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    Furthermore

    Written by Tahereh Mafi

    Narrated by Bronson Pinchot

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    About this audiobook

    The bestselling author of the Shatter Me series takes readers beyond the limits of their imagination in this captivating new middle grade adventure where color is currency, adventure is inevitable, and friendship is found in the most unexpected places. 
     
    There are only three things that matter to twelve-year-old Alice Alexis Queensmeadow: Mother, who wouldn't miss her; magic and color, which seem to elude her; and Father, who always loved her. The day Father disappears from Ferenwood he takes nothing but a ruler with him. But it's been almost three years since then, and Alice is determined to find him. She loves her father even more than she loves adventure, and she's about to embark on one to find the other.
    But bringing Father home is no small matter. In order to find him she'll have to travel through the mythical, dangerous land of Furthermore, where down can be up, paper is alive, and left can be both right and very, very wrong. Her only companion is a boy named Oliver whose own magical ability is based in lies and deceit—and with a liar by her side in land where nothing is as it seems, it will take all of Alice's wits (and every limb she's got) to find Father and return home to Ferenwood in one piece. On her quest to find Father Alice must first find herself—and hold fast to the magic of love in the face of loss.

    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Audiobooks
    Release dateAug 30, 2016
    ISBN9780451486059
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    Furthermore
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    Tahereh Mafi

    Tahereh Mafi is the #1 international bestselling and National Book Award nominated author of over a dozen books, including the Shatter Me series, the Woven Kingdom series, A Very Large Expanse of Sea, and An Emotion of Great Delight. Her books have been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Southern California with her husband, fellow author Ransom Riggs, and their daughter. You can find her online at taherehmafi.com.

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    Reviews for Furthermore

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    • 5/5
      Fun fun fun reading, into a land of whimsy, adventure and friendship.
    • 5/5
      More like a 4.5 Please Goodreads, give us the half star choice.

      First of all, not sure if this book is suppose to be a retelling since it was very reminiscent of a few classic childhood tales, (although very original on its own spine) it did remind me of a few. So this is where my head was as I read it.

      I was that kid who was scared watching or reading those classic childhood stories, not all, just want make that clear, a few, I'm not that much of a scaredy-cat. The one that scared me most was Alice In Wonderland, (oh and The Wizard Of Oz too). Great, why am I sharing this, yeah I know these are things I should keep to myself.

      Now that I'm all grown up I can read all those stories and all the re-imaginings out there to my hearts content, but I might still be a little scarred from my childhood experiences with these stories. I still haven't read Alice In Wonderland to the end to this day. And I seem to be trying really hard to find retellings of these stories that will make me want to say, "Yes, I want to know how it ends". Well, I haven't had much luck with that, not until now, maybe. The thing is, I truly enjoyed Furthermore, I was worried for a tiny minute that I might not, but thankfully I did. Scarred I tell you, scarred and not much luck with retellings too.

      Okay, so back to what I was saying, I love Furthermore so much and I still don't feel the urge to read the originals, at least not at the moment, or maybe I should just move on but I still think about it often as a reader.

      So maybe I should say something about Furthermore. The story was as colorful as it's book cover. I felt like I was watching a movie, which made me try and picture it as one. I could see it so vividly, as an animated flick, or a live action one. I loved the writing style, it was as descriptive and creative as Tahereh Mafi's writing can be, but I liked that it was still so different from her other books. Love the characters and how strange the people in both worlds are.

      I like Alice, even though she had some flaws that can come across as annoying (like dealing with difficult stuff) I liked her feistiness, and her adventurous spirit. Oliver too had his faults and even though I was frustrated with him about his information and secret hoarding, he did grow on me. But my favorite person that was a part of this book was (the) Narrator even though he/she is really horrible at chapter titles, (if there were any), I really liked his/her humor. The sort of "chapter" titles got funnier and funnier and would either elicit a, "You got that right", or a "I completely agree", etc. statement from me.

      As they say (whoever "they" is), not wanting to give too much away I will sum up by saying that this story, concept, characters and world took me on a magical, non-scary adventure that I won't ever forget. But the bad was that I didn't very much like, which I saw coming a hundred or so pages away was the abrupt ending, much like this review.
    • 2/5
      So I was hoping this would be a fun middle grade adventure with a good friendship and a really cool magical world - this was not what I got. I found the main character, Alice, quite annoying, and not really likeable at all. Oliver was also equally unlikeable.

      The plot meandered, not really getting to the point, and the end of the book was just rushed.

      I really did not enjoy the writing. I almost DNF'd this at page 20, but I thought I would give it a go...and then I just kept reading because I felt I needed to finish it for the Booktube SFF awards.

