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    Feedback

    Written by Robison Wells

    Narrated by Michael Goldstrom

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    Perfect for fans of James Dashner's The Maze Runner, Feedback is the heart-stopping sequel to Variant—which Pittacus Lore, author of I Am Number Four, praised as ""an intense journey with some of the most shocking twists and turns I've ever read.""

    Benson Fisher escaped from Maxfield Academy's deadly rules and brutal gangs. He thought that the worst was over.

    But now Benson is trapped in a different kind of prison—a town filled with familiar faces. Classmates from Maxfield who Benson had seen die. Friends he was afraid he had killed.

    They are all pawns in the school's twisted experiment, held captive and controlled by an unseen force. And while Benson struggles to figure out who, if anyone, can be trusted, he discovers that Maxfield Academy's plans are darker than anything he imagined—and they may be impossible to stop.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 2, 2012
    ISBN9780062201966
    Author

    Robison Wells

    Robison Wells is also the author of Blackout, Variant, and Feedback. Variant was a Publishers Weekly Best Book and a YALSA Quick Pick for Reluctant Readers. Robison lives in the Rocky Mountains in a house not too far from elk pastures. His wife, Erin, is a better person than he will ever be, and their three kids cause mischief and/or joy.

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    • 3/5
      Good Story. Disappointing ending.
    • 4/5
      Wait. What?! I liked the action and mystery, but the ending was a letdown.
    • 5/5
      awesome
    • 2/5
      I'm soooo disappointed in this book. How did it go from exciting to really annoying? Oh, I know...BENSON. This book picks up right after Benson finds the real human Jane in the barn looking for a way to help Becky who's got a near mangled bicep. Once Jane convinces him that she's human and that everyone there is also human (use your imagination on the how), he goes back for Becky and carries her back to the little town that they have stumbled upon on their escape from Maxfield. Now that he knows there are still some students that could help his escape Benson has a choice to make: look out for himself and Becky or help out these kids achieve the freedom that he so desperately wants.I don't know, I just didn't find Benson all that grand this time around. It was really annoying how he just knew things because of movies or TV shows. But it wasn't just random little things but convenient information pertinent to his escape. Also once he discovered his feelings for Becky it was all BEcky beCkY BECKY. I was very disappointed he didn't try to renew his friendships with the students that he had befriended back at the school. All he literally wanted to do was take care of Becky and run away with her. However, Becky was awesome. She called Benson out on his BS, stood up for herself, tried so hard to do things on her own but sadly in her weakened state she was relegated to damsel in distress for Benson to coddle. But besides Becky and Lily I didn't care for any character that ended up surviving. Sadly many of my questions were not answered, like where the tech for the androids came from? I feel like I missed something because all of a sudden They were close to taking down Maxfield and then they were being bribed with a means to a limited type of freedom then WHAM the book was done. I don't even feel satisfied with the explanation given for the school's practices. The worst part was definitely the very last thing that happened. I was so mad. And with that, I end this review because I don't even know what that ending was.
    • 4/5
      This review will be short and sweet. If I say too much there’s a possibility there could be spoilers.
      Character-wise, Benson annoyed the hell out of me. He makes decisions based on emotion rather than being smart about things. I also respect Becky a lot more in this sequel. I wasn’t a big fan of hers in Variant.
      There is a lot of WTFery that ensues. You think things are going one direction, and they aren’t. There isn’t a ton of action, but you slowly start piecing things together. The people in the camp help fill in some holes.
      The ending completely took me by surprise. Seriously, way out of left field for me. But that’s not bad, it made the story line way more interesting.
    • 3/5
      Okay, so I LOVED Variant (the first book). And I fully expected to love the sequel. In fact, when I finished Variant, I couldn't wait to see what happened next. So much that I immediately bought Feedback on my kindle and read the first two chapters. It didn't give me all the answers, but it did satisfy my immediate curiosity and peak my interest. However, I read Variant with my son and he wasn't quite ready to read the sequel yet. He had his eyes on a humor-centered book in a series he loves (Wimpy Kid). So, I told him I would wait for him and we could read Feedback together.

      Flash forward a month... we have since read the new Wimpy Kid book and the new Origami Yoda book. Both of which he loved and I enjoyed too. And I have read several books myself. I was looking at the books on my kindle and trying to decide what to read next when I saw Feedback. Well, I just couldn't wait any longer. So I went ahead and read without my son. (Oh and when he found out, he didn't even mind. He just asked me what happened. I really don't get that; I had to read it and find out for myself. I wouldn't just want someone to tell me.)

