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Impulse (Jumper, #3)
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Aside from the awesomeness that is teleportation this book had no redeeming qualities. I hated it so much I'm not even going to clean up this review. Mostly gripes and maybe some spoilers:
Update: A fellow Goodreads member disliked my "review", griping that I reviewed the author rather than the book. It isn't hard to ignore an author/actor's politics, I rather enjoy Matt Damon's movies, the problem is when an author tries to choke you to death with his politics. I'm fairly certain that before he wrote this book Gould sat down and wrote a list of every single thing in American culture he disagreed with and checked items off the list as he wrote. You can't very well do something like that and not expect to be reviewed on your politics rather than your writing. I'm a political guy and Gould obviously is as well. If I ever learn proper grammar and write a book, a book that will obviously be flavored by who I am and what I stand for, Mr. Gould is welcome to come give me a negative review as well.
Regularly scheduled programming:
Pretty lame so far. I'm not really into this book, just listening to be listening at this point.
Not sure what the author thought a teenage drama would add to an action filled series.
I'm annoyed at the vice principal's statement "we often have our work cut out for us with homeschooled children". Sure, as long as you overlook the fact that homeschooled kids usually test higher than public school kids. More "government is the answer" liberalism.
"The fewer guns the better I guess" Thank you, liberal douchebag.
"Dad had bought an electric plug-in car, the sporty one" Riiiiight.
It's a good thing Cent got into public school so she could socialize...and learn to be more like the mediocre, procrastinating trolls that populate schools these days. I think I hate this book.
Chick needs to get some air conditioning for her ears, they're always heating up.
Talking about individuals giving $.50 rides to the top of a snow covered hill it is mentioned that one year the driver got greedy and started charging $2, but it backfired because the kids used their phones and got rides from somebody else. Whaaaat?! Did a liberal author just admit that the free market works without government intervention? Amazing.
The PTO Meeting: Thank God Milli wasn't tricked into donating money to that horrible, horrible, American love known as football and was able to donate toward intellectual interests instead.
I'm not sure Steven Gould actually went to an American school. But then again, none of his characters ever seem to have a breaking point so I'm not even sure Steven Gould is human.
Luckily Milli The Super Perfect Humanitarian was there to combat the effects of global warming.
No one says peeps anymore unless it's Easter, Steven. It's one thing to have your book dated by years it's another for it to be dated when it is published.
"The local imam shouted him down and quoted several verses from the quran on compassion" ...and then real life happened.
"All teenagers think they're invincible, it's probably a leftover from evolution" ...a leftover from something that didn't happen, that's impressive.
Ah, great, we've added lesbian teens. We've already got evil corporations and global warming, just got to add some gender choice rights and we'll have all the liberal dreams shoved into one book.
"Joe and I were discussing the theoretical top speed a snowboarder could hit using a 30 degree slope" You know, like teenagers do.
How eager would these people be to keep coming after this family if everyone that came after them was never heard from again?
"I wish all I had to concern myself with were your transportation and the safety issues that come with being a young woman in America" ...because all the other countries are so much safer.
I think the ending sucked. Asking Joe to put his and his family's safety in jeopardy for a teen crush was beyond stupid.
I hope this is the last book in this series. The teleportation is interesting, but the author's determination to be overly passive takes away from the believability of the characters. If you want to see a more interesting take on teleportation read Hard Magic.
Update: A fellow Goodreads member disliked my "review", griping that I reviewed the author rather than the book. It isn't hard to ignore an author/actor's politics, I rather enjoy Matt Damon's movies, the problem is when an author tries to choke you to death with his politics. I'm fairly certain that before he wrote this book Gould sat down and wrote a list of every single thing in American culture he disagreed with and checked items off the list as he wrote. You can't very well do something like that and not expect to be reviewed on your politics rather than your writing. I'm a political guy and Gould obviously is as well. If I ever learn proper grammar and write a book, a book that will obviously be flavored by who I am and what I stand for, Mr. Gould is welcome to come give me a negative review as well.
Regularly scheduled programming:
Pretty lame so far. I'm not really into this book, just listening to be listening at this point.
Not sure what the author thought a teenage drama would add to an action filled series.
I'm annoyed at the vice principal's statement "we often have our work cut out for us with homeschooled children". Sure, as long as you overlook the fact that homeschooled kids usually test higher than public school kids. More "government is the answer" liberalism.
"The fewer guns the better I guess" Thank you, liberal douchebag.
"Dad had bought an electric plug-in car, the sporty one" Riiiiight.
It's a good thing Cent got into public school so she could socialize...and learn to be more like the mediocre, procrastinating trolls that populate schools these days. I think I hate this book.
Chick needs to get some air conditioning for her ears, they're always heating up.
Talking about individuals giving $.50 rides to the top of a snow covered hill it is mentioned that one year the driver got greedy and started charging $2, but it backfired because the kids used their phones and got rides from somebody else. Whaaaat?! Did a liberal author just admit that the free market works without government intervention? Amazing.
The PTO Meeting: Thank God Milli wasn't tricked into donating money to that horrible, horrible, American love known as football and was able to donate toward intellectual interests instead.
I'm not sure Steven Gould actually went to an American school. But then again, none of his characters ever seem to have a breaking point so I'm not even sure Steven Gould is human.
Luckily Milli The Super Perfect Humanitarian was there to combat the effects of global warming.
No one says peeps anymore unless it's Easter, Steven. It's one thing to have your book dated by years it's another for it to be dated when it is published.
"The local imam shouted him down and quoted several verses from the quran on compassion" ...and then real life happened.
"All teenagers think they're invincible, it's probably a leftover from evolution" ...a leftover from something that didn't happen, that's impressive.
Ah, great, we've added lesbian teens. We've already got evil corporations and global warming, just got to add some gender choice rights and we'll have all the liberal dreams shoved into one book.
"Joe and I were discussing the theoretical top speed a snowboarder could hit using a 30 degree slope" You know, like teenagers do.
How eager would these people be to keep coming after this family if everyone that came after them was never heard from again?
"I wish all I had to concern myself with were your transportation and the safety issues that come with being a young woman in America" ...because all the other countries are so much safer.
I think the ending sucked. Asking Joe to put his and his family's safety in jeopardy for a teen crush was beyond stupid.
I hope this is the last book in this series. The teleportation is interesting, but the author's determination to be overly passive takes away from the believability of the characters. If you want to see a more interesting take on teleportation read Hard Magic.
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November 16, 2012
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January 17, 2013
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February 5, 2013
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