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3.54 AVERAGE
3.54 AVERAGE
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This book started out very slow to me. I really only got interested with 50 pages left. My sister recommended it to me as a Sci-fy contemporary book,so my hope was set of action with real life problems...nope. You go through the struggles of this girl trying to discover herself after a should have been fatal accident. I get the struggles and stuff through this book but nothing really grabbed me. The romance was unnecessary and the Allys thing was too. I did like the whole Jenna and Lilly relationship. This book was okay but wasn't the best.
A girl wakes up from an 18-month coma with severe amnesia. Thought-provoking and interesting. I was prepared to give it four stars, until the final chapter, in which the author failed to even pretend to explore the ramifications of the events of the book.
I’ve read a lot of scifi, and this book was surprisingly different. I really like this one. It really makes you view things from a very philosophical point of view.
I don't know what it is about sci-fi...or maybe it's just the sci-fi I choose to read...but it always involves a Secret. Like, a Big Secret. One not to be taken lightly. A Secret that will have dire consequences should it be found out. A Secret whose need to be kept a secret usually revolves around some ethical or moral principle, with an intense emotional component. A Secret that, through the course of the book, is bound to be found out, the consequences faced, important decisions to be made, and some sense of sweet release in the way things end up working out.
That's how it is with Running Out of Time, and the Among the Hidden series, both by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and The Giver by Lois Lowry.
And such is the case with The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Bio-ethical secrets abound in this story taking place in the not-too-distant future, where medical technology has advanced to the engineering of synthetic bodies and brains. The question, though, is how far one would go to preserve life as one knows it, and whether or not a human can cross over into a state of being a non-human and where that line is.
***
Addendum: the audiobook is decent, too.
That's how it is with Running Out of Time, and the Among the Hidden series, both by Margaret Peterson Haddix, and The Giver by Lois Lowry.
And such is the case with The Adoration of Jenna Fox. Bio-ethical secrets abound in this story taking place in the not-too-distant future, where medical technology has advanced to the engineering of synthetic bodies and brains. The question, though, is how far one would go to preserve life as one knows it, and whether or not a human can cross over into a state of being a non-human and where that line is.
***
Addendum: the audiobook is decent, too.
Very trippy and very interesting the whole way through. Keeps you on your toes. Loved it!
wow. at first i was really on the edge on the edge, but i loved it. had lots of wow moments, felt unique and i read it fast.
my reviews suck right now but whatever.
my reviews suck right now but whatever.
challenging
emotional
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Good book from Pearson. Loved hearing this telling of 10% of Jenna Fox and the Jenna Fox standard. Cannot wait to finish the series.
Amazing sci-fi story. What's really great about this book is the emotional depth. I loved the questions Pearson raised about what it means to be human, the soul, and mortality. Unique to sci-fi, this book centered on relationships--with others and with oneself--and will stay with me for a long time.