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Incarceron (Incarceron, Book 1) |  | Author: Catherine Fisher
Publisher: Dial
Category: Book
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Rating:  80 reviews
Sales Rank: 2676
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.7 x 6.6 x 1.4
ISBN: 0803733968
EAN: 9780803733961
ASIN: 0803733968
Publication Date: January 26, 2010
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Amazon.com Review
Amazon Best Books of the Month, February 2010: The shifting landscapes, unexpected plot punches, and bold, brave characters found in Catherine Fisher's Incarceron are nothing short of thrilling: fans of Garth Nix and Suzanne Collins will take to this epic, twisty fantasy instantly, but it's also the kind of book that will draw in the most hesitant fantasy reader. The mysterious world of Incarceronâand its factions of daring Prisoners, led by an incorrigible team in Finn and Claudia, who are both searching for a means of escapeâis wonderfully imagined, at once frightening and full of seduction, and marks the beginning of an addictive new series. --Anne Bartholomew
Product Description
Incarceron is a prison so vast that it contains not only cells, but also metal forests, dilapidated cities, and vast wilderness. Finn, a seventeen-year-old prisoner, has no memory of his childhood and is sure that he came from Outside Incarceron. Very few prisoners believe that there is an Outside, however, which makes escape seems impossible. And then Finn finds a crystal key that allows him to communicate with a girl named Claudia. She claims to live Outsideshe is the daughter of the Warden of Incarceron, and doomed to an arranged marriage. Finn is determined to escape the prison and Claudia believes she can help him. But they dont realize that there is more to Incarceron than meets the eye, and escape will take their greatest courage and cost more than they know. Because Incarceron is alive.
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 Readable, but not quite like Hunger Games September 6, 2010
J. Manchester (North Carolina, United States)
In searching for something similar to the Hunger Games trilogy, I found Incarceron, and since it had good reviews, I gave it a try. It was certainly readable, not too slow that I got bored, but not exactly gripping either. The strange too-sci-fi twist didn't seem to me like it fit, and the ending was abrupt. However, the character development was good and with many questions left unanswered, I have not totally ruled out reading the new sequel when it is released. Perhaps the teen readers (whom the book is intended for anyway) will find it more compelling than I (an adult) did.
 Incarceron! September 3, 2010
Carina C (California)
It was hard for me at first to grasp what I was reading. At first a lot didn't make sense. But as I continued to read, pieces started coming together and I started to really get into the story.
Finn lives in a dark, horrible place...a prison. And, for as long as he can remember, which is the last three years, he has always lived there. But he has dreams of the outside. He doesn't believe he was always in this prison but everyone tells him there is no way to escape and he must be part of the Incarceron.
The Incarceron is a vast, dark prison. With no stars, just red unblinking lights that watch everything. Many have tried to leave the Incarceron, and most have failed except for Sapphique. Sapphique is the only one that was known to escape, and many want to follow in his footsteps to get away from the prison. The prison is a ever changing intelligence and doesn't want any of its children to escape.
Finn, Keiro, Attia and Gildas try to escape the prison like many have. But they have something others didn't. For one, they have Finn the starseer, the one with the visions of the outside believed to be given to him by Sapphique. And, they have the key.
Outside of the Incarceron, is Claudia. Claudia is also trying to escape. She is about to get married to someone she loathes. Claudia wants to find the Incarceron and in a way escape into because she believes it is a paradise. But, she soon finds out that the Incarceron is far from a paradise when she finds the key. The key helps her communicate with the other key in the Incarceron, the key Finn has. With this key, Claudia find out many secrets she had never known and it drastically changes her life.
This was a great fast pace book. I like how imaginative it was with the living prison the Incarceron. The place Claudia lives seems to be the past but is actually the future generated by a computer to look like the past. Claudia lives in a realm that was forced to live the life of the Victorian age.
Really great book, and can't wait to read the next in the series.
Incarceron August 31, 2010
S. L. Lovell
This was an unusual read for me. I'm not sure, but I think it would be considered steam punk...
