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A review by diaryofthebookdragon
The Body Electric by Beth Revis
5.0
4.5 stars. We'll see where it will go when I write a full review...
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When I started reading The Body Electric, I knew nothing more about it than it had a pretty cover and that the author Beth Revis is pretty famous in the ya community. And now, that I’m finished reading, I simply don’t know how to put all these feelings into words without starting every sentence with ‘Spoiler alert’… Where to stop in comments when the whole plot is full of an unpredictable twists and turns?
The Body Electric is narrated by Ella, who is a daughter of the two famous scientists. Ella’s dad is dead and her mom is terminally ill. Ella’s uneventful life is disturbed when an unknown boy comes and warns her to be careful. A boy called Jack Tyler. A boy who is hurt when she tells him she does not know him…
And that’s how it begins: terrorist attacks, running, chasing, surprising revelations… You never know whom Ella can trust and what will happen next. The last 30% of book are particularly intense. I could not put it down. Just for this addictivity and for a great take on what makes us human theme The Body Electric earned a high rating from me.
The romance is overshadowed by world-building and action. I didn’t mind, since I loved all the other elements of the story, but if you can’t enjoy a novel without a sizzling love story, this might be a deal-breaker for you.
"I can’t let myself get distracted by whatever Jack is, or what I am, or what we used to be. I have to focus on finding whoever is attacking my nation—and my family."
The biggest warning i can think of about The Body Electric is that you should skip it if large amount of bees make you uncomfortable. Every chapter has a picture of a bee at the beginning and there are some very scary descriptions featuring bees.
"A bee lands on his lower lip. I watch, eerily fascinated, as the stinger punctures the pink skin. The bee jerks, leaving the stinger in Jack’s lip. The bee falls against Jack’s teeth, drops from his lips to the ground, where its body is swallowed up by the thousands of bees swarming on the cold tile floor. The floor used to be white, but now it is black-and-yellow, swirling, whirling, massive bodies of bees writhing along the ground, crushed under Jack’s feet, smeared into the tile as more bees swarm over the dead ones."
IN THE END…
The Body Electric is an intense thriller set in a distant future scary for the possibility of being real. I loved the world, the tech and the scary feel of the oppressive society.
If I had to compare it to something, I would describe The Body Electric as young adult version of movie Total Recall spiced up with the best elements of [b:MILA 2.0|10222362|MILA 2.0 (MILA 2.0, #1)|Debra Driza|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341031998s/10222362.jpg|15122092].
If you like conspiracies, science fiction or what makes us human theme, I recommend you give it a try.
Disclaimer: I received this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. This text is also posted on my blog Bookworm Dreams in a little bit more styled edition.
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When I started reading The Body Electric, I knew nothing more about it than it had a pretty cover and that the author Beth Revis is pretty famous in the ya community. And now, that I’m finished reading, I simply don’t know how to put all these feelings into words without starting every sentence with ‘Spoiler alert’… Where to stop in comments when the whole plot is full of an unpredictable twists and turns?
The Body Electric is narrated by Ella, who is a daughter of the two famous scientists. Ella’s dad is dead and her mom is terminally ill. Ella’s uneventful life is disturbed when an unknown boy comes and warns her to be careful. A boy called Jack Tyler. A boy who is hurt when she tells him she does not know him…
And that’s how it begins: terrorist attacks, running, chasing, surprising revelations… You never know whom Ella can trust and what will happen next. The last 30% of book are particularly intense. I could not put it down. Just for this addictivity and for a great take on what makes us human theme The Body Electric earned a high rating from me.
The romance is overshadowed by world-building and action. I didn’t mind, since I loved all the other elements of the story, but if you can’t enjoy a novel without a sizzling love story, this might be a deal-breaker for you.
"I can’t let myself get distracted by whatever Jack is, or what I am, or what we used to be. I have to focus on finding whoever is attacking my nation—and my family."
The biggest warning i can think of about The Body Electric is that you should skip it if large amount of bees make you uncomfortable. Every chapter has a picture of a bee at the beginning and there are some very scary descriptions featuring bees.
"A bee lands on his lower lip. I watch, eerily fascinated, as the stinger punctures the pink skin. The bee jerks, leaving the stinger in Jack’s lip. The bee falls against Jack’s teeth, drops from his lips to the ground, where its body is swallowed up by the thousands of bees swarming on the cold tile floor. The floor used to be white, but now it is black-and-yellow, swirling, whirling, massive bodies of bees writhing along the ground, crushed under Jack’s feet, smeared into the tile as more bees swarm over the dead ones."
IN THE END…
The Body Electric is an intense thriller set in a distant future scary for the possibility of being real. I loved the world, the tech and the scary feel of the oppressive society.
If I had to compare it to something, I would describe The Body Electric as young adult version of movie Total Recall spiced up with the best elements of [b:MILA 2.0|10222362|MILA 2.0 (MILA 2.0, #1)|Debra Driza|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1341031998s/10222362.jpg|15122092].
If you like conspiracies, science fiction or what makes us human theme, I recommend you give it a try.
Disclaimer: I received this ebook from NetGalley in exchange for a fair and honest review. This text is also posted on my blog Bookworm Dreams in a little bit more styled edition.