The Lord of Opium (Audible Audio Edition) Nancy Farmer Raul Esparza Simon Schuster Audio Books
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As the teenage ruler of his own country, Matt must cope with clones and cartels in this riveting sequel to the modern classic House of the Scorpion, winner of the National Book Award, a Newbery Honor, and a Printz Honor.
Matt has always been nothing but a clone - grown from a strip of old El Patron's skin. Now, at age 14, he finds himself suddenly thrust into the position of ruling over his own country. The Land of Opium is the largest territory of the Dope Confederacy, which ranges on the map like an intestine from the ruins of San Diego to the ruins of Matamoros. But while Opium thrives, the rest of the world has been devastated by ecological disaster - and hidden in Opium is the cure.
And that isn't all that awaits within the depths of Opium. Matt is haunted by the ubiquitous army of eejits, zombielike workers harnessed to the old El Patron's sinister system of drug growing - people stripped of the very qualities that once made them human.
Matt wants to use his newfound power to help, to stop the suffering, but he can't even find a way to smuggle his childhood love, Maria, across the border and into Opium. Instead, his every move hits a roadblock, some from the enemies that surround him...and some from a voice within himself. For who is Matt really, but the clone of an evil, murderous dictator?
The Lord of Opium (Audible Audio Edition) Nancy Farmer Raul Esparza Simon Schuster Audio Books
This is a good book that continues the story of "The House of the Scorpion." It manages a smooth transition picking up old themes while adding new characters and problems that must be solved by Matt. There are several twists that you don't see coming, and plenty of difficulties for Matt to reunite with Maria. It brings surprising solutions to obstacles that Matt must overcome to become the Lord of Opium. It remains a thriller with ecological and social issues as a center of conflict. Nancy Farmer wraps it up with nice satisfactory ending. This book does not have the intensity of suspense as the first book, but it is still a good read and ties up several questions from "The House of the Scorpion."Product details
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The Lord of Opium (Audible Audio Edition) Nancy Farmer Raul Esparza Simon Schuster Audio Books Reviews
Thank Nancy Farmer for wrapping up the story of Matt. We are reacquainted with the boys, Celia, and Maria, and we meet some new characters-all with interesting back stories and traumas. El Patron's scary, amoral influence rears its ugly head in the sequel. I was fascinated by the science of how eejits were created and the effects of the microchips, and horrified anew by the psychological traumas no which left no characters unscathed thanks to the evil of El Patron.
Great book.
Second book in a series.It is a book for young readers,but I belive anyone shouild be able to read this.
Although a work of fiction ,it could have been a scenario in the future.
The possibilities are endless to enslave the people even more than we are today.
I will not go into details ,so as not to spoil it for future readers.
But I found both books very good reads.
The Lord of Opium was a very good sequel to House of the Scorpion. Ms. Farmer did a nice job of tying up all the loose ends, giving explanation for a lot of what happened in the first book (i.e. how the eejits were controlled, etc), and bringing Matt full circle in his role as clone vs. human.
I really enjoy the writing style in both of these books--didn't want to put them down. There was a portion of this book that made me afraid the author was going to spin her wheels and not let Matt start making some decisions, but luckily that portion was short and I love how she ended the story.
Thank you Ms. Farmer for another excellent book!
I love both parts of Nancy Farmer's story. After a while the suspense (still present) becomes secondary to the emotional response to the main characters, especially Matt. The characters are complex, well observed, changing. I found the part about the horrible "goulag" for orphan boys totally surprising in its truth). It is normal that Orwell observed so well the reality of the so called communism, he saw its atrocities in Spain, but how Nancy got this inside, I don't know.
Matt, as a clone of the lord of opium, discovers with awe some of the characteristics of the original model in himself, developing against his will. He also discovers, at 15, what the power implies and how many moral issues it brings with itself. Starting with a beautiful utopia of the young, he meets the obstacles of the reality...
The performance of Raul Esparza is as outstanding as always and I found it difficult to part with this audiobook. I will certainly listen to it again, soon.
As usual, Nancy Farmer's characters and stories fill my every waking hour until the last page of the book. I force myself to slow down so the book will last longer. I've been waiting for this second novel in the series and of course, it did not fail to keep me glued to the digital page. The House of the Scorpion(2010), Farmer's first book taking place in the bizarre land of Opium, left me wanting more. The Lord of Opium delivered me right back into the world of (former) clone, Matteo Alacran, without skipping a beat and continued to take over my own life until the ending.
In Lord of Opium, we revisit the vast country of Opium and all the characters that make Famer's stories so interesting. Only now, it all belongs to Matteo. All the good stuff is inside Eejits and Safe Horses, force fields and drug lords, friends and enemies. I couldn't wait to see how the young man handled it all. Is Matteo too nice to be mean? Can young Matteo handle the running of a country that Patron built on death and fear, where the good of the whole must be weighed against the good of one? But this book. Buy the first one in the series too. Enough said. Oh yes, and if you haven't read Farmer's other series The Sea of Trolls Trilogy, do so immediately.
I liked this book, but not as much as The House Of The Scorpion. It is worth reading as a follow up to that book and I would recommend it. It fills in some blanks that were left open by the first book and in that, I enjoyed it. It just seemed to lack a bit of suspense, for lack of a better word.
Definately no where nesr as good as it's predecessor, House of the Scorpion - just in case you had your hopes up. Standalone it is an OK read. The character developement seemed to have stopped in the last book, I don't want to give away spoilers. There are a few new ones introduced. It just mostly seems to rest on the laurels of its predecessor's success and doesn't do much to stand out on its own. I was dissapointed.
This is a good book that continues the story of "The House of the Scorpion." It manages a smooth transition picking up old themes while adding new characters and problems that must be solved by Matt. There are several twists that you don't see coming, and plenty of difficulties for Matt to reunite with Maria. It brings surprising solutions to obstacles that Matt must overcome to become the Lord of Opium. It remains a thriller with ecological and social issues as a center of conflict. Nancy Farmer wraps it up with nice satisfactory ending. This book does not have the intensity of suspense as the first book, but it is still a good read and ties up several questions from "The House of the Scorpion."
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