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Zenith (Paperback)

by Julie Bertagna (Author)
4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Young Picador (2 Feb 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0230015344
  • ISBN-13: 978-0230015340
  • Product Dimensions: 21 x 13.6 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 170,460 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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The Bookseller, November 17th 2006
'I was transfixed by the poetic vision of Julie Bertagna's Zenith.
A breathtaking sequel.'

Mark Fisher, Scotland On Sunday, February 18th 2007
'so vivid is Bertagna's writing, so urgent her narrative... Exodus
and Zenith are like two chapters in some magnificent epic.'

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5.0 out of 5 stars Reaching for the Heights, 15 April 2007
By S. Mayer "deliriumslibrarian" (London) - See all my reviews
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I was moved to tears by Exodus and couldn't wait for Zenith to be published. One of the things that I loved about Exodus was the narrative perspective of the main character, Mara, so I found it a bit difficult at first to adjust to the multiple narrative focuses, including Fox, Mara's lover now separated from her. But the effect was to make their separation, and their separate narratives of discovery, all the more moving.

Exodus explored three very inventive spaces: an island at the end of the world, a refugee camp and strange survivors' underground area beneath a Sky city, and the futuristic Sky city itself. Zenith has a broader canvas, one filled with incredible wonders that are reminiscent of the discoveries made by Ged in the Earthsea books: a ramshackle floating pirate city who worship Colonel Sanders, a cargo cult in the Far North with caves closed by car doors, an ice cave that opens onto the top of the world. It's so richly imagined that it's hard to believe it's not real.

Part of the reason for that is Bertagna's gorgeous prose, which is unafraid to be lyrical and equally unafraid to get its hands dirty, particularly in an astonishing sequence near the end that seemed so brave and wonderful for a young adult's book (I won't give a spoiler). The ending, in which three new perspectives emerge, seems full of hard-earned promise: a triumph for a book which began with loss, disaster and despair.
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Zenith , 28 Jan 2008
By sazzy14 (england, herefordshire) - See all my reviews
I absolutely adored Exodus in it's entirety, it's my favourite book of all time. Trouble is, Exodus didn't need a sequel and it hasn't worked. Exodus drew me in as soon as my eyes hit the page, the only hope that kept me reading zenith was the hope that it would build into something like exodus, but it didn't.

There just wasn't the same spark as there was with exodus, it was almost like the author just felt bored and did this one as if there was nothing better to do. It was still an ok book, but with it really needing to be something special after exodus it didn't fit the bill. When they hit greenland, the people that brand them as slaves and the gypsy people just seem to dissappear. There is no mention of them after the said incident, and it's like they have nothing to play in the story. Also the end baffled me totally, i'm assuming she'd skipped forward a few years but the riddle the writer put was baffling. What's going on with the girl that David's picked up, where are they now? And is clay the lady's baby or some one else?

I have a feeling that there are too many unanswered questions - not a proper resolution, and i've a feeling a third book of this is going to come out. Exodus was a fabulous book, and Zenith after it was a dragging let down. I'm not saying it was a bad book, but it's nothing when it's connected to exodus. Exodus didn't need a sequel, and it's a dissappointment that there is.
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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT READ, 20 April 2007
This book is a must. It has imaginative flowing prose that streams into an amazing journey between two people who are split between a drowned world and a new beginning.

"Inspiring"
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