      I really didn't enjoy this tale and I just found it meh.
    • 3/5
      The narrator has a very odd voice - very unique. Similar in style to Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett - conversational with the audience. This took me a chapter or two to get used to, but I found it exceptionally enjoyable once I did get used to it. From the first chapter, I found myself very invested in the innumerable questions this story brought up - who, and how and why? So many mini-mysteries with answers getting parcelled out sparingly. However, those questions keep piling up on top of each other under I was crushed under their weight and I simply stopped caring. Once the adventure kicks into gear, the quality of the story plummets. It becomes a journey of the two most stubborn people in their world. Alice won't listen to anything Oliver tells her despite him proving again and again he knows what he's talking about. Oliver won't answer any of Alice's questions despite Alice proving time and time again she will &^%* everything up with her naivete. I was disappointed with such a promising book.
    • 5/5
      Fun fun fun reading, into a land of whimsy, adventure and friendship.
    • 4/5
      Great book. Perfect for middle school and up. The story takes place in a magical land called Ferenwood. Fifteen year old Alice feels like she does not fit in. Everyone around her is beautifully colorful with a useful talent. Alice has no color, she is a shade of white and although it takes a while for the reader to discover her talent, Alice is ashamed of it.Alice goes on a quest with a young boy named Oliver to find her father who has been missing for three years. This story reminds me of a modern version of Alice in Wonderland in that strange unexplained things are found on Alice's adventure. Ultimately the story is about finding friendship.When I first started reading, I was thinking the plot/characters are too "strange", but I kept reading and feel into the spell of a wonderfully creative, well written book!
    • 4/5
      Furthermore is a fantasy MG book about a girl named Alice who lives in a land where color is everything. Magic is bought, and if you're poor you're out of luck. Alice's father has been gone 3 years, and she is determined to find him. This book was a bit strange, which is not a bad thing, but the world wasn't fleshed out well enough. Everything was explained in a rush, and we don't really know what the heck is going on. It might be the author wanted us to sympathize with Alice, since she was in a strange world. A good book, it is very charming and funny.
    • 5/5
      More like a 4.5 Please Goodreads, give us the half star choice.

      First of all, not sure if this book is suppose to be a retelling since it was very reminiscent of a few classic childhood tales, (although very original on its own spine) it did remind me of a few. So this is where my head was as I read it.

      I was that kid who was scared watching or reading those classic childhood stories, not all, just want make that clear, a few, I'm not that much of a scaredy-cat. The one that scared me most was Alice In Wonderland, (oh and The Wizard Of Oz too). Great, why am I sharing this, yeah I know these are things I should keep to myself.

      Now that I'm all grown up I can read all those stories and all the re-imaginings out there to my hearts content, but I might still be a little scarred from my childhood experiences with these stories. I still haven't read Alice In Wonderland to the end to this day. And I seem to be trying really hard to find retellings of these stories that will make me want to say, "Yes, I want to know how it ends". Well, I haven't had much luck with that, not until now, maybe. The thing is, I truly enjoyed Furthermore, I was worried for a tiny minute that I might not, but thankfully I did. Scarred I tell you, scarred and not much luck with retellings too.

      Okay, so back to what I was saying, I love Furthermore so much and I still don't feel the urge to read the originals, at least not at the moment, or maybe I should just move on but I still think about it often as a reader.

      So maybe I should say something about Furthermore. The story was as colorful as it's book cover. I felt like I was watching a movie, which made me try and picture it as one. I could see it so vividly, as an animated flick, or a live action one. I loved the writing style, it was as descriptive and creative as Tahereh Mafi's writing can be, but I liked that it was still so different from her other books. Love the characters and how strange the people in both worlds are.

      I like Alice, even though she had some flaws that can come across as annoying (like dealing with difficult stuff) I liked her feistiness, and her adventurous spirit. Oliver too had his faults and even though I was frustrated with him about his information and secret hoarding, he did grow on me. But my favorite person that was a part of this book was (the) Narrator even though he/she is really horrible at chapter titles, (if there were any), I really liked his/her humor. The sort of "chapter" titles got funnier and funnier and would either elicit a, "You got that right", or a "I completely agree", etc. statement from me.