      The book was good, but not as surprising or suspenseful as Variant. I had an inkling about who might be in charge of the school and the town. As the story progressed, I was more sure. So when the truth was revealed, I wasn't especially surprised. Not like with Variant, where the twist practically knocked me off my feet.

      Besides that part, the story itself was enjoyable. The interactions between the characters and Benson & Becky's relationship were interesting. I was more interested in seeing Benson find his way and figure out how to help the kids in the town, then finding out who the ultimate bad guys were.

      Recommended to:
      Anyone who liked Variant and wants to find out what is next for Benson & Becky. Also, for kids in 5th thru 8th grade. There is one 5th grade girl in my school who absolutely loved these two books. She has been asking me at least once or twice a week if I finished Feedback yet. I am happy that this week I will finally be able to tell her yes. :)
    • 2/5
      While it was nice to see more of the characters and story-line after the shocker ending in book number oner, it just didn't have the same appeal. There was some repetitiveness and I kept finding myself waiting for a big wow moment.
    • 4/5
      What a strange ending. Very abrupt, didn't really explain things very clearly. A disappointing end to a otherwise good story.
    • 3/5
      So this is a high 3 stars and I will tell you why. First, I like when the first book of a sequel ends in a cliffhanger. So I liked this book even more when it literally started where the last book ended. And the rest of the book was great. I just felt like the ending was too fast, and incomplete. To me it just seemed to cut off and made me wonder if this was the end of the series or if there would be another book to explain things a little more. I found out there will not be another book, so I just wish that the ending could have tapered off to not leave you wondering so much. But it was a great series.
    • 4/5
      This book took me longer than his first, because I kept putting it down. The mystery was solved, but I was confused by the setting pretty much the entire time.
    • 4/5
      I thought that this book had a very fitting ending!
    • 2/5
      It was probably already a bad omen if this sequel to Variant is praised by James Dashner of The Maze Runner Trilogy. Feedback by Robison Wells reads slightly better than the previous book but was still overall a huge disappointment.Summary:The story picks up exactly where the first book ended. Benson Fisher, along with a heavily wounded Becky, are the only two survivors after the deadly confrontation between the students at Maxfield Academy and its inhuman organizers in order to escape their imprisonment. Just when Benson senses a glimpse of freedom, he is constrained again in a town occupied by familiar yet haunting schoolmates from the past. This time, Benson is determined to discover the truth behind the school's mysterious controllers and their sinister plans. And soon he learns that to save his friends, he needs to head back to the one place that he never wants to face again.My Thoughts:The writing in Feedback is much better but is still too young even though the publisher's recommended age range is 13 - 17 years. There are no more ridiculously clumsy dialogue or cheesy characters (for the most part), so I didn't feel like reading a children's book.Contrary to some reviews, I actually really liked the concept of "feedback" and "dupes". It's an original and intriguing premise for the story and nicely links both books together.The beginning was fast-paced and gripping, but the story quickly became dull and tedious. This is pretty much a repetition of what happened in the first book. Benson and all the other kids are trapped (once again) in this fortress where their actions are monitored 24/7 and are guided by strict rules. They live under uncertainties and are only able to survive because supplies are provided via an elevator. Sounds familiar? At one point while reading this, I seriously had a deja vu, and thought I was still reading Variant. So the majority of this book was very boring and predictable.There are quite a lot of characters in both books, and most of them are sidekicks that briefly appear in and out of the storyline. I didn't have difficulties with these many names in Variant because there were much more character development and the three factions (Society, Havoc, Variant) within the academy to help distinguish the students. But in this book, the factions disappeared, and on top of minimum character description, all I got is a massive group of similar faces, and I soon lost tract who is who. I