Reflex : A Jumper Novel

from mbg0312

Solid characterization and a good concept. Gould does love his technical fixes - where clever characters figure out plausible solutions with given materials to solve increasingly dire looking situations. But I have a hard time getting excited by these, and tend to gloss over them without really p...

from woodge

Back in 1993 I picked up Jumper, the first novel featuring Davy Rice. It had a queer-looking cover but I bought it anyway on the strength of the premise. Davy Rice is a teenager who learns how to teleport himself instantaneously from one location to any other location he has fixed in memory or ca...

from Kassilem

I liked Jumper and was excited to see a sequel, and I was not disappointed. I started this book in bed last night and had to read it all the way through because I didn't want to put it down. There's a lot of suspense and it kept me on edge the whole time. The story doesn't unfold too fast or too ...

from librisissimo

Interesting idea but not the best execution. Continuity errors. Protagonist continually undercuts his own best interest by revealing his discoveries to the enemy.

from jshrop

Reflex proved an excellent read and satisfied my craving for more teleporting action after reading Jumper. I stumbled on to Jumper, the novel, in the bookstore after the movie came out, and enjoyed the novel, greatly appreciating NOT to have seen the movie. I ordered Reflex right after reading Ju...