Reflex

This one is so awful I am struggling o get through it. David is a prisoner. In a book about teleportation ... and barfing ... and lots of other bodily functions ... IN A BOOK ABOUT TELEPORTERS .... :/The first book was WAY better.

It is a rare sequel that actually improves on the original. The two biggest problems with Jumper were the relatively minimal development of Millie's character and the sometimes awkward dialogue. Both issues have been addressed in Reflex.While the first novel focused on David, Reflex shines the spotlight on Millie giving her a huge chunk of the book. David and Millie have made a life together - David is an occasional agent for the American government while Millie is a practicing therapist. A powerful and wealthy individual decides to co-op David for his own ends and after he is kidnapped, Millie must apply her considerable intellect to finding and rescuing her husband. This could have been a fairly basic story with David kept out of action until Millie came to the rescue. Instead, Gould gives us a tight story of a caged man who will not be defeated and his wife who will stop at nothing to set him free.The same attention to detail with regard to the capabilities and limitations of a teleporter that Gould showed in the first novel is brought even more sharply into focus in the sequel. The lengths that David's captors are willing to go to keep him on a leash are truly frightening and presented in an unflinchingly brutal manner. At the same time, Millie takes her first faltering steps into the life of a Jumper and shows real ingenuity in dealing with an opponent that knows all too well how to deal with someone who can teleport.Jumper was a novel that started off as an escapist fantasy, turned into a love story, and eventually into a James Bond novel. With Superpowers. Reflex is much more focused and maintains the same feel throughout the story.

While not as good as Jumper, Reflex is a solid good read. The only complaint I had was that Davy spent the majority of the story a prisoner (although the torture scenes were fantastically vivid), while his wife searched the world to find him. Had I taken the time to read the reviews (as I did for JUMPER), it would have given me a clearer picture of what to expect. This story is not like the first one.While seeing the world from Millie's perspective was good, giving her the ability to jump at that particular moment in time and seeing how quickly she adapted to it was a bit too "convenient" for me. I was also a bit jarring to see them jump so FAR in the future (no pun intended). I guess I sort of expected the story to pick up after the first one left off.Nevertheless... aside from these minor grievances, the story was top-notch, the characters were excellent, and (you guessed it) I've already purchased the next title in the series. Good job, Steven. You keep writing them and I'll keep buying them.

So amazing. I never could have seen this story coming after the ending of Jumper. David is all grown up. He's married and he has a pretty sweet job with the government. all of that changes when he is kidnapped by an unknown enemy. Why do they want him, how do they plan to keep him, and most importantly what will it take to control him?Meanwhile his wife is left alone, worried, scared and trapped in their cliff side home. She can't jump like her amazing husband. But David's talent might be less of an ability and more of a -- reflex.Action packed, and emotionally engaging, Reflex is sure to please anyone who enjoyed Davy's coming of age story in Jumper.

Reflex is the second book of an excellent four book series. I cannot say enough bout this series. The book will certainly keep you interested from start to finish. Even though it is the second in a series, it will stand on it's own. If you are one of those that must start at the beginning, start with Jumper.A couple of the scenes in the book are a little intense and might bother younger readers.

I read Reflex almost immediately after finishing Jumper and I loved it! Mr. Gould does a great job of continuing the story and expanding the world he has created. Unlike Jumper, Reflex has a central villain, which is something I thought Jumper was lacking. The villains in this story are awesome, mostly because of how complex they are; some are even victims in their own right. I highly recommend this one for fans of the first book - you will not be disappointed.

How does one stop a jumper? Well, we get to find out. I really liked this follow-up book to Jumper. That being said, I'd love to see some explanation about how a non-jumper might become a jumper. Can anyone do it if conditions are right? The explanation would have to cover how Davy became one, as well as how someone else might be able to gain the ability.

Good sequel to Jumper; the parts concerning the negative conditioning process do tend to go on more than is really interesting but serve their purpose in the sequel to this sequel (Impulse). These books are neither science fiction nor fantasy, and seem intended for older teens or "young adults" (which probably makes them most interesting to younger teens). They are well edited and the characterizations are well done. Very easy reading, nothing intellectually challenging and no background requirements for the reader. The only thing which I find lacking is a better, more scientifically credible explanation of the jump, though the description of the "stationary jump" is very good. Excellent recreational reading.