consider myself to have a pretty good memory, but I still had a hard time when some of the supporting characters appear. None of the characters stand out in this book, and they are all very flat and forgettable.I didn't enjoy the previous book, and the only reason I even gave this sequel a chance is because I needed (and still do) answers. Variant left a huge cliffhanger and tons of unanswered questions. Unfortunately, my only reaction when I finished this book was WTF! What did I just read? The ending was poorly done, and we are literally back to square one. The questions and plot holes that were unanswered before are still unresolved, and I'm still very confused about the robots and experiments with humans. Failure is an understatement for that anti-climactic and terrible ending.I do think the author had great theories and concepts for this series, and he did try as much as possible to paint a reasonable and logical explanation behind the mystery of the school. However, it's very clear that he ran out of ideas. The whole revelation/explanation is just unconvincing and far-fetched.Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me. The first book left such a bad taste that I should have just moved onto something else, so I guess I have no one else to blame for my huge disappointment with the sequel.
    • 4/5
      Review courtesy of Dark Faerie TalesQuick & Dirty: Great YA science fiction novel. This was a very satisfying sequel and a wonderful conclusion to the series.Opening Sentence: Jane stared back at me, motionless.The Review:Warning: If you have not read Variant please proceed with caution. There are some spoilers that were unavoidable.Benson (the main character) and Becky just escaped from Maxfield Academy, and are the only ones who have done it successfully without dying or being brought back as a prisoners. They were tricked into coming to the school, and quickly held captive in the fenced in school in the middle of a forest, somewhere unknown.Benson convinced Becky to help lead the student escape. Students tried to escape after they found out a good majority of the students were robots, and not actually humans, even though they didn’t know who was faking it as a robot, and who was the real thing. While trying to escape half the droids turn on the humans, killing many including people Benson cared about.The second book picks up where you were nicely dropped off the cliff, wondering why Jane is all of the sudden there, milking a cow nonetheless. Becky is sick from a raging fever from the injury to her arm, passing out from sepsis and loss of blood. Benson is out of the school boundaries, but still lost and unsure where to go. I was pretty mad about the first book ending, and it’s good to have read the second book to Variant and get things resolved.After leaving the school Benson thinks he is safe but then he gets lost and finds a mysterious village that could be its own kind of prison. Turns out that there is a connection between the human and the android. All whom were droids in the first book have their human version/connection in a nearby village, which also is under the control of whomever is behind all the madness.Benson has to try to figure how to escape, if escaping is really the best option. Does he save himself, his crush, everyone, or nobody? Don’t die Benson! And who ends up being his crush/choice? I know, but do you? Oh boy…romance, drama, envy…yum.Feedback is an action-packed novel full of conspiracies and adventure. It was a good quick read, and I liked the end. There is a slight lag in the pacing while they are in the village, but overall, it keeps the reader interested. Characters are likeable and some are hated, so it gets the reader caring and involved in what will happen. Overall, this was a unique science fiction series and I would recommend giving it a try.Notable Scene:We stared at each other for just an instant, and then her hands–which had been running through my hair– jumped to my throat.FTC Advisory: HarperTeen provided me with a copy of Feedback. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
    • 2/5
      Variant was so imaginative and suspenseful that I had high hopes for its sequel Feedback, unfortunately I am left feeling disappointed. Feedback seemed more like filler to bridge the gap between the first and third books rather than an actual standalone volume. Feedback would have been better as a novella than an actual book. There is only one big reveal in this volume and after that the book seems rather repetitive. I'm hoping that the next volume lives up to the standard set with Variant.
    • 3/5
      Plot: 3 1/2 stars
      Characters: 3 stars
      Style: 3 stars
      Pace: 2 1/2 stars

