Helpful Score: 1
This was the April 2013 pick in my online book club, The Reading Cove.
The story opens with the main character Lia having just been in a horrific car accident, and waking up to find she's no longer in her body. Sound interesting? Well, the reality is that our dear Lia is FAR too annoying to have an entire story coming from her point-of-view! I kid you not - all she does for over 350 pages is whine, brood and puke sarcasm about her situation. It got old. Fast.
I think it might've helped if I'd gotten to know Lia prior to the accident, rather than meeting her immediately afterward, when it's nearly impossible to sympathize with her. Within the first 50 pages, I found myself thinking that instead of "downloading" her into a new mechanical body, they should've just let her die. We don't need her smart alec rambling to know that humans are pure non-physical consciousness, not bodies.
So I skimmed through to the end. Because I'm not 14 years old, and this definitely wasn't written for anyone of more advanced intelligence.
I can't go higher than a D for SKINNED.
The story opens with the main character Lia having just been in a horrific car accident, and waking up to find she's no longer in her body. Sound interesting? Well, the reality is that our dear Lia is FAR too annoying to have an entire story coming from her point-of-view! I kid you not - all she does for over 350 pages is whine, brood and puke sarcasm about her situation. It got old. Fast.
I think it might've helped if I'd gotten to know Lia prior to the accident, rather than meeting her immediately afterward, when it's nearly impossible to sympathize with her. Within the first 50 pages, I found myself thinking that instead of "downloading" her into a new mechanical body, they should've just let her die. We don't need her smart alec rambling to know that humans are pure non-physical consciousness, not bodies.
So I skimmed through to the end. Because I'm not 14 years old, and this definitely wasn't written for anyone of more advanced intelligence.
I can't go higher than a D for SKINNED.
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