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CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (2012), 180 pages
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Sienna Nealon was a 17-year-old girl who had been held prisoner in her own house by her mother for twelve years. Then one day her mother vanished, and Sienna woke up to find two strange men in her home.
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LibraryThing member aryadeschain
This book tells the story of a girl named Sienna, who has been raised by her paranoid-martial-artist mother. Sienna was forbidden to leave the house no matter the circumstances, so the only knowledge she has about "the outside world" comes from the TV programs she manages to watch between her
The premise of the book looked really interesting at first, but I can't bring myself to hide my disappointment towards the way it developed its characters. For a girl who has been raised without absolutely any contact with other people, she acted really, really badly. I can accept the fact that she wouldn't trust anyone, specially considering that her mother just kept telling her that people are bad and must not be trusted and that the world is awful and cruel. What I can't bear is that she was being a jerk towards random people. She was really stupid with Ariadne and Kurt, but not with Zack and Reed, and I honestly don't see how he was acting any different from the previously mentioned people. The author really wanted to emphasize Sienna as someone sarcastic and snarky, but honestly, she was just annoying and dumb. Through the whole story I found it hard to accept her stupidity and contradictory behavior. It was also hard to accept the fact that she could so easily read the other characters just by looking at the small variations of their facial traits, SPECIALLY considering that she never had to deal with any people other than her mother. She also points out that she never trusted the Directorate, yet she trusted easily enough in a random guy who gave her a ride to somewhere she didn't know. And given the fact that her mother kept diminishing her during their training session, I honestly wonder how the hell she got to be self-confident to the point of being cocky.
Honestly, the other characters weren't much better. Kurt and Ariadne were characters I found really professional and acceptable, but Zack is nothing more than the designed paramour who also does not have a coherent behavior. Reed was the most empty, pointless character in the book, who simply doesn't add anything to the story and doesn't really play an essential role. It feels like there was a serious lack of research in building the characters and their relationship with each other.
This is one series that I really didn't feel like following up with. At all.
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strict training and studies. One day, her mother simply disappears and as some men break into her house, she is forced to leave her house. Not very long after, she finds out that some mysterious creature is searching for her as well.The premise of the book looked really interesting at first, but I can't bring myself to hide my disappointment towards the way it developed its characters. For a girl who has been raised without absolutely any contact with other people, she acted really, really badly. I can accept the fact that she wouldn't trust anyone, specially considering that her mother just kept telling her that people are bad and must not be trusted and that the world is awful and cruel. What I can't bear is that she was being a jerk towards random people. She was really stupid with Ariadne and Kurt, but not with Zack and Reed, and I honestly don't see how he was acting any different from the previously mentioned people. The author really wanted to emphasize Sienna as someone sarcastic and snarky, but honestly, she was just annoying and dumb. Through the whole story I found it hard to accept her stupidity and contradictory behavior. It was also hard to accept the fact that she could so easily read the other characters just by looking at the small variations of their facial traits, SPECIALLY considering that she never had to deal with any people other than her mother. She also points out that she never trusted the Directorate, yet she trusted easily enough in a random guy who gave her a ride to somewhere she didn't know. And given the fact that her mother kept diminishing her during their training session, I honestly wonder how the hell she got to be self-confident to the point of being cocky.
Honestly, the other characters weren't much better. Kurt and Ariadne were characters I found really professional and acceptable, but Zack is nothing more than the designed paramour who also does not have a coherent behavior. Reed was the most empty, pointless character in the book, who simply doesn't add anything to the story and doesn't really play an essential role. It feels like there was a serious lack of research in building the characters and their relationship with each other.
This is one series that I really didn't feel like following up with. At all.
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LibraryThing member kateh.g1
Sienna is a 17 year old girl, not allowed to leave the house, look outside, or even speak of the world outside of her house. I f any of the rules her mother has created are broken she is to be locked in a box for who knows how long. Her mother leaves the house during the day and comes back at night
This was pretty well written, but could have been better. It did grab my attention, but was a little slow at some points. I would recommend this book to some. It was a quick, easy to understand, and was overall well written. There were some parts that I could see very well and others I could not have imagined. I found the book a little unusual at some points, but I in the end liked it. Mr. Crane also had a good hook at the end that made you want to read the next one.
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. One day Mom doesn't come home and Sienna is still locked in a box. Find finds a way out and for a week her mother doesn't come back home. She wakes up in the middle of the night and two strange men are looking around in her house. She leaves one injured and makes time to get away for just enough time. A car is waiting for her, she decides to get in. Gets away to a grocery store. The men find her there, but while their back are turn she runs out into the biting winter breeze. A man grabs her by her neck and allows her little breath. She makes a move and gets a loosened grip and tries to escape ,but there isn't enough time. Wolfe's grasp is almost unbearable. Suddenly, his grip loosens and he falls............Sienna wakes up in a metal room. She finds out she is a meta-human and comes in a few more interactions with Wolfe. All of her recoveries are short and do not leave her in bad condition. In the end Wolfe is killed and she finds out she is a succubi which is a highly dangerous meta-human. Everyone ends up being scared of her because of all the power she has.This was pretty well written, but could have been better. It did grab my attention, but was a little slow at some points. I would recommend this book to some. It was a quick, easy to understand, and was overall well written. There were some parts that I could see very well and others I could not have imagined. I found the book a little unusual at some points, but I in the end liked it. Mr. Crane also had a good hook at the end that made you want to read the next one.