      I had the urge to tell this book to hurry up and get on with it. I unfortunately saw through the big plot twist early, at the first clue to it, and the rest was downhill from there. I just found it hard to care about most of the characters this time around. Nothing to dislike about this story, but it felt like just more of the same.
    • 4/5
      Sequel to Variant. Benson and Becky escaped Maxfield Academy after discovering that many of the students are robots, but now Becky is hurt. Benson's only choice is to take her to a complex near the school, where he discovers human versions of the student robots. He and Becky are the only ones who've managed to escape Maxfield without a robot clone, so they're the only ones who can possibly stop this from continuing.
    • 3/5
      Feedback starts out right where Variant left off and again grabbed me and I had a heck of a time putting it down. However, the ending was not near as satisfying as I was hoping especially when I found out it is not a trilogy but just a sequel.Some of the questions that had puzzled me at the end of Variant were answered but maybe not as fully as I hoped them to be. I felt like the reveal of who/what was behind the school incredibly rushed and not explained to my satisfaction. I hate this, I really loved Variant and the first half of this book had me on the edge of my seat but I felt like it fell apart in the last 50 or so pages.Benson seemed very frenetic in this one which is understandable after the events at the end of Variant, however there were times I just wanted to smack him and say “hey go lay down for a bit so your brain will work again”. It was odd getting to know the kids again because the ones at school were “dupes” and the ones in town were real people.As a whole I like this series, however, Variant was a much better book than one. I wish there was another book or even a short story/novella telling us what happened in the rest of world that was alluded to in the last chapter and maybe a better explanation of what/who that was at the end.I think my main problem with this book was the ending with questions only sort of answered and for that it is a star less rating than Variant.3 Stars
    • 4/5
      You have no idea how excited I was to get my hands on this book. I loved Variant, and the cliffhanger ending killed me. It was one of my favorite reads of 2011. It really surprised me how much I enjoyed it. I’m happy to say that I enjoyed Feedback just as much. Lately, it seems that the sequels to some of my favorite books last year have really fallen flat. This one did not fall into that trap.Warning: This review contains a few spoilers from the first book, so if you plan to read it, I wouldn’t read further.Benson and Becky have escaped the evil Maxfield Academy, but they are no more safe than they were within the walls of the robot-run school. At the end of Variant, Bens found himself in a small village, face to face with a girl he thought was a robot — a robot who was killed at the school. Bens knows he and Becky need to run, but Becky is injured and suffering from a life-threatening infection. He has no choice but to bring her to the village until she is well enough to move on. What Bens discovers at the village is even more disturbing than what he found at the school. The village is filled with real teens, all of whom had a robot counterpart that attended the academy. They are connected to their robots through a chip, and have been placed in the village for a reason. While Becky heals, Bens tries to blend in with the rest of the teens, narrowly avoiding discovery whenever the murderous robots from the academy drop in. Ever the rebel, Bens is determined to find a way to escape, and free the other teens in the village. What he doesn’t expect is that in order to pull this off, he may have to return to the school in order to set them all free.Feedback was just as exciting a read as Variant. The chapters are short and action-packed, and Mr. Wells has created a world that is both fascinating and terrifying. I loved meeting the “real” students and how Benson interacted with them. I also found the connection between the robots and the teens very well thought out. While the stakes were high in Variant, they were even more so in this installment. The sense of urgency and the need to escape crawled across my skin the entire time I was reading. I tore through this one in less than a day. I really enjoy this world and the characters. None of them are perfect, especially Benson. He has a serious hero complex, but not in an annoying way. It’s both maddening and endearing.The only thing that fell short with me was the ending when the big reveal took place. Bens discovers (kind of) who (what) is running the school, but it wasn’t really clear to me. I had to go back and read the passage again and I still wasn’t sure what it was. It definitely left me feeling very confused. I’m not sure if there’s another book planned or not. I can see where there is room for one. I kind of hope there is, because I’m still not sure who, or what, the mastermind is.If you are looking for a high-octane, original thriller, I highly recommend reading this series. Girls and boys alike will enjoy it as it has enough romance to appease the girls and plenty of action and a male lead that will appeal to boys.
    • 4/5
      Variant was an excellent book filled with constant action, incredible pacing and a downright compelling concept that kept me riveted to every page. I constantly wanted to learn more about this strange world, how it came to be and most importantly -how the characters can escape. For many reasons, I was a little sad when Variant ended, and even though I knew a sequel was planned, I wondered how it could possibly top the first book.In Feeedback, Benson has successfully escaped from Maxfield Academy, only to find himself in a mysterious town haunted with friends he once knew from the academy -friend who were supposed to have been dead. Benson soon realizes that the terror from Maxfield Academy isn't over yet. Everything is just part of the school's experiments.I was a little nervous about this one. Variant was fairly self-contained and was so closely centered around the school that I was almost certain that the story couldn't function outside of the Academy's walls. Well, I was sort of correct about that. Feedback does an excellent job of combining elements from the first book (so it didn't feel like it was too far removed from the original) with just enough newer elements to keep the book from reading too much like a re-hash of the first book.The problem? Feedback just isn't as good as Variant. Now, the incredible pacing and twisty secrets in Variant are very difficult to duplicate, and this second effort still offers plenty of action, but it's just not on the same level as the first one. This seems to be a frequent trap for sequels, but regardless, Feedback was still a quick read with a compelling premise.