten over te komen. Zeker omdat er ook veel humor in het verhaal verwerkt is. Als lezer zit je namelijk regelmatig een beetje hardop te grinniken tijdens het lezen van Het geheim van Edison.
Het geheim van Edison is een leuk tweede deel in de Accelerati-trilogie van Neal Shusterman & Eric Elfman. Samen met Nick en zijn vrienden ontrafel je allemaal interessante mysteries en tegelijkertijd is het erg leerzaam! Af en toe hadden gebeurtenissen iets meer uitgewerkt kunnen worden, maar doordat er veel van perspectief gewisseld wordt heeft Het geheim van Edison veel vaart en leest het redelijk makkelijk weg.
Het geheim van Edison is een leuk tweede deel in de Accelerati-trilogie van Neal Shusterman & Eric Elfman. Samen met Nick en zijn vrienden ontrafel je allemaal interessante mysteries en tegelijkertijd is het erg leerzaam! Af en toe hadden gebeurtenissen iets meer uitgewerkt kunnen worden, maar doordat er veel van perspectief gewisseld wordt heeft Het geheim van Edison veel vaart en leest het redelijk makkelijk weg.
August 4, 2024
Working through this trilogy aloud with my 9 year old son and still loving it! We both really look forward to it. It was just as edge-of-your-seat thrilling as Tesla’s Attic. Kiddo can relate it to the history he knows about Tesla and Edison and wants to learn more. Parts can be a little scary or gory with a sensitive child so I do gloss over those a bit when reading. The teen love interest remains light. But the magic and mystery are exciting and on point. On the Hawking’s Hallway!
January 23, 2021
Geweldig vervolg, spannende gebeurtenissen. Ik vind het leuk dat je van elk persoon apart een verhaal krijgt dat samenkomt. Goed geschreven. Op naar deel drie vol nieuwe woorden. Je leert veel in deze serie.
March 23, 2021
really good
April 6, 2021
This Telsa vs Edison grand war is sure interesting.
I got soft spot for Vince, tho.
I got soft spot for Vince, tho.
October 27, 2021
Such a unique and fun fantasy trilogy. I'm excited to start book 3 asap.
March 3, 2015
I seem to like sequels more when new characters are introduced. I have gotten so familiar with the previous characters that I find myself less interested in them unless they are going through an interesting emotional change. This sequel's main character did have an emotional arc but it wasn't as powerful as in book one. The plot kept me going with its wacky situations and weird, twisty ending. Don't read book two unless you have read book one to get the complete backstory and historical facts on Nikola Tesla. It is not going to make a whole lot of sense otherwise.
Fourteen-year-old Nick moved into a Victorian house in book one that his dad inherited. Nick chooses the attic for his bedroom but finds it is full of junk. He sells it off only to discover that the junk-like pieces fit together creating a Far Range Energy Emitter, a Nikola Tesla invention meant to bring free wireless electrical energy to people. Each piece has its own unique properties. A weight machine is an antigravity conductor. A bellows can create wind vortexes. A camera lens allows the user to look into the future. The inventions are more magical than scientific, so prepare to go with the flow and not look too closely at the inventions' unbelievable parts. A secret society called, The Accelerati, wants the unique items and will kill to get them. The race to see who retrieves them first is on. Team Nick is winning until an obstacle appears that looks like everyone will lose. Humor and fast-paced action make this a page-turner.
In book one, Nick's dad helped saved the world by keeping an asteroid from hitting Earth. Now that asteroid is causing a dangerous build-up of electromagnetic energy and Nick knows that he has to rebuild the Far Range Energy Emitter to stop it from destroying Earth. With the help of Mitch, Caitlin, Vince, and Petula, the teenagers race to recover all the items from the garage sale that were sold before the asteroid zaps Earth. They must outwit the Accelerati that keep getting in the way as they want the pieces for their own profit.
Each time the teens try to recover a piece, they face a wacky situation and problem that they must solve. The unpredictability and silliness of these issues was fun at first but in the middle I got a little tired of it. The emotional changes involve Caitlin and Nick's romance. Nick wants to be more than friends with her and she still has a boyfriend she hasn't broken up with. Nick carries a load of guilt over the death of his mother and forces he's unleashed discovering Tesla's inventions. Mitch is still angry over his dad's incarceration. Vince seems to be pulling away from the group learning to deal with living as an undead person. And Petula is still the same self-absorbed egomaniac from book one. None of the character changes are that complex or in-depth and they continue the arcs from book one. The authors do a good job explaining character motivations, revealing their flaws, and adding humor.
