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    The Diamond of Darkhold

    Written by Jeanne DuPrau

    Narrated by Katherine Kellgren

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    It's been several months since Lina and Doon escaped the dying city of Ember and, along with the rest of their people, joined the town of Sparks. Now, struggling through the harsh winter aboveground, they find an unusual book. Torn up and missing most of its pages, it alludes to a mysterious device from before the Disaster, which they believe is still in Ember. Together, Lina and Doon must go back underground to retrieve what was lost and bring light to a dark world.

    In the fourth Book of Ember, bestselling author Jeanne DuPrau juxtaposes yet another action-packed adventure with powerful themes about hope, learning, and the search for truth.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateAug 26, 2008
    ISBN9780739368114
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    Reviews for The Diamond of Darkhold

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    • 3/5
      This one tied up the Ember series nicely. (I skipped the 3rd) Lina and Doon find their way back to Ember to loot because times are tough in Sparks - and find some looters! I always enjoy a Katherine Kelgren listen.
    • 4/5
      I enjoyed this book and thought the entire series was perfect. Happy to see everything worked out for Lina and Doon. And they lived happily ever after. LOL, I gave this book four stars and the series 3.5 stars.
    • 4/5
      It was quite like-able.
      In this last (?) book of Ember we see that it's very hard to cope with winter, and how Lina and Doon look back to what they had. Then things happen and they end up needing to go to Ember so they can help the people of Sparks (and the Emberites too).
      Wasn't as good as the first two books, but it was quite good and the end was a good end, so you feel closure and that the story got somewhere.
    • 4/5
      Overall, I was pleasantly surprised with this series. Post-apocalyptic, very realistic, the ending was happy enough but didn't feel contrived.
    • 3/5
      The people of Ember are now the people of Sparks, and Sparks isn't looking so hot these days--with 400 new mouths to feed, supplies are running low, and winter's only just beginning. A plot device trader comes along and gives Doon the tattered remains of a book; Doon and Lina head back to Ember to save the world.

