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    Circle Nine
    Audiobook6 hours

    Circle Nine

    Written by Anne Heltzel

    Narrated by Julia Whelan

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    Abby doesn't remember what happened the night she woke up in soot-stained clothes, lying next to a burning building with an unfamiliar boy at her side. But her connection with Sam is immediate and intense. And she has no one else: no family, no home, not even a last name.

    She and Sam start a new life, just the two of them, and Abby's deliriously happy. Until memories from her past begin to haunt her-and suddenly everything she's learned to love turns sinister. It's only a matter of time before her reality cracks apart.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateSep 13, 2011
    ISBN9781455822164
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    Circle Nine
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    Anne Heltzel

    Anne Heltzel was born in Ohio and earned her MFA from the New School. She's written two other novels: Circle Nine and The Ruining (published under Anna Collomore). Anne is a book editor who lives in Brooklyn. Visit her website at www.anneheltzel.com.

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    • 5/5
      Reason for Reading: The plot intrigued me.Generally, I think this is going to be one of those books that you either love or hate. I loved it! Upon closing the book, I spoke quietly to the empty room, "Wow...that was something." and gave the book a gentle reassuring pat. This is the story of an episode in Abby's life and then is divided into the following 14 weeks and then the next 30 days. Therefore normal plot and character development is not followed which may annoy some readers. However because of the intense focus on this period in time the book's unusual development provokes deep thought in the reader and great suspense in plot.Sixteen year old Abby wakes up. She is in pain, can smell smoke and a handsome young man is telling her to hurry up "they" will be here soon. So together they run fast and far to his glorious cave home. Here Abby realises she has no memory. She knows her name is Abby. Sam is calling her that, it sounds right and she is wearing a necklace with the name on it. She knows random bits of information, but she has no idea who she really is, where she came from, how she knows Sam, just that they love each other, or why she has nowhere else to be. Sam continuously reads to her from Dante's Inferno and calls the world outside their cave "Circle 9". It is a place that she should avoid and never go; it is a bad place and he will protect her. Abby is happy, safe and sound ... until memories start to come back. Short and small at first and with very painful headaches. Then she begins to realise that her world with Sam is distorted, not what it seems. Something is wrong, perhaps even sinister, and her reality begins to crack at the seams.A brilliantly written novel. Incredibly suspenseful. The reader is as much in the dark as Abby and it is only through careful attention to the details that one notices that what Abby is relating is not necessarily what is real. That what Abby talks about happening to her is not so innocent as she takes it to be. The book starts with the incident, though we only see it from Abby's broken mind. Then the book is divided into two parts, written from Abbie's perspective. First, the fourteen weeks before she gets her memory back and then the thirty days after she regains her memory. A fascinating story, highly suspenseful as the truth is slowly revealed and one which creates a lot of pathos for the only two main characters in the book. I highly enjoyed this read!
    • 4/5
      “Circle Nine” tells the story of Abby, a teenager who has no recollection of her life before Sam – a mysterious boy she met before the fire. It’s obvious from the beginning that the relationship between Sam and Abby is wrong. You know that he’s hiding information from her, you know that he’s hiding her from the world but you’re never really quite sure why. Abby sees the cave, their home, as a palace. She doesn’t see the mattress full of holes at first; she sees a king’s bed. She doesn’t see the roaches and the filth, she only sees the beauty. She doesn’t really see who Sam is, not until Amanda shows up and forces her to start questioning things.Amanda’s presence upsets Abby’s world. She feels as though she’s trying to steal Sam away from her. They go out late at night together, always leaving Abby behind. Then one night, Amanda and Sam get into a fight and something happens to Amanda. She knows about Abby, she wants to take her away from there – from Sam – but he isn’t going to let that happen.As Abby begins to remember her life before Sam, as she begins to remember the fire, her parents, her sister, “Circle Nine” becomes impossible to put down. This isn’t an easy book to read. Both Abby and Sam, although it’s easy to hate him, are frail characters. They are broken, and for a while, they manage to complete each other…until the truth comes out.At times its hard to follow along with the story, especially in those moments when Abby’s perception of reality changes so quickly: one minute she’s seeing the filth of the cave, of Sam, and the next minute she’s seeing the ‘beauty’ of their world. One sentence would state the ugly and the next would state the beauty she saw. Given that Abby’s still grasping reality, I understand the purpose, but it changed too suddenly and sometimes it got to be confusing.Overall, I liked “Circle Nine”. It wasn’t what I was expecting, but I had trouble tearing myself away from the story. Note: Sam and Abby’s relationship is an abusive one and there is drug use within the story, so it’s important to note that this story won’t be for everyone. If you decide to read “Circle Nine”, which you should, I’d suggest setting aside a few hours of free time to read it within a single sitting. I made the mistake of starting it late at night and staying up well into the morning hours because I needed to know what happened next. It’s a difficult story to take in, and the ending leaves you with something to be desired, but it’s a well written novel worthy of a read.