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    Alcatraz vs the Shattered Lens

    Written by Brandon Sanderson

    Narrated by Ramon de Ocampo

    4.5/5

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    New York Times best-selling author Brandon Sanderson's previous three Alcatraz books have set the stage for this, the epic conclusion to reluctant hero Alcatraz Smedry's conflict with the Evil Librarians- whose ranks include his own mother. The fate of Mokia and the Free Kingdoms rests in the hands of Alcatraz and his cadre of loyal friends. But their fight is made all the more harrowing when the Librarians unleash their army of giant killer robots onto the battlefield.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRecorded Books Audio
    Release dateMay 18, 2012
    ISBN9781464048937
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    Alcatraz vs the Shattered Lens
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    Brandon Sanderson

    Brandon Sanderson grew up in Lincoln, Nebraska. He lives in Utah with his wife and children and teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University. His bestsellers have sold 32 million copies worldwide and include the Mistborn saga; the Stormlight Archive novels; and other novels, including The Rithmatist, Steelheart, and Skyward. He won a Hugo Award for The Emperor's Soul, a novella set in the world of his acclaimed first novel, Elantris. Additionally, he completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time®. Visit his website for behind-the-scenes information on all his books.

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    Reviews for Alcatraz vs the Shattered Lens

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    • 5/5
      Its very creative and full of fun jokes my kid’s and I loved it
    • 5/5
      Sanderson, B. (2010). Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens. New York: Scholastic Press.292 pages.Internetz, you have not been witness to it. But a great battle of wills was just averted. When my co-assistant and I learned that our boss was receiving an advance copy of the fourth book in the Alcatraz series, we went to war with one another. My boss's office was left in far from perfect condition. Her many books were tossed from their slumping shelves, torn to pieces. Shredded pages rained down like apocalyptic ash. Who would get to read the Alcatraz book first?! She was willing to skip classes to read it. I was willing to set aside Dudley the Dissertation for Alcatraz. Who would win?Perhaps some great power sensed that another war to end all wars was brewing. Perhaps somebody over at Scholastic can't read. But we were sent TWO COPIES of Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens. One for each assistant. (Our boss doesn't get to read it. When we informed her of this, she took it surprisingly well.)Appetizer: The fourth book of Alcatraz's memoirs can be thought of as "the part where everything goes wrong, and then Alcatraz has a cheese sandwich." Alcatraz's words, not mine.War has broken out between the librarians and the free kingdom of Mokia. Alcatraz, his friends and family hope to send reinforcements. But the Knights and other kingdoms won't help. So it's up to Alcatraz and his friends to figure out a plan. There's just no guarantee that it'll be a good one. The resulting story involves a better understanding of the Smedry talents, meeting another Smedry cousin (this one is bad at math), lots of stoopidity and a nakey Alcatraz. (Naked, to you adult types.)Hilarious!I am SO amazed by Brandon Sanderson's ability to be consistently HILARIOUS throughout his children's books. I've tried to write funny in the past and it almost always ends painfully for me. And not in a humorous painful way with a bucket on my head and with boxers with little hearts exposed. Just painfully with me deciding to limp back into my serious (with moments of levity!) fiction.(Sidenote: Have you heard of Writing Excuses? Sanderson co-hosts regular fifteen-minute podcasts about various aspects of creative writing. The podcasts are essentially an awesome writing MFA program that you can listen to at your leisure for free. I highly recommend listening!)Where was I?Hilariousness-ness.The fourth Alcatraz book still had me chuckling. In this round, I especially liked Sanderson's approach to chapter titles. Some chapters are missing. (Gaps! The reader can fill them in! Funzies!) Others are titled according to some advanced math (Or advanced math for me. My brain stopped accounting for what those crazy numbers were doing after eighth grade.) Maybe the chapter titles are just nonsense. I wouldn't know the difference!My biggest complaint about the book is the cover. I know I'm not really the target audience, but I really don't like the photoshopped appearance. Especially since it seems like Bastille is in the exact same position on the covers of both the third and fourth books.Call me crazy, but I don't think that's the best stance for fighting a knight OR a giant robot. I guess I should just be impressed that they used the same models. Way to be cohesive!It is worth noting that this book ends with more problems left unresolved than the other books so far. It gave the book a "the end of The Empire Strikes Back" feel. To be concluded in the next installment. So, stay tuned!So now the wait for the fifth and final (*weeps*) book begins.Sigh.Dinner Conversation:"I am an idiot.You should know this already, if you've read the previous three volumes of my autobiography" (Author's Foreword)."So, there I was, holding a pink teddy bear in my hand. It had a red bow and an inviting, cute, bearlike smile. Also, it was ticking" (p. 1)."We'd need to put someone