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Lost and Found
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 9 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
"Are you really a thief?"
That's the question that has haunted 14-year-old Ezekiel Blast all his life. But he's not a thief, he just has a talent for finding things. Not a superpower - a micropower. Because what good is finding lost bicycles and hair scrunchies, especially when you return them to their owners and everyone thinks you must have stolen them in the first place? If only there were some way to use Ezekiel's micropower for good, to turn a curse into a blessing. His friend Beth thinks there must be, and so does a police detective investigating the disappearance of a little girl. When tragedy strikes, it's up to Ezekiel to use his talent to find what matters most.
Master storyteller Orson Scott Card delivers a touching and funny, compelling and smart novel about growing up, harnessing your potential, and finding your place in the world, no matter how old you are.
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-05-20
interesting storytelling
The story was compelling and some good characters. Some crass language and adult themes. Makes you think.
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- A. O. Shillingford
- 13-07-21
Thoroughly enjoyed!!
Orson Scott card and Stefan Rudnicki are the Rodgers and Hammerstein of great audiobook experiences. Orson Scott Card definitely has a talent for creating interesting stories involving children with unique gifts. This was a great listen that annoyed my wife, as having my AirPods on so often meant not hearing her properly or at all.
I always feel like I learn something about myself after listening to one of Scott Card’s stories. And Rudnicki’s narration is perfect. What a voice he has. Reminds me a little of the great Leonard Nimoy.
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- Kevin Boone
- 13-09-20
Flawed genius is still genius
For all its oddities, this is still an amazing book. It's central thematic element centres on kids with "micropowers". That's like superpowers, but basically useless -- like the ability to make another person yawn, or know without looking whether a person's navel is an inny or an outy. That people might have low-budget supernatural powers is something that Card has used to good effect in his earlier fiction, but it's played for laughs a lot more here.
And that's good, because the main plot of the novel concerns child abuse and abduction. An ability to mix ghastly material like this with humour takes genius. Card's genius is flawed in all sorts of ways, but it's still genius.
Even if we accept the existence of "micropowers", a lot of the story is not very believable. People, in general, aren't as quick-witted as Card's characters. Teenagers aren't generally as respectful to their elders (although perhaps they are in Utah -- I don't know). In fact, people aren't generally so wholesome. The bad guys are mere ciphers -- they play no real part in the story except to have justice done on them. The good guys are unfailingly brave and resourceful.
But, for all that, it's still a great book. It's great because of the way Card balances horror and humour, and for his appreciation of the human condition.
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- K. J. Kelly
- 24-11-19
Mixing genres, the core device intrigues
Mixing genres, the core device intrigues; though the whole story doesn't feel like a satisfying whole.
It was the author's name that made me want to sample his latest. Ender's Game was memorable, this sounded like a different enough genre to make me want to explore Card's range.
While I liked the central idea, it did feel like a few different books were contained within, and that more could have been made of the rather unusual plot device.
Ezekiel Blast is known in school as a thief. He conveniently 'finds' lost things and returns them to their owners. But he insists to Beth, a girl of short stature that wants to walk with him to school, that he has never stolen them - he simply has an ability to be able to find lost things and reunite them with their owners.
When an actual 'lost person' case is investigated, and the detective involved comes to Ezekiel, he has the opportunity to try and channel his ability to really do some good.
I enjoyed the opening of the book particularly, the possibilities associated with Ezekiel's 'micropower', the introduction of a support group of similarly-abled youngsters (it almost felt like a real-life Avengers!), and the sassy character of Beth, aged 13 but with the body of a 6 year old.
When missing people came into the story, I didn't actually find this as interesting, or the best way of investigating the idea of Ezekiel's ability. I didn't feel much in the way of tension or excitement, either before or after cases were concluded.
The narrator as well, with a deep and rich voice, didn't feel right at all for a teenage boy and those around him. It jarred with me throughout, despite being a very pleasant voice to listen to.
I was interested enough to know where the story was heading but disappointed, I'll have to say that it wasn't less pedestrian in its scope.
A lot of promise, for me it didn't deliver on that.
One for teenagers and above, with some quite mature concepts of abduction/child pornography and similar.
With thanks to Nudge Books for providing a sample Audible copy.
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