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LibraryThing member denisa.howe
Alone was a thrilling, fast moving… “I didn’t expect that” type of reading. I really enjoyed the main character. I applaud the author’s ability.. Being a man.. And developing a young 17 year old girl’s personality. This is definitely a book one with more to come. There are some open
I bought this via Amazon.
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questions, what happen to Reed and who is the voice she talks to, and what actually happened to mom. The character of wolf was amazingly scary and I admit.. He followed me in my dreams the first night. I will definitely look for the next book as.. It has my interest and I bonded with several of the characters, even old man Winters whom I dislike quite a bit. Mystic, powerful and mind invading plot.I bought this via Amazon.
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LibraryThing member eheinlen
The book moved too slowly for me to become engaged in it. It was written well though and the characters were interesting.
LibraryThing member smeslater
I liked this book and bought the next one. The book is about people called meta's that have special powers. "The Girl in the Box" Book 1 is all about a young teen being kept away from the world, locked in her home and at times when she disobeys her harsh mother, locked in a box. Her mother says it
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is for her own protection. After being locked in the metal box for a day and no sign of her mother, Sienna was able to break out only to find people walking around in her house with guns. She is able to escape and her adventures are just beginning. Sienna has special powers being able to run fast, touch another body skin to skin and absorb that person and to heal very quickly. She has also been trained in martial arts by her mother and uses it to fight off powerful metas throughout the story. I felt the story moved very quickly. Show Less
LibraryThing member urph818
Sienna is a young Meta Human with extraordinary skills and unknown dimensions of abilities yet to be discovered. She's been kept hidden away in a house, by her mother, for her entire short life. One day her mother doesn't return home, and two men are in her house and trying to capture her. She
The story is fast paced and gritty with a balanced proportion of Sci-Fi and supernatural, without the usual suspects one tends to finds in books of this genre.
I found Robert Cranes book engrossing, perhaps because the main character wasn't your typical little girl please feel sorry for me type. Instead she's a tough as nails young woman, with a smart-alec attitude, but she still managed to act with the carelessness of an inexperienced youth.
I thought the ending was great. I only hope that in the future books in the series, that Sienna might find out what happened to her mother (although I think she's probably better off without her), and accomplish all the "firsts" in her life that any young girl should be able to do (be kissed for the first time, go out on a date, go to a movie with Zack. etc.) Anyway, I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Untouched and find out where the author will take the story.
Jack Murphy
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demolishes them, then she's introduced to a world of unimaginable monsters and people who want to treat her like a guinea pig.The story is fast paced and gritty with a balanced proportion of Sci-Fi and supernatural, without the usual suspects one tends to finds in books of this genre.
I found Robert Cranes book engrossing, perhaps because the main character wasn't your typical little girl please feel sorry for me type. Instead she's a tough as nails young woman, with a smart-alec attitude, but she still managed to act with the carelessness of an inexperienced youth.
I thought the ending was great. I only hope that in the future books in the series, that Sienna might find out what happened to her mother (although I think she's probably better off without her), and accomplish all the "firsts" in her life that any young girl should be able to do (be kissed for the first time, go out on a date, go to a movie with Zack. etc.) Anyway, I look forward to reading the next book in the series, Untouched and find out where the author will take the story.
Jack Murphy
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LibraryThing member RinkuGeeyo
nice, quick read
LibraryThing member payday1999
This is the first book in the series and it starts out fantastic. It's about a girl named Sienna who has been kept in her mom's house like a prisoner and she has never been allowed to leave. The book starts with Sienna's mom being away from the house for a long while and Sienna finding two men in
I really loved this book and last I saw it is still for free on Amazon, which is where I got it from. I was pleasantly surprised to like it.
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her home trying to take her away. This is the start of Sienna trying to figure out who these people are, what happened to her mother, and trying to deal with an fierce creature named Wolfe. And she has to figure why all these people are trying to come after her.I really loved this book and last I saw it is still for free on Amazon, which is where I got it from. I was pleasantly surprised to like it.
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LibraryThing member jamestomasino
Not as bad as a lot of the reviews made it out to be. Sure, this is a total X-Men ripoff in theory, but since the mysterious M-Squad is never around, it's more a mutant origin story. I think the biggest weakness of the book is the character herself. How amazingly angsty and cutting she is for
The book is just a setup, though, and for that it did a fine job. We have a sense of who the main character is now, and how she came to be such a complex creature. It's almost enough to make me want to read the next one. Almost.
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someone who was basically a beaten down prisoner. It wasn't believable.The book is just a setup, though, and for that it did a fine job. We have a sense of who the main character is now, and how she came to be such a complex creature. It's almost enough to make me want to read the next one. Almost.
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LibraryThing member REGoodrich
If you're looking for a book that is hard to put down, grips you from the start, continually holds you on the brink of suspense, and is both easy and fast to read--you found it here. Alone: The Girl in the Box, book 1 in a series, kept my interest clear to the end. The main character, Sienna
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Nealon, is a strong, sassy force to be reckoned with. Despite the rude and defensive exterior that in the real world would make her easy to despise, the author highlights enough of her inner struggles and weaknesses, her simple hopes and empathetic heart, to make her lovable. If you have an aversion to exsessive violence, this book might not be your cup of tea. Show Less
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English
Physical description
180 p.; 8 inches
ISBN
1475184980 / 9781475184983