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Bezig met laden... Lifel1k3door Jay Kristoff
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Its hard to be disappointed when you don't expect much, yet somehow this book managed it. It had a reasonable start, with identifying the key characters and the strange dystopian world. That said, the coincidences that moved the story forward and the obvious misdirection was just a little too unrealistic. I can buy all the machina, logika, and assembled technology. I can even buy androids that are like super-human - more human than human. But Eve and Lemon and Silas were just so myopic. They just didn't feel like interesting or complex characters. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Lifel1k3 (1) PrijzenErelijsten
Romance.
Science Fiction.
Young Adult Fiction.
Young Adult Literature.
HTML:From the coauthor of the New York Times bestselling Illuminae Files comes the first book in a new series that's part Romeo and Juliet, part Terminator, and all adrenaline. On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old Eve isn't looking for troubleâ??she's too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, she's on the local gangster's wanted list, and the only thing keeping her grandpa alive is the money she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she's discovered she can somehow destroy machines with the power of her mind, and a bunch of puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size because of it. If she's ever had a worse day, Eve can't remember it. The problem is, Eve has had a worse dayâ??one that lingers in her nightmares and the cybernetic implant where her memories used to be. Her discovery of a handsome android named Ezekielâ??called a "Lifelike" because they resemble humansâ??will bring her world crashing down and make her question whether her entire life is a lie. With her best friend Lemon Fresh and her robotic sidekick Cricket in tow, Eve will trek across deserts of glass, battle unkillable bots, and infiltrate towering megacities to save the ones she loves...and learn the truth about the bloody secrets Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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There was a lot that was good about this book, notably the world building. I'm a sucker for post-disaster Earth story, and intelligent robots, and I thought the world of LIFEL1K3 blended these wonderfully. I got real Mortal Engines/Mad Max vibes from it all! I also think the way Kristoff explains how the world as we know it fell apart and began to piece itself together again with tech and mech pieces. Also, the characters were mostly very fun, especially Lemon Fresh! Y'all, I ADORE her. I want to read ten more books with her as the main character. I thought Eva was pretty neat, although after a while I felt like she sort of flatlined? Maybe it was the repetitiveness of her internal struggles of identity, but near the end I began to not care as much about her. However, I DO love the friendship between her and Lemon! I care about them deeply as friends, and I'm eager to see more of them.
So all that being said, I think the pacing of this book was way off. It's sort of a bumpy ride, and the action moments in here felt forced to me in a lot of places. The character of the Preacher honestly felt like a waste of page space to me, too. Then when the characters have quieter moments, a lot of what they talk about is also very repetitive. I think the focus overall could have been sharper and more streamlined. The plot, although leading to a fairly predictable encounter, meanders all over the place and leaves a bit to be desired.
I am planning on reading the next in the series, mainly because it sounds like it more Lemon-centric and I here for that! Crossing my fingers for a slightly more focused sequel! ( )