      Eh. It's better than Prophet of Yonwood, but that doesn't say much. Maybe it's the distance from when I read the first book, but this has neither the charm nor complexity of City of Ember. I remember the story being more fascinating, the characters more richly drawn, the writing more sophisticated. I'm disappointed in this.
    • 4/5
      I loved The City of Ember, which presented a unique spin on a post-apocalyptic world. That love got me through the next two books in the series, both of which didn't captivate me nearly to the degree of the first. So, it's taken me a while to come around to reading The Diamond of Darkhold, the fourth and final book of the series. Life is a challenge in the city of Sparks, and though everyone is mostly getting a long, dangers abound, from natural disasters to everyday accidents. A chance discovery of a book from a roam inspires Doon and Lina to take a chance in returning to Ember in the hopes they can make the lives of the people in their village easier. These are short book, geared for younger audiences, which make them easy reads. I enjoyed The Diamond of Darkhold quite a bit, still not as much as book one, but the return to Ember was much more to my taste. This was a fun adventure and a satisfying conclusion to the series.
    • 5/5
      This book was as satisfying in some ways as the first two (I didn't really connect with "The Prophet of Yonwood"). There was adventure and mystery, but moreover there was the problem of being short on supplies for the winter. Lina and Doon come up with a plan that can solve this problem, and stumble across something that can change life on earth as they know it.
    • 2/5
      Have you ever been in a situation where you were given a ten page report to write but you only had about two pages of material? If you were like everyone, you'd try to make the material 'stretch' in various ways. Have a thesis paragraph that went on for 3 pages, duplicate that for the conclusion, change the font size to something that would take another page or two, and then you would pad the paper with immaterial exposition till the 'document' reached a respectable length. Oh. And with that, the nice cover sheet, can't forget that.Anyway, the point I'm trying to reach is that, The Diamond of Darkhold is that paper. As far as I can tell, it's about 20% plot, with the rest being either a slight of hand font sizing, immaterial side stories, and a 'antagonist' (and I say that loosely) to give this story a sense of crisis. Without it, the 20% would have been a simple story of Doon and Lina going back to the dead city of Ember and finding one additional surprise from the Builders to help the city of Sparks start its way unto the beginnings of a civilization.At most, this felt like an afterthought from the author to the fans to give a sense of closure to Lina and Doon that would have been a pleasant short story. But when forced to stretch this to a 300 page story, the lack of a true sense of crisis (whether it's solving the mystery of the City of Ember or helping the People of Sparks survive), made this The Diamond of Darkhold ring somewhat hollow.And for those of you who're curious, I got a C- for that paper.
    • 3/5
      I actually had a hard time finishing this book. It could be that it has been a couple of years since I have read the other three books. Perhaps I should have read it sooner.
    • 5/5
      This book was as satisfying in some ways as the first two (I didn't really connect with "The Prophet of Yonwood"). There was adventure and mystery, but moreover there was the problem of being short on supplies for the winter. Lina and Doon come up with a plan that can solve this problem, and stumble across something that can change life on earth as they know it.
    • 4/5
      Actually quite enjoyed this one. Not only did the characters get to return to the city of Ember, but they got to recover a lot of their stuff, and tie up loose ends. This book answered a lot of questions, and wrapped the series up well enough that I get the impression no more stories will be written for this series. But there is no need. It was wrapped up satisfactorily and people resumed their lives. All in all a good fun read of a future that will never be. Thank God! :)
    • 5/5
      This may just be one of my favoritest kids book series - aside from Harry Potter, A Series of Unfortunate Events and a few others. It definitely holds its place right up there with the great ones. In The Diamond of Darkhold - we are brought back to present day to where Lina and Doon have escaped Ember and have been living in Sparks for months now. Emberites are not used to extreme weather conditions - and this first harsh winter above ground is really leaving its mark. Especially when it comes to their health and food rations. When a roamer makes her way to their town they come across a book that they immediately realize references Ember. But the book is all torn up and only has a handful of pages in it. Lina and Doon make it their mission to decipher the book and uncover the mysterious device it mentions within its pages... even if it means making their way back down to the abandoned (and now completely dark) City of Ember.Lina and Doon are back on an adventure. The story is fast-paced and full of the quirky characters we have all come to love through the earlier books in the series. We also meet a number of new characters - some you love and some you love to hate. This series has had its ups and downs for me. I loved The City of Ember and The People of Sparks was okay. Then there was The Prophet of Yonwood which I liked the least. But this book captured the part of Ember that made it such a fantastic book for me. It had all of the adventurous elements that I loved from the start as well as brought us back on track with the original story line. I especially liked the ending. I truly enjoyed how everything wrapped up - how every character and every book made sense... had a purpose. The final outcome, to me, was perfect.The Diamond of Darkhold is the fourth and final book in the Ember series. I recommend they be read in order for it to make sense. These books are geared for younger kids (3rd grade and up) - and you can tell by the simple writing and the not fully fleshed-out characters, but if you're like me, that won't stop you from picking this one up. Nonetheless, this series is pretty addictive. I mean who doesn't want to read about kids saving the world, right?
    • 4/5
      A really nice ending to the 4 book series. Happy ending, what was once lost is now found, read the series folks. It's a good easy read.
    • 4/5
      In this book Doon and Lina go back to the city and discover something that changes all of their lives. People had been dying from sickness and hunger, but now they have a chance. This is my second favorite Ember book after the first. It reads similarly and there is a lot of action in it. Lina and Doon are back to puzzling things out and working together. If you liked the first book, but were disappointed with the second and third one, then be sure to check this 4th book out.
    • 5/5
      This is a good example of science fiction because it takes place in the future and incorporates advanced technology. Lina and Doon live in a time after when the world is recovering from several great disasters. They return to their old underground home and find diamonds that can be used as a power source.Age Appropriateness: Intermediate/ Middle School
    • 5/5
      This fourth book ties it all together for me and, in the end, it redeemed Yonwood.
    • 3/5
      Not too much different from the first book, but better than the second & third. My daughter and I had some good discussion about it.
    • 2/5