In real life Nikola Tesla was an inventor and engineer who worked for Thomas Edison's company at one time. Edison told Tesla to fix his direct current generators and he'd give him $50,000. Tesla did and asked for the money to which Edison said he was joking. He gave him a raise instead, but Tesla quit and started his own rival company. Tesla worked on a project to create wireless electricity and this book focuses mainly on that invention making Edison, represented by the Accelerati group he formed, the villain and Tesla the unsung hero. Tesla was screwed by his own company as well in real life and lost many patents. He had over 300 patents in his lifetime.
The villain is deadly yet buffoonish which makes it hard to be really frightened by him. The ending is a cliff-hanger but wraps up the story nicely. I appreciate an author that concludes the story rather than just cutting it off in the middle of the action which happens in many cliff-hangers. The "...to be continued" endings drive me a bit crazy. This doesn't do that. If you liked book one then you'll enjoy this one. The pacing is good and the ending has a terrific twist.
Fourteen-year-old Nick moved into a Victorian house in book one that his dad inherited. Nick chooses the attic for his bedroom but finds it is full of junk. He sells it off only to discover that the junk-like pieces fit together creating a Far Range Energy Emitter, a Nikola Tesla invention meant to bring free wireless electrical energy to people. Each piece has its own unique properties. A weight machine is an antigravity conductor. A bellows can create wind vortexes. A camera lens allows the user to look into the future. The inventions are more magical than scientific, so prepare to go with the flow and not look too closely at the inventions' unbelievable parts. A secret society called, The Accelerati, wants the unique items and will kill to get them. The race to see who retrieves them first is on. Team Nick is winning until an obstacle appears that looks like everyone will lose. Humor and fast-paced action make this a page-turner.
In book one, Nick's dad helped saved the world by keeping an asteroid from hitting Earth. Now that asteroid is causing a dangerous build-up of electromagnetic energy and Nick knows that he has to rebuild the Far Range Energy Emitter to stop it from destroying Earth. With the help of Mitch, Caitlin, Vince, and Petula, the teenagers race to recover all the items from the garage sale that were sold before the asteroid zaps Earth. They must outwit the Accelerati that keep getting in the way as they want the pieces for their own profit.
Each time the teens try to recover a piece, they face a wacky situation and problem that they must solve. The unpredictability and silliness of these issues was fun at first but in the middle I got a little tired of it. The emotional changes involve Caitlin and Nick's romance. Nick wants to be more than friends with her and she still has a boyfriend she hasn't broken up with. Nick carries a load of guilt over the death of his mother and forces he's unleashed discovering Tesla's inventions. Mitch is still angry over his dad's incarceration. Vince seems to be pulling away from the group learning to deal with living as an undead person. And Petula is still the same self-absorbed egomaniac from book one. None of the character changes are that complex or in-depth and they continue the arcs from book one. The authors do a good job explaining character motivations, revealing their flaws, and adding humor.
In real life Nikola Tesla was an inventor and engineer who worked for Thomas Edison's company at one time. Edison told Tesla to fix his direct current generators and he'd give him $50,000. Tesla did and asked for the money to which Edison said he was joking. He gave him a raise instead, but Tesla quit and started his own rival company. Tesla worked on a project to create wireless electricity and this book focuses mainly on that invention making Edison, represented by the Accelerati group he formed, the villain and Tesla the unsung hero. Tesla was screwed by his own company as well in real life and lost many patents. He had over 300 patents in his lifetime.
The villain is deadly yet buffoonish which makes it hard to be really frightened by him. The ending is a cliff-hanger but wraps up the story nicely. I appreciate an author that concludes the story rather than just cutting it off in the middle of the action which happens in many cliff-hangers. The "...to be continued" endings drive me a bit crazy. This doesn't do that. If you liked book one then you'll enjoy this one. The pacing is good and the ending has a terrific twist.
