This book represents Minecraft in the best possible way. In each chapter, the main nameless character learn a important survival lesson.
Also these lessons are the type that you can relate back to your own life. Example: Even if someone looks like you doesn't meen that they are not a friend. A This book I would read over and over and over! All that I'm saying is this, MOO! Feb 01, Jenny Vee rated it liked it Shelves: for-the-kids , hardcover-paperback. I think this book will be great for a select audience.
My 6yo and 9yo loved it but I think anyone deeply immersed in the world of Minecraft or outside of it will be disappointed. Oct 18, Eduardo Szeckir rated it liked it. I was happily surprised by this book! When I first picked it up and started reading it I stopped at around page 70 and I couldn't keep reading, it was way too boring hahahah However, when I discovered Jack Black was the narrator for the audiobook, I decided to give it a try!
Besides Jack Black being an amazing reader, all the sounds effects and soundtrack were incredible! It truly brought this book to life! I've been playing Minecraft since I was 9 and when I heard about the plot of this book I w I was happily surprised by this book! I've been playing Minecraft since I was 9 and when I heard about the plot of this book I was really intrigued.
Anyway, okay book with a really good message! And it brought me back to late Sunday nights in when all I did was play Minecraft : " This is my home, too, and I'll carry its memories in my heart, because even if I don't find the answers I'm searching for, it's the searching that really matters.
Keep going, never give up. Panic drowns thought. Don't assume anything. Think before you act. Details make the difference. Just because the rules don't make sense to you doesn't mean that they don't make sense. Figuring out the rules turns them from enemies into friends. Be grateful for what you have. It's not wisdom that counts but wisdom under pressure. Too much confidence can be as dangerous as having none at all.
Take life in steps. Friends keep you sane. Conserve your resources. Tantrums never help. Nothing clears the mind like sleep When looking for solutions, beating yourself up isn't one of them. Don't dwell on mistakes; learn from them. Fear can be conquered. Anxiety must be endured. Courage is a full-time job. When the world changes, you've got to change with it. Always be aware of your surroundings. There's nothing wrong with careful curiosity.
Take care of your environment, so it can take care of you. Just because someone looks like you doesn't automatically make them a friend. Just because someone doesn't look like you doesn't automatically make them an enemy. Everything comes at a price. Especially if that price is your conscience. It's not failure that matters, it's how you recover. When you're trying to tell yourself something, listen. Questions don't stay put; you can't just walk away from them.
Never put off the boring but important chores. Sometimes you have to compromise an ideal in order to save it. Books make the world bigger. Revenge hurts only you.
Knowledge, like a seed, needs the right time to bloom. Growth doesn't come from a comfort zone, but from leaving it. Wow, what a book! This is not even a novel, it's just a manual for Minecraft players who've never played with that game. If you follow this book, you'll learn how to play the game, but god for a novel? This was plain bad. The info-dumping was amateurish, the character was just lame, the world I really can't fathom why they couldn't write a story for Minecraft like the Telltale game.
That was a good one, you got to know the world, how it worked, and still had a good story. This one? This is nothing like that, and it breaks my heart. I wanted to like this so bad, I loved World War Z, but this? Shame on you, Max Brooks, I wouldn't even call this writing. Feb 24, Justin added it. It shows how fast a 'modern' human can live on his own in a 'semi-virtual world' that is Minecraft.
The author is the same person who made WWZ and has amazing writing techniques. His writing techniques really fit into the theme of the book and is one of the best, if not the best Minecraft book ever. The writer likes to put in a lot of quotes in the book. These can be simple everyday quotes to quotes that is only found in this book. I'd "Minecraft: The Island" is a book filled with experience.
I'd like to imagine them as individual checkpoints of the protagonists knowledge. The author also makes this protagonist alone besides a few non-human friends which is a surprise to me since about every single book I've read in my life has at least 2 or more people going on some sort of adventure or even people that share the same intelligence.
In conclusion, this is a unique book with a great storyline and remarkable character development. It's my only book that I would read by myself.
If thats not enough to sway you, I don't know what is. May 17, Mike rated it liked it. Imagine my disappointment when Brooks largely failed to both entertain me or my kids.
As my seven year old said after the first 30 pages "Who is this book for? Anyone reading it already knows how Minecraft works. I'm not sure who the audience is for this book since no one who isn't a huge fan of Minecraft would spend their time reading a fiction novel about it.
