The Finisher Author: | Language: English | ISBN:
B00IJEDUJM | Format: PDF
The Finisher Description
Fourteen-year-old Vega Jane lives in the village of Wormwood, where life is nasty, brutish, and short. Villagers have been told that there is nothing outside of Wormwood except for the Quag, a foul forest filled with terrifying beasts. No one comes, no one goes, and Wormwood has stayed this way for generations. Until Vega's friend Quentin Herms disappears.
Quentin leaves Vega a secret message hinting that there's a way out of Wormwood and something extraordandinary on the other side. As Vega begins to investigate, she realizes that Wormwood is a village built on dangerous lies. And that powerful people are willing to kill in order to keep it that way. Soon Vega is careening down a path that will either lead straight to the truth...or straight into an early grave.
- Audible Audio Edition
- Listening Length: 14 hours and 57 minutes
- Program Type: Audiobook
- Version: Unabridged
- Publisher: Scholastic, Inc.
- Audible.com Release Date: March 4, 2014
- Language: English
- ASIN: B00IJEDUJM
The Finisher by David Baldacci is an odd middle-grade story placed in a village called Wormwood where the citizens call themselves Wugs and have been convinced that there is nothing in the world besides Wormwood and the dangerous Quag surrounding it. At first I thought The Finisher would be an exploration story about Vega discovering the secrets of the Quag and what the world really is. The Finisher instead barely touched on those aspects and instead took place nearly entirely within Wormwood while Vega reacted to various adults trying to manipulate and kill her. While The Finisher managed to greatly excite me about the second book, I don’t think I would have actually read the first book if I knew what I was getting into.
Note: I received The Finisher from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.
The Finisher by David Baldacci
Published by Scholastic Press on March 4, 2014
Genres: Fantasy, MG
Length: 512 pages
How I got my copy: Publisher
In The Finisher, a 14-year-old girl named Vega Jane lives in a village called Wormwood where the citizens have been told that the forest surrounding them is full of monsters. When Vega's mentor disappears, leaving behind a secret message, she begins to realize that Wormwood is a village built on dangerous lies.
Strengths:
The writing in The Finisher is fast and easy to read, with a definite middle-grade feel to it. While The Finisher measures in at a whopping 500 pages, it didn’t really feel like that and I actually read it in one day.
By the end of The Finisher, I quite adored the main characters Vega, Delph, and Vega’s faithful “canine” Harry Two.
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