in danger who is so valuable the knights have to respond. But this person also has to be uncompromisingly stoopid. It's idiocy on a grand scale to send oneself directly to a palace on the brink of destruction, surrounded by Librarians, in a doomed kingdom! Why, they'd have to be stoopid on a colossal degree. Of the likes previously unseen to all of humankind!"And suddenly, for some reason, all eyes in the room turned toward me" (pp. 27-28)."If you've ever thought that books are boring, it's because you don't know how to read them correctly. From now on, when you read a book, I want you to scream the words of the novel out loud while reading them, then do exactly what the characters are doing in the story.Trust me, it will make books way more exciting. Even dictionaries. Particularly dictionaries. So go ahead and try it out with this next part of the book. If you do it right, you'll win the bonus prize" (p. 37)."...I haven't talked much about religion in these books.This is intentional, mostly from a self-preservation standpoint. I've discovered that talking about religion has a lot in common with wearing a catcher's mask: Both give people liberty to throw things at you. (And in the case of religion, sometimes the "things" are lightning bolts.)" (p. 107)."...We are faced by superior numbers and superior firepower. In the moments before you arrived, I had made the difficult decision to surrender. I was on my way to the wall to announce it to the Librarians."The words hung in the air like a foul stench--the kind that everyone notices but doesn't want to point out, for fear of being named the one who caused it" (p. 113-114).Tasty Rating: !!!!!
    • 3/5
      In the fourth book of the Alcatraz series, Alcatraz travels to Mokia to aid in the war the Free Kingdomers there are waging against the Evil Librarians. In the process, he'll learn more about the nature of Smedry Talents and the reason for the conflict between his Librarian mother and his father. Of course, silliness abounds as well.These books continue to serve their purpose as silly and fun, although this book is darker than previous entries. Alcatraz is grappling with serious issues of identity, the ramifications of his Talent, and begins to recognize that the conflict between Librarians and Free Kingdomers is not as black and white as he originally thought it was. I didn't find the running gag of this novel as amusing as previous ones (mostly because I love things to be spelled properly). However, I did enjoy the bizarre chapter numbering in this volume (my personal favourite being NCC 1701). The chapter where the characters only speak using dialogue from Hamlet is also pretty amusing, although it may go over the heads of the intended audience a little. And of course, there are jokes about librarians. This time around my favourite passage was the following:As you have probably noticed, Librarians don't conform to most people's stereotypes. Most of them don't even have stereos. Beyond that, they're not sweet, book-loving scholars; they're maniacal cultists bent on ruling the world. They don't like to shush people. (Unless it means quieting them permanently by sinking them in the bay with their feet tied to an iron shelving cart.) In fact, most Librarians I've seen are quite fond of loud explosions.A satisfying continuation of the series.
    • 5/5
      Alcatraz Versus the Shattered Lens is the fourth (and currently last) installment of the Alcatraz Smedry series. Brandon Sanderson ramped up the tension while still maintaining the lighthearted, humorous tone of the series. The reoccurring use of the word "stoopid" did get a little bit irritating at times, but each previous book in the series had some element or other designed for that purpose. Definitely hope that Brandon is able to write and publish the fifth book.
    • 3/5
      This is the fourth of Sanderson's Alcatraz books, and I had quite enjoyed the series up to this point. It's silly light fantasy with some interesting world-building behind it. Unfortunately, this time I found that the attempted humour fell flat far too often and detracted significantly from the story. There was one recurrent "joke" that I absolutely couldn't stand; it wasn't funny the first time and it certainly wasn't funny the twentieth time. If I never see the word "stoopid" again, it will be too soon. Blech.There were admittedly some laugh-out-loud moments here, but they were sadly outnumbered by the idiotic moments of an unfunny joke continued far too long.That said, I'm definitely planning to read the fifth and final book of this series when it's eventually released. I really do like the world that Sanderson has created, and I want to know how the story ends. I just hope that the books will either become funny again or stop trying.
    • 4/5
      This is the fourth book the Alcatraz Smedry series and it does a great job of continuing the story. Alcatraz has been in the Free Kingdoms for several months now, learning and training. Alcatraz and Bastille hear that their neighboring kingdom Mokia (who have been under Library attack for years) are finally about to fall. Hearing the horrible news and seeing the council and the knights waffling in indecision the Smedry's hatch a plan to lend aid to their sister country. One that the Knights of Crystalia will try to prevent.Alcatraz does quite a bit of growing up in this book. Primarily learning that things aren't black and white as well as decisions have consequences, frequently unforeseen ones at that. Though I think one of the most important lessons learned is that just because someone is your antagonist doesn't mean they are always wrong. Great book, lots of fun and while it's not up to the 1st two it's still a worthwhile read.