Despite that Brooks spends at least the first third, and maybe as much as half, of the book painfully describing how the protagonist, through trial and error, figures out how Minecraft works. Let me tell you reading about someone figuring out how to create a crafting table is not thrilling.
Things pick up in the last third of the book once the main character figures out how everything works and gets serious about taking on zombies, creepers and spiders. Still, since the main character doesn't have a name, any memory of how he got to this Minecraft island or any background it's really hard to care at all what happens to him.
In fairness there are passing comments about the main characters life before The Island but they are vague and foggy and not nearly interesting enough to make me care about that mystery. Overall, I wish the book had been better but given some of the unofficial Minecraft books I've seen this one isn't bad.
Then again those books were barely in English and may have been randomly assembled from blog posts about Minecraft so it wasn't a high bar to clear. Full disclosure—I am both a fan of the author and of Mincraft. My ebook copy was a modest pages with a US copywrite. Max Brooks is an American writer of apocalyptic fiction and non-fiction as well as being an actor. He has more than twenty 20 published books in both series and stand alone.
This is the first book in the Official Minecraft Series series. Some knowledge of Minecraft was needed to get it. The story uses a version of the game. However, the author misses on writing a story entertaining to both nerd-adults and nerd-children. Note this book was part of a series. It ends unresolved. The Review Prose was OK. There was a single POV. The author has traditionally used an informal, style.
Descriptions are very detailed in the beginning. The book was a Primer on aspects of the game. However, the descriptions become less detailed as the story gets long. Action sequences were good, although not too complicated. Pacing was fine throughout. The main character was an unnamed man, possibly a young man. I like unnamed protagonists. He was the only character in the book other than the game's NPCs. At its heart, this was a Man Against Nature story, with an internal and external arc-of-discovery.
The main antagonists are the vintage hostile Minecraft mobs. The mobs are a vaguely supernatural group of entities. The protagonist: collects resources; builds tools and shelter; battles mobs, hunger and lack of sleep; and explores the world.
The author constrains the story to a small island, versus the game's normal open world , to make his job easier. A dose of hipster agitprop was included. The protagonist tries and fails at a vegetarian diet. Posts navigation. Get This Offer External Website. Thanks for being a reader, and have a great day! Please share:. The links this post may contain affiliate links which we earn a commision from.
Browse related:. Browse more:. Just as kids create worlds within Minecraft, they can create visuals with their imaginations as they listen along to these and more official Minecraft audiobooks! Valente are among the incredibly imaginative best-selling authors who have contributed to the series of novels based on the top-selling video game of all time.
Minecraft has sold more than million copies across all platforms and attracts more than million monthly active players. The first audiobook in the series, The Island , has two exciting versions—one narrated by acclaimed actor and musician Jack Black and the other by Emmy-winning actress Samira Wiley. The first official Minecraft novel! In the tradition of iconic adventures like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island , the number one New York Times best-selling author of World War Z tells the story of a hero - stranded in the world of Minecraft - who must unravel the secrets of a mysterious island in order to survive.
In the tradition of iconic adventures like Robinson Crusoe and Treasure Island, the number one New York Times best-selling author of World War Z tells the story of a hero - stranded in the world of Minecraft - who must unravel the secrets of a mysterious island in order to survive.
Bianca has never been good at following the plan. She's more of an act-now, deal-with-the-consequences-later kind of person. But consequences can't be put off forever, as Bianca learns when she and her best friend, Lonnie, are in a terrible car crash. Waking up in the hospital, almost paralyzed by her injuries, Bianca is faced with questions she's not equipped to answer. She chooses instead to try a new virtual-reality version of Minecraft that responds to her every wish, giving her control over a world at the very moment she thought she'd lost it.
The brand-new official Minecraft novel is a journey into the unknown! Alison and Max must team up to find his missing uncle Nicholas. Using the journal his beloved uncle left as a guide, the duo hurtle headlong into a treacherous and unknown landscape called the Nether. This official Minecraft novel is a journey into the unknown!
Max is always on the lookout for a new adventure - even if it means getting into trouble - while Alison prefers to follow the rules.
Series Minecraft. Author Mur Lafferty. Narrator Emily Shaffer. Release 09 July Search for a digital library with this title Search by city, ZIP code, or library name Learn more about precise location detection.
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