February 25, 2015
Nick moved to Colorado Springs after the death of his mom. Unknown to him, his new home once belonged to Nikola Tesla, and Nikola's stuff is still in Nick's attic. Or was, until Nick sold it at a garage sale. Now he and his friends are trying to get it back, piece by piece, because the evil Accelerati want to use it for their own nefarious plans. Unfortunately, one of Nick's friends is a traitor, one is a zombie, and one is mad at him for asking her out on a date. Not only that, but the asteroid from the previous book is causing major static build-up. Nick must repair the machine and his friendships before everyone is fried.
Nick was an angsty, unpleasant teen with angsty, unpleasant friends. Luckily, he comes with an automatic heartstrings plucker: his mom DIED! Guaranteed angst-fest! In case you can't tell, I didn't like this book. There were too many cliches, such as: Nikola-Tesla-is-perfect, Edison-is-evil, teens-have-to-save-the-world-while-worrying-who-to-take-on-a-date, etc. and not enough character depth. Characters were given sob-back-stories instead of actually having dimensions.
Nick was an angsty, unpleasant teen with angsty, unpleasant friends. Luckily, he comes with an automatic heartstrings plucker: his mom DIED! Guaranteed angst-fest! In case you can't tell, I didn't like this book. There were too many cliches, such as: Nikola-Tesla-is-perfect, Edison-is-evil, teens-have-to-save-the-world-while-worrying-who-to-take-on-a-date, etc. and not enough character depth. Characters were given sob-back-stories instead of actually having dimensions.
May 1, 2015
In this second book in the Accelerati Trilogy, Nick and his friends have saved the Earth from impending destruction but are still racing against the Accelerati to recover the rest of the Teslafied objects that Nick sold at the original garage sale. Each one fits like a puzzle piece into the growing contraption in Nick's attic bedroom, and the Accelerati will stop at nothing to get it. Meanwhile, the asteroid from the first book is now orbiting the Earth and building up a tremendous electric charge which is throwing all of Earth's electro-magnetic devices out of whack. Can they recover the pieces and figure out how to release the energy before it is too late? An exciting adventure with a good amount of humor woven in, I recommended that you read the trilogy in order. For grades 5-8.
December 14, 2015
He de decir que no sé si ha sido porque me leí ambos libros muy seguidos o porque esta entrega ya estaba muy adentrada en la trama pero la verdad es que no me ha entretenido tanto como el primero. Tal vez sea también que se ha perdido un poco el tono humorístico , aunque sigue habiéndolo pero no tan exagerado, pero eso sí, a pesar de esto he disfrutado muchísimo de la lectura y eso para mí es lo importante.
En cuanto a la historia ya he comentado que continúa donde lo dejamos en el primero. Nos encontramos más inmersos en la conspiración y en este libro....
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http://corazonesentrelineas.blogspot....
En cuanto a la historia ya he comentado que continúa donde lo dejamos en el primero. Nos encontramos más inmersos en la conspiración y en este libro....
Si quieres leer la reseña completa pincha en el enlace a continuación.
http://corazonesentrelineas.blogspot....
October 12, 2016
Menoa tässäkin kirjassa riittää, sekä yllätyksellisiä juonenkäänteitä, vaikka oma kiinnostukseni ajoittain lopahtelikin. Varmaan johtui biorytmeistä tms., sillä kirjassa ei kerrassaan ole mitään vikaa. Loppua kohden juoni vähän tiivistyi ja kirja tulikin hotkittua sitten loppuun. Tästä kirjasta löytyy Nikola Teslan huimia keksintöjä, maailmanlopun enteitä, neuvokkaita nuoria sekä salaseura. Kyllä näistä aineksista ihan kelvollista tarinaa syntyy. Lopun cliffhangerista johtuen joudun vielä lukaisemaan sen trilogian viimeisenkin kirjan. Ja ihan mielelläni!
September 22, 2017
Slightly better than the last. The ending is a bit surprising, but not too much. But Nick needs to get some balls and end his problems. How hard is it to not pull someone to safety, but Nick's going to be Nick, saving those who don't need to be saved. But without that the third book's story would be totally off course and dramatically different. It would have also helped with his problems, but that's Nick.
And I know that I said that Alan Jorgenson was a good bad guy, but the evil need to burn.
And I know that I said that Alan Jorgenson was a good bad guy, but the evil need to burn.
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