      As they say (whoever "they" is), not wanting to give too much away I will sum up by saying that this story, concept, characters and world took me on a magical, non-scary adventure that I won't ever forget. But the bad was that I didn't very much like, which I saw coming a hundred or so pages away was the abrupt ending, much like this review.
    • 5/5
      Maybe 4.5 stars. There were a few flaws but that didn't override how much I loved the story and the writing. In the middle of the book, the two main characters started to annoy me a bit but that was later fixed. And the only other small complaint I would have is that there was a lot of build up and then finally right near the end a quick (but satisfying) resolution.
    • 4/5
      4.5/5 stars. Will write more later but I just wanted to say I just loved the relationship between Alice and Oliver. These two were definitely my favorite characters.
    • 4/5
      This was a Santathing Book from a few years ago. A children's book, written in a fairytale sensibility, with a great heroine. The author has a way with words, that is both matter of fact, and beautiful. However, I found the book a bit simplistic at times. The end just happened and once Alice got back home, life went back to normal.I know that I would have loved this book as a kid, but as an adult, its not one I would read again.
    • 4/5
      Cute and silly and funny. Sometimes scary.
      I love the cover. It's nice to read something a little different.
    • 4/5
      Furthermore caught me up right from the second set of opening lines: "The sun was raining again. Soft and bright, rainlight fell through the sky, each drop tearing a neat hole in the season." (To be fair, I was intrigued by the little prelude, too.) It is a magical setting, a bit of a Wonderland but mostly just completely other-worldly, where metal coins grow on bushes, sunlight can rain down in drips and drops, and there are 632 planets mixed in with the stars in the night sky. Well, and also, a place where everyone has a little big of magic in them. The vocabulary and evocative phrases do justice to this setting by never settling for the prosaic and always picking words or metaphors that are at ninety-degree angles to the usual - not completely outrageous, but definitely unexpected.I was enjoying the oddly skewed writing and the "Dear Reader" cozy-narrator voice, then stopped short when one of the major themes of the book was introduced in the following lines: [Alice] wanted Mother to grow up—or maybe grow down—into the mother she and her brothers really needed. But mother could not unbecome herself, so Alice was resigned to loving and disliking her just as she was, for as long as she could bear it." -- that "could not unbecome herself" phrase spoke volumes while being a little silly or whimsical on the surface. But that is, ultimately, the theme here: Alice is 12 years old and must grow into herself, and in the process learn that her parents are their own people, too. Well, she also must learn that other people are people, too, all with their own secret thoughts and conflicting interests, just like herself.Another theme in the book is about friendship and family, and that it's possible to care deeply about other people while being frustrated with them or even disliking them. I don't know that this theme was quite so well executed, because the adventuring companion who is meant to illustrate it never endeared himself to me. Oliver has the golden tongue gift of persuasion, which he uses all the time out of childish selfishness, but also he was an enormous bully to Alice partly because of that magical talent, and I never felt that he redeemed himself (even when he explained why he was so cruel).The first half of the book was all about setting up these themes and indulging in descriptions of the magical Ferenwood. The chatty narrator made it a lot of fun to read. But then Alice and Oliver go to Furthermore and the story is less fun. The land of Furthermore is like a series of video game levels that must be passed through to get to the next, and then finally (presumably) to defeat the boss at the end and discover Alice's father. While each level, or town, was interesting and suspenseful, the video game impression made it tedious and frustrating. Oliver has been through Furthermore before and knows all the rules, but he never tells Alice anything. (To be fair, she doesn't want to talk to him.) My active interest in reading the book began to wane, and I only kept going out of hope that it would pick up again.Ultimately, the ending was a bit anticlimatic for a video game plot (though the last level was excellent, and the constant threat of death made things more interesting), but I was very satisfied with how most of the themes were addressed and wrapped up.For all that the middle of the book got wearisome, I enjoyed the writing style throughout and the themes seemed very appropriate for middle grade reading alone or for reading out loud with kids of any age. I would have certainly liked it when I was 10 or 11. I love Alice a lot and enjoyed spending time with her, and I had fun reading about the different towns in Furthermore and Ferenwood.
    • 3/5
      Furthermore is an adventure, fantasy novel.Alice lives in the city of Ferenwood, a beautiful place of color. Magic lives within the natural world, so they eat flowers and other natural resources to feed themselves with magic. When one turns twelve, one displays his/her magic to everyone in the Surrender ceremony and receives a task. It’s Alice’s turn--she’s now twelve. She’s excited about change because her life is not as she would like it. She has zero color. She feels as she is judged for being different. Her mother doesn’t help because she doesn’t treat Alice nicely. She expects her to find her ferenberries (which are near impossible to find) and bring them for supper. Her homelife is even sadder because her father disappeared three years ago, and no one knows where he is.The day before Alice’s Surrender, Oliver appears. Alice does not like Oliver. He wants her to help him with his task he received a year ago. Alice has been looking forward to getting her task, finding her father, and moving on with her life. She does NOT want to see Oliver. Oliver asks her to forego her own task and help him. Afterall, his task is to find her father. Alice refuses and shares her talent in the Surrender. She chooses to go with Oliver to find her father. They must navigate the world/cities known as Furthermore.Furthermore is a magical place as well, but it is far more dangerous that Ferenwood. Oliver has navigated it for the last year and promises he can get Alice through it and to her father. Unfortunately or fortunately, they end up on a different path and go different places than Oliver has been before. Moment by moment they are in danger, especially of being eaten. It’s a race to find Alice’s father before they lose their lives.I liked the book for the most part; I just thought it could be shorter. The end was rather anti-climatic, but the world of Furthermore was very imaginative and interesting. It’s a solid middle school novel that I think many will like. It’s along the lines of Monstrous, Magic Mirror and Snicker of Magic, but I don’t think it’s as well-written.