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blatanville's review against another edition
3.0
You'll want to slap the protagonist for being so thick (or the author for laying out the cards too soon), but this us a worthy successor to The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
kmsaunders's review against another edition
2.0
An unnecessary sequel. Not sure I will finish series.
kristid's review against another edition
3.0
If you have not read The Adoration of Jenna Fox, this review will be spoilery!
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, is one of my all time favorite novel. Ever. To say that The Fox Inheritance had a lot to live up to in my eyes... is an understatement. Although Jenna is still my favorite, The Fox Inheritance definitely makes an appearance on my list.
This story is different... a lot different than Jenna Fox. As the reader we're watching these characters deal with something completely different than what Jenna went through. There are more politics and technological advances... what Jenna's Dad started is barely a blip on the technology radar.
Locke and Kara were/are Jenna's best friends. You might remember that she finds them..... well finds their minds and disposes of them in hopes that they won't ever wake up to the nightmare that she has experienced. Only she didn't expect someone to have copies and she never expected to see her two best friends again.
Locke and Kara are two very distinct characters. It's unclear initially who they are... what they are. What their motives are, are they good? are they bad? Pearson does an excellent job presenting these two characters and weaving just enough of the past in with the present for readers to grasp how they must be struggling with this new world they've "awaken" to. My favorite character would be Dot Jefferson, if she doesn't make an impression on you... I may wonder if you're even human.
The plot was fairly simple, but the world and the details that Pearson created were far from that. An incredible story in an even more incredible series.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox, is one of my all time favorite novel. Ever. To say that The Fox Inheritance had a lot to live up to in my eyes... is an understatement. Although Jenna is still my favorite, The Fox Inheritance definitely makes an appearance on my list.
This story is different... a lot different than Jenna Fox. As the reader we're watching these characters deal with something completely different than what Jenna went through. There are more politics and technological advances... what Jenna's Dad started is barely a blip on the technology radar.
Locke and Kara were/are Jenna's best friends. You might remember that she finds them..... well finds their minds and disposes of them in hopes that they won't ever wake up to the nightmare that she has experienced. Only she didn't expect someone to have copies and she never expected to see her two best friends again.
Locke and Kara are two very distinct characters. It's unclear initially who they are... what they are. What their motives are, are they good? are they bad? Pearson does an excellent job presenting these two characters and weaving just enough of the past in with the present for readers to grasp how they must be struggling with this new world they've "awaken" to. My favorite character would be Dot Jefferson, if she doesn't make an impression on you... I may wonder if you're even human.
The plot was fairly simple, but the world and the details that Pearson created were far from that. An incredible story in an even more incredible series.
emoly530am's review against another edition
5.0
So far this series is a great series!! I highly recommend if you like futuristic sci-fi!!
nssutton's review against another edition
2.0
The continuation of The Adoration of Jenna Fox.
Which, according to this book, is really a book that didn't need a sequel. I had a lot of trouble remembering what it was that I liked about the first installment. Even my Goodreads review is a little foggy and unclear. But I can tell you what I didn't like about this book -- everything. I didn't want to go to the future, I didn't want to get excited about BioPerfect, I didn't find the fact that they had survived hundreds of years worthy of my suspension of disbelief.
Basically, the only thing I liked was the visual of Dot wearing a sombrero.
Which, according to this book, is really a book that didn't need a sequel. I had a lot of trouble remembering what it was that I liked about the first installment. Even my Goodreads review is a little foggy and unclear. But I can tell you what I didn't like about this book -- everything. I didn't want to go to the future, I didn't want to get excited about BioPerfect, I didn't find the fact that they had survived hundreds of years worthy of my suspension of disbelief.