      Jeanne Duprau needs to leave the story of Ember and Sparks alone. It was a dynamic duet that worked and was a sophisticated and well written two book story that was finished. Book three was bad enough and probably one of the worst books I've ever read, so I was leary about trying yet another Ember story. Diamond of Darkhold is not as bad as Yonwood but it is very lame. This installment does not add to the original story in any significant way, and there are just pages and pages of fluff and filler that say and do nothing. I can wrap up the whole plot to this story is a minute. Very black and white and straightforward, no suspense or mystery, no action and the author's writing has certainly declined. She is riding high on the success of the first two books which have now turned movie and she is trying to eek out all she can out of a story that is simply done. I felt this book a waste of money and time and would not recommend this book. I gave it a generous two stars only because she does bring back the creative element of electricity once again at the end of this novel, the one key creative element that made the first two books wonderful. After the last two books, I doubt I'd pick up another book by this author ever again.
    • 4/5
      I think this book must have come to be as a result of the criticisms of books 2 & 3 (no return to Ember, lack of Lina and Doon, etc.). While the return to Ember was much anticipated and a welcome plot element, parts of this book were, as a result, overwhelmingly repetitive of the first book. This worked in some instances, but in others, it felt like a desperate return to the successful elements seen in the first book, in order to gain back disappointed fans. I did enjoy seeing Lina and Doon again, and the teamwork seen in this book was reminiscent of the first one in a good way. Plotwise, there was a clear single goal, but it wasn't as interesting, nor as desperate, as the goal in the first book, making for a story that was, in turn, less interesting. Other than Lina and Doon, I felt that many of the secondary characters lacked strong characterization, which made their roles seem slightly flat. I enjoyed the fact that everything came full circle, although I do wish DuPrau had rearranged things a little bit. I felt like the ending of this book should have been extended and essentially served as the second book, eliminating the need for books 2 & 3. I just think a lot was done wrong in the creation of this series, and maybe The City of Ember would have been best served as a stand-alone.Rating: 3.5/5
    • 4/5
      This book continues the story of the people of Ember, unlike the third book in the series, The Prophet of Yonwood. Doon and Lina are back together as a team and go to Ember to see if there are any supplies left to help Sparks get through the winter. They wind up making an invaluable discovery that saves Sparks and potentially human civilization. Good addition to the series, felt like it went with it well, unlike the third book. It finished the story and gave a happy ending.
    • 4/5
      This was a very great book. In the book, Doon and Linda goes on another adventure. When an unusual roamer comes into the village, Doon bought a torn out book. Because the book was used to start fires, only 8 pages was left of it. However, the cover of the book said," For the People of Em". Due to this unusual discovery, Doon and Lina are persuaded that something was left behind by the builders that was meant for them. So off they go, on another interesting adventure as they go back to the City of Ember. They both had unforgetable events such as kidnapping, sprained ankles, and even hungry wolves.All in all, this is a book that some one should definetly read.
    • 5/5
      This book is the fourth and final book in the City of Ember series. It falls most appropraitely into the science fiction genre because it addresses the issue of renewable energy sources, and how that is really the way to sustain a community. While this entire series is somewhat political, most of what children will get out of it is the importance of people working together and building friendships. This book resolves a lot of the issues that are raised in previous books and ends with a sense of both hope and justice. While the people and places in this book are completely fictional, one will find the same scenarios and issues present in our world today, making this a very important and applicable book for students to read.
    • 4/5
      Okay -- glad to have finished the series and find out how things turn out for Lina, Doon, and the citizens of Ember and Sparks.
    • 3/5
      The final story in the City of Ember series was fairly good. Unfortunately, it's impossible to recover the sense of wonder I have when I find a new author/series, and I think that is what was missing in this one. It was an interesting story and it was nice to see all the characters included.
    • 4/5
      The Diamond of Darkhold is the fourth and final book in the Book of Ember series. I have to be completely honest in saying that I have not read the previous three: The City of Ember, The People of Sparks, and The Prophet of Yonwood. However, with that being said, I greatly enjoyed The Diamond of Darkhold. I had no trouble at all following along with what was going on and why. I think that if I had read the previous three, I would have had a deeper sense of the characters and the incidents that occurred in there past, leading up to this present and final installment, but there was no lacking in the story at all, for me. I am very interested in going back and starting with the first book and reading through the complete series, The Diamond of Darkhold piqued my interest greatly. This story picks up several months after friends Lina and Doon have left their dying underground city of Ember. They, as well as hundreds of their people, are suffering their first harsh winter above ground. This is a struggle of little food, supplies and great sickness. One day, however, they discover a mysterious book, containing only 8 remaining pages, the rest having been torn out and missing. This book indicates it holds a message for those people from the city of Ember.With so little to go on, Lina and Doon set off on a dangerous adventure to solve the mystery of the book and bring back any supplies and food that they can find, that had to be left behind in the sudden departure from Ember. What they find, will forever change the way they and everyone around them lives. The Diamond of Darkhold is a wonderful story of adventure, friendship, hope and never giving up. I loved the characters of Doon and Lina and found the story to be wonderfully plotted out and highly engrossing. It is a story geared toward the 9 - 12 age range, but anyone who enjoys YA novels will love this one, as well as the entire series, I am sure. As well as a great story, The Diamond of Darkhold brings to light some very real possible hurtles that society may have to face as our economic structure is in peril, I feel. This is an excellent book and one that I recommend to anyone looking for a great story.
    • 4/5
      I'm not sure why DuPrau chose to gradually lower the reading level of this series, but this book reads much more like a book for children than the first three in the series, even though the characters and subject matter remain on a young adult level.Be that as it may, this is still quite a good book. In the third book, the people of Ember and the people of Sparks are just barely managing to live together harmoniously, but conditions have not improved over the hard winter. Food is scarce and tempers are running short. When Lina and Doon discover a book that describes something left behind for the people of Ember, they decide to go back to their city and try to find this mysterious item, as well as see what supplies may have been left behind when the people left.What they discover allows DuPrau to end her series on a very hopeful note. She does not disguise the fact that life continues to be hard, but she makes it clear that by working together, the people of Ember and Sparks are able to come together and make a bright new future. As cheesy as that sounds, she writes it so well that you can't help but smile and feel hopeful yourself.
    • 5/5
      simply incredible

