Incarceron

Reader: Sophie D
Age: 13
Title: Incarceron
Author: Catherine Fisher
Publisher: Dial Books
Pub Date: Feb. 2010
Galley: Yes
Nominate for Teens’ Top 10: No
Recommend: Yes
Convince us to read the book: It's dark, it's depressing, it has a creepy prison and politics, it has a good plot. The story is the kind where you can't predict what will happen so you have to read the whole book.
Compelling Aspect of the Book: The settings are very interesting. It flips between a creepy, huge, underground prison with forests and caves, and a futuristic setting where everyone's life is a lie and a game. The two settings draw you into the book.
Did you finish: Yes
Were you disappointed with the book at all: There were really only two disappointments. One was the characters. They were pretty flat and all of them, except one, only cared about themselves and what was going to happen to them. Then the ending was a let-down, because they were supposed to rescue everyone from the prison, but two people got left behind. That annoyed me.
Did the cover tempt you and/or reflect the contents of the book: The cover did make me want to pick it up. It has a very eye-catching design of a shiny key and metal leaves. These two things really do reflect the contents.
Age Range: 12-13
Quality: 4Q Better than most
Popularity: 3P Some teen appeal