Basically, the only thing I liked was the visual of Dot wearing a sombrero.
beths0103's review against another edition
2.0
I hate to give this book two stars because I loved The Adoration of Jenna Fox so much, but this story just wasn't nearly as engaging as Jenna. Part of that had to do with the narrator. Locke just didn't grab me the way Jenna did. Even Jenna in this story didn't leap off the page the way she did in the first book. My favorite character was actually Dot the bot, who showed an empathy and humanity that some of the human characters couldn't muster.
sausome's review against another edition
2.0
Not as good as "The Adoration of Jenna Fox" by a long shot, but still interesting and entertaining.
asimilarkite's review against another edition
3.0
I really loved The Adoration of Jenna Fox -- I loved that it was introspective sci-fi that felt like it could really be a possibility in the near future. I also really liked that it was character focused sci-fi -- It's hard to find non-dystopian sci-fi, especially that has an interesting, sympathetic character.
This book was...OK. I liked the characters, and I thought the more action-based plot was fairly well done, but I really wanted to know more about the world. I thought one of the most interesting parts was the structure of the government, and it was just BARELY touched on. I wanted to know why the Civil War happened, and what the two ideologies were -- I just wanted more information! The end also felt a bit rushed and odd...I'm not sure whether or not I'll read the third in the series.
This book was...OK. I liked the characters, and I thought the more action-based plot was fairly well done, but I really wanted to know more about the world. I thought one of the most interesting parts was the structure of the government, and it was just BARELY touched on. I wanted to know why the Civil War happened, and what the two ideologies were -- I just wanted more information! The end also felt a bit rushed and odd...I'm not sure whether or not I'll read the third in the series.
jademelody's review against another edition
4.0
I started out by reading this as an audiobook, and it was good, but for some reason it just didn't captivate me that way. So I set it down for a long time because I really didn't have any motivation to pick it up. Yeah, the story was intriguing but the form of the book I had chosen just didn't make me that interested in it. Once I was able to read the physical version by itself, then the book became A LOT better for me. It just sped up the pace, everything became so intense. This could be because I stopped the audiobook just as the book hit that point where everything started to happen, or the audiobook just didn't portray the pacing very well. I did feel like this book had a slow start, which I understand why, because explanation was definitely needed, but it took too long to get started.
Once the book actually got going and the general explanation was over, I enjoyed this book so much more. The change of pace was great! The futuristic aspects that the author chose were obviously researched and were seemingly realistic enough to be believable while still including aspects that pushed the boundaries of what we think is possible. She did an amazing job. I also enjoy this author's writing style and how she writes the characters inner monologues. You can clearly tell the difference between how these characters minds work, and you can see the different parts of their personalities and why they make certain decisions because of that.
Something, or rather someone, that annoyed me for the entire book was Kara. I think I may have misunderstood her. At least that is what I came to believe by the end based on the choices and decisions she made. I just didn't fully understand her character until it was explained that parts of her and Locke, and others, could've gotten lost or erased or some equivalent term to that. I was just confused whether her attitude was genuine or because she was lacking something due to it being lost. I'm still a little confused by Kara, even after the ending. It just didn't seem like a completely closed end on her side of it. I'm hoping to see more about her in the next book.
Once the book actually got going and the general explanation was over, I enjoyed this book so much more. The change of pace was great! The futuristic aspects that the author chose were obviously researched and were seemingly realistic enough to be believable while still including aspects that pushed the boundaries of what we think is possible. She did an amazing job. I also enjoy this author's writing style and how she writes the characters inner monologues. You can clearly tell the difference between how these characters minds work, and you can see the different parts of their personalities and why they make certain decisions because of that.
Something, or rather someone, that annoyed me for the entire book was Kara. I think I may have misunderstood her. At least that is what I came to believe by the end based on the choices and decisions she made. I just didn't fully understand her character until it was explained that parts of her and Locke, and others, could've gotten lost or erased or some equivalent term to that. I was just confused whether her attitude was genuine or because she was lacking something due to it being lost. I'm still a little confused by Kara, even after the ending. It just didn't seem like a completely closed end on her side of it. I'm hoping to see more about her in the next book.