      this is a truly stunning end to a great series of books.

      this book has everything.

      it even makes sense of the third book in the series.

      so good

      a joy from start to finish
    • 2/5
      Jeanne DuPrau hit a homerun with "The City of Ember," but none of the other books in the series even came close to the first. "City of Sparks" was just okay. "Prophet of Yonwood," was one of the most pointless books I've ever read (and in spite of being marketed as such, is not a prequel to the series... it's totally unrelated) and sadly, "The Diamond of Darkhold," although an improvement over Yonwood, isn't really very good.Lina and Doon trek back to Ember to try to discover the point of a book that Doon has acquired, suggesting that there is something there that was intended for the people when they left the city. Doon is captured by a domineering, but quite wicked, family who has recently set up camp in Ember. He escapes fairly easily, finds Lina quickly, and they go back to Sparks, with the "diamond" in hand. In the end the find out what it's for, that there are lots of them, and everyone lives happily ever after. Nobody learns anything about life, none of the characters change in any way. There just isn't much point to the story.Read "The Ciy of Ember." But if you love it... just read it a few more times and skip the other three books.

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    • 4/5
      This is a satisfying and optimistic ending to the story of the people of Ember. It's not as interesting as the first two books, where there are struggles with the people in power and some quite deep moral questions. In this one, Doon and Lina want to go on a Quest to make things better, they go on a Quest, things are made Better. There is some Mild Peril and some Slightly Bad People, but the Slightly Bad People are too incompetent to be very interesting, and are all redeemed at the end. They are books written for kids, and I found I needed even more suspension of disbelief for this one than for any of the others. 400 intelligent adults have fled from an underground city and are starving in the winter, and not one of them thinks 'hey, we could go back there and see if there's anything left?' Lina and Doon's continued desire to just sneak off and do things rather than talking to people is a bit annoying. And I really do think the people who designed Ember knew they could rely on narrativium, because their plans are a bit unlikely otherwise...I was surprised by how much Doon gets the sense of 'we are the chosen people, these are our solar panels. OK, they were put there for the people of Ember, but that was 200 years ago. And one of the key themes of The People of Sparks was that it wasn't just their food, even though they'd grown it all themselves, sharing with humanity was better. I mean, they're in a precarious society, and they have found a huge pile of valuable things, gently trading and sharing them and trying to understand them doesn't feel Wrong, exactly... it's just a bit different from some of the themes of the earlier books.I love the creepy feeling of going back to somewhere you have left and finding it dusty and decaying, and the bit where Doon finally breaks the generator was really powerful (although was it in character?)Also, definitely read this one last! The ending is clearly the ending. It relies on you knowing some things that happened in the Prophet of Yonwood, and is a much warmer, nicer, place to end than 'bombs fall, most people die.'
    • 3/5
      This is probably my least favourite book of the series.

      In the fourth book of this post-apocalyptic series, 13 year old Doon Harrow buys an old book with 8 pages left from a peddlar that contains a mysterious reference to something left for the people who leave the underground city of Ember when the world should be habitable again. He convinces his friend, Lina Mayfleet, to sneak off with him in order to find out what it is. The trip is fraught with danger, Doon is captured by a family who has found and moved into this old city, and Lina is forced to seek help, and they are still not sure what the mystery of the jewel (spelled joule, but they don't know that that's not the same thing as jewel and assume it's just an older spelling of jewel) is. The jouel has been found by the same group holding Doon, and much of the book is devoted to Doon's attempts to escape, Lina trying to go for help and several other young people seeking out to help them. To say more is to give too much away.

      The main thing that irks me about this series is how foolishly DuPrau handles the preparations. In the Phrophet of Yonwood, for example, babies are taken into the city at the beginning by couples in their 60s. Really? So that it won't be long until it's run by adults in their 20s? Canned goods last for a long time, but are bulky and aren't going to last for several hundred years. There are many other things, but I'll spare you the details. The story telling is fine, and the characters likable. My kids enjoyed this series.