Incarceron is a prison for the undesirables and portrayed as a paradise for the outside world, to soothe their conscience. The prison is a place to contain the evil in men. But men bring the evil from inside themselves, don't they? Incarceron is a dark, scary, mean place. It sorta reminds me of Mad Max stuff like people fighting for survival.
Not only do the prisoners fight against each other, they have to out smart the prison, for the prison has a mind of it's own.
The Warden is on the Outside where a long ago king decided to stop time because if there is no time there is no bad. He has also ordered time to revert back to corsets, horses, and no electricity era. Except a few break those rules, one being The Warden. He has have electricity to watch and run the prison.
The Warden also has a daughter who is to marry a simpering, over-indulged prince who she can't stand. She was once engaged to his step-brother but the step-brother died...or did he??
Interesting twists that I DID NOT see coming and made the story a little over the top but fascinating.
I'm debating whether I want to read the next one or not. Do I want to invest that much time again to a story that is so different and unusual it almost takes me out of the story?
OK. I asked my library to order the next one...
Ratings: PG 13
V: Prison fighting.
L: A few words
S: None
Waiting with Impatience for "Sapphique"! August 26, 2010
M. Lee (Long Beach, CA USA)
As a mother who screens everything her 11-year-old daughter reads, I started "Incarceron" for myself: the many positive reviews on the book suggested it may be a good book to keep for when said daughter was a little older. Boy, I guess, I was wrong! Other than an annoying typo that jumped out at me on Page 86 (I think) - where "recipe" was printed as "receipt", I thought the story was original, well-plotted, well-written, and a good blending of sci-fi and fantasy elements. There was number of unexpected twists throughout the book, but in the end, everything came together like opposite poles of a magnet :-) Very cool, very exciting, and not as dark as the cover would lead would-be readers to believe - more from said daughter:
"The book, 'Incarceron' by Catherine Fisher, is just great!
"17-year-old Finn has lived in Incarceron forever, stealing and murdering with Incarceron watching his every step. Claudia claims to live Outside Incarceron and is the Warden's daughter. Soon, an unlikely friendship forms between Finn and Claudia as Finn, together with his oath brother Keiro, a former dogslave called Attia and old Gildas, travels through the wildest and deepest parts of Incarceron while trying to escape. Meanwhile, Claudia and her tutor, with Finn's help, must do what they can to stop her from marrying Castor, a selfish, arrogant prince.
"My favorite character has to be Attia because I liked how she was straightforward and exposed the Warden's secret to Claudia without making it to long and without gushing. I also liked how she disguised herself so that she would become a dogslave and survive on the rich scraps she was forced to eat. Plus, my mom and I don't like Claudia very much because she is spoiled and selfish. However, I wouldn't have chosen to be Finn's servant, as Attia did - just his protector.
"My least favorite character was Claudia because she was spoiled, selfish, mean and self-centered. Plus, she lied to Finn and everyone else.
"I thought the plot and characters were wonderful but I didn't like the ending very much. Luckily, there's a sequel!
"I would recommend the book to anyone who enjoys suspense-filled teen fantasy novels because this is the perfect book with four stars: one star for Attia, one star for everyone else, one star for the cover and one star for the plot."
Christian symbolism abounds August 23, 2010
Debra L. Chapoton (Michigan)
Incarceron is a captivating fantasy of two worlds, one a throwback to the times of princes, palaces and courtly protocol, the other a dark, mechanically alive prison of thugs, half-human creatures and the cruel prison itself. Remember the Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court? Well, imagine a futuristic era that decides to keep the whole world under the etiquette and code of behavior of that early time. Modern devices aren't allowed and yet they creep into scenes in a most believable way as perfectly acceptable anachronisms. The prison warden's daughter was betrothed to a prince who died under mysterious circumstances and now she must marry his half-brother. As the wedding day nears the daughter thinks she has discovered a dark secret and the key to the hidden prison. At the same time there is an inmate searching for the truth to his own identity, unearthing prison secrets and finding a duplicate key. This is young adult literature, but I was enchanted and it held my interest. I recommend it and if I was a kid doing a paper on it I could easily find lots of Christian symbolism.
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