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I liked the movie. I thought it was fun. It eventually led me to read this book. I think the book is of its time. It reads like a young adult novel, with an emphasis on the adversity in which the protagonist was raised. I read it to the end, always hoping it would be better. It just never panned out. It was very linear storytelling. There were no real surprises.


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Jumper A Novel Steven Gould Books Reviews

Enjoyed the authors writing style and will read more from him. Book subject was very interesting and I appreciated the history lessons interspersed.
So glad I bought the book. Chuckled out loud a few times too
David Rice is a highly intelligent, well read, seventeen year old boy, who has been physically and verbally abused by his father for years. Abandoned by his mother, Mary, when he was twelve, because David's father, her husband, also battered her, David decides that he cannot take any more abuse. In a moment of great personal angst, he discovers that he can teleport himself to a safe place. So, begins a new life for David and a most excellent adventure for the reader.

David, to his own amazement, can teleport, but there there is a method to the madness, which he soon discovers. His new ability, however, enables him to not have to return home. He, instead, starts a new life for himself, one which the reader will enjoy sharing, as his new found ability, which he calls "jumping", leads to many interesting situations. Some of the situations in which he gets involved turn him into an unusual sort of super hero. Inventive and absorbing, this is a very special coming of age story that will keep the reader turning the pages.

The only problem with the book is that many of David's initial problems, while on his own, arise out of his lack of a social security number. This is a highly unlikely case scenario, because David would have needed a social security number for some of the standardized tests a student is required to take, as the social security number would act as the student's identification number. Moreover, his father would have needed David's social security number in order to claim him as a deduction on his income tax return. This is, however, the only false note in this otherwise totally delightful tale of a young man with powers of teleportation and the ways in which he puts his ability to use.
A good book which I kept thinking "I wish it were better". This is an amazing story which kept my attention​, but something is missing and I cannot put my finger on it. I wanted to tell the story my way, which, with a great author, you should never have that feeling.
While I enjoyed the trip across the United States with these two characters and the unusual characters they met along the way the book never seemed to feel completely unified. Perhaps that is what the author wanted but I always felt like the three characters in the story—the author, the doctor and the brain—never connected fully. Still an enjoyable read with all kinds of insights into the life of Albert Einstein to research.
The premise of this book isn't bad; it's just never really developed as it could have been. Several potential directions are hinted at, but are never explored, such as others with the ability the main character displays, or possibly trying to understand how the central figure does what he does. Not bad... just expect to spend the last quarter of the book reading the same phrases over and over.
I recommend this book to everyone. many people think they don't like science fiction. Or books. So this is the book I recommend to everyone like that. It's a very easy read. Fast paced. Page turner. It makes you think. It's clever. It's fun. Nothing like the movie. There is only one jumper in this book on the entire planet. In the movie there are many. Anyway I read about 50 books per year and this is my number one goto book to recommend to people who don't read as much as me.
I really enjoyed this book. I can see why they made a movie and TV show about it. The characters were great. The plot was captivating. The story was interesting.

There were a few problems. There was too much profanity in this story for young children. This book also joins with other media in encouraging sexual relations before marriage.

I've read some of Steven's latest work and found it much improved in this area.
I liked the movie. I thought it was fun. It eventually led me to read this book. I think the book is of its time. It reads like a young adult novel, with an emphasis on the adversity in which the protagonist was raised. I read it to the end, always hoping it would be better. It just never panned out. It was very linear storytelling. There were no real surprises.