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A review by booknookghost
The Girl & the Machine by Beth Revis
5.0
It's been a while since I've come across any science-fiction that really hits home--partly because I don't read a lot of sci-fi, but mostly because even when I do, I find it difficult to connect.
So believe me when I say this: THE GIRL AND THE MACHINE is incredible.
I've talked about Beth Revis' Across the Universe trilogy before (which I loved!), so I went in expecting something, but came out with so much more.
THE GIRL AND THE MACHINE is a short story following Franklin who--surprise!--is a time traveler, a pretty clueless one at that. He meets Heather, a girl from the future that comes with an idea to make his time traveling better: she has a machine. In fewer pages than it seems possible, Beth Revis manages to construct and deconstruct both these characters so thoroughly, that we are left, well, bamboozled and feeling like we've known them for an entire book.
(Better yet, please give them an entire book, Beth!)
It's hard to talk about it without spoiling the twist, which is half the fun, but I can say this: the author is not afraid to get gritty. And the story will take you in and fill you up with a sense of justice and retribution so strong, you won't even know what happened.
In the world of short stories, THE GIRL AND THE MACHINE made it up there with my favorites, next to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (which is my ultimate favorite, if you must know).
The rest of the anthology, called THE FUTURE COLLECTION, was just released, and you can bet all your chocolate-chip cookies that I will not be missing it.
Neither should you.
.
Thank you to Beth Revis for providing this story free for honest review!
So believe me when I say this: THE GIRL AND THE MACHINE is incredible.
I've talked about Beth Revis' Across the Universe trilogy before (which I loved!), so I went in expecting something, but came out with so much more.
THE GIRL AND THE MACHINE is a short story following Franklin who--surprise!--is a time traveler, a pretty clueless one at that. He meets Heather, a girl from the future that comes with an idea to make his time traveling better: she has a machine. In fewer pages than it seems possible, Beth Revis manages to construct and deconstruct both these characters so thoroughly, that we are left, well, bamboozled and feeling like we've known them for an entire book.
(Better yet, please give them an entire book, Beth!)
It's hard to talk about it without spoiling the twist, which is half the fun, but I can say this: the author is not afraid to get gritty. And the story will take you in and fill you up with a sense of justice and retribution so strong, you won't even know what happened.
In the world of short stories, THE GIRL AND THE MACHINE made it up there with my favorites, next to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (which is my ultimate favorite, if you must know).
The rest of the anthology, called THE FUTURE COLLECTION, was just released, and you can bet all your chocolate-chip cookies that I will not be missing it.
Neither should you.
.
Thank you to Beth Revis for providing this story free for honest review!