g1rlwhol1ved's review against another edition
4.0
it was a good book but it was too short and it ended very abruptly
noemielise's review against another edition
3.0
I guess decent for a first book. For the first 90% of the book, Melody talks about how to get laid, Harmony talks about how much she is sinning and I wondered when the story would start. So only in the last few pages did the story actually start. Was time....
The idea was nice. Didn't adore the style of writing but it wasn't bad. I will read the second, to see if it went up or down, because right now, i am dead neutral. Don't love nor hate the book
The idea was nice. Didn't adore the style of writing but it wasn't bad. I will read the second, to see if it went up or down, because right now, i am dead neutral. Don't love nor hate the book
kricketa's review against another edition
2.0
i'm so sorry, dear book club. with great excitement i picked this book for our may meeting. i really love the jessica darling series so i'd been waiting for mccafferty's new series with bated breath (whatever that means.) alas, i found this lacking for a few reasons:
1. it grates on my nerves when books set in the future have all this crazy new lingo and cute names for new inventions. seriously, nails on the chalkboard. i get why authors do this but it doesn't keep it from feeling contrived and overly precious to me. i had the same problem with westerfeld's "uglies."
2. i felt like i wasn't getting a complete picture of either of the main characters. maybe because we switch back and forth so much? it felt like just a skimming of the top of who they were- all of them: melody, harmony, zen, jondoe, ram. speaking of which...ugh on all the names. ugh ugh.
3. even as she was writing from harmony's perspective, i felt like mccafferty wasn't genuinely getting her. it seemed like she was making fun of harmony's faith even as she was inside her head. maybe harmony as a character was supposed to be funny- kind of airheaded and "godfreaky" but i think a good writer would have taken her more seriously.
end rant for now. sorry again, friends.
1. it grates on my nerves when books set in the future have all this crazy new lingo and cute names for new inventions. seriously, nails on the chalkboard. i get why authors do this but it doesn't keep it from feeling contrived and overly precious to me. i had the same problem with westerfeld's "uglies."
2. i felt like i wasn't getting a complete picture of either of the main characters. maybe because we switch back and forth so much? it felt like just a skimming of the top of who they were- all of them: melody, harmony, zen, jondoe, ram. speaking of which...ugh on all the names. ugh ugh.
3. even as she was writing from harmony's perspective, i felt like mccafferty wasn't genuinely getting her. it seemed like she was making fun of harmony's faith even as she was inside her head. maybe harmony as a character was supposed to be funny- kind of airheaded and "godfreaky" but i think a good writer would have taken her more seriously.
end rant for now. sorry again, friends.
wandereaderr's review against another edition
4.0
I really really enjoyed this novel! Granted, some of the slang was odd because we were expected to know what all of it meant but some of the words I still don't understand. But it was such a great book! I have to order the sequel ASAP!
tris_calvert's review against another edition
5.0
Perhaps it's because I am a mother that I found this so chilling. I respect surrogates that give children to infertile parents because I know what a gift children are, and because I don't think I'd ever be able to give up a child I carried, even knowing they were going to a loving home. I was amazed by this story, because of the "reality" that is hidden under the "catchy" teenage phrases. I am not a fan of such shows as 16 and Pregnant, and to have pregnancy in the teenage years not only promoted but GLORIFIED was hard to stomach; not to mention the complete lack of interest in the wellbeing of themselves and their babies.... The description of the births (what little there are) just reminds me of a not-so-long ago time of the "Twilight Sleep" birthing, and how some mothers are still treated today.
greergreer's review against another edition
4.0
Second reading of this book. I read this when it first came out and thought it was way advanced for its story for a YA book and weirdly loved it. Have picked it up again and yes I still weirdly love this book and have read newer books that have taken this topic and have also done a great job, but your first bump is the one you remember the most.
valeriew's review against another edition
3.0
Umm....what???? That was one of the weirdest books I have ever read. I was sooo lost at the beginning. I get trying to make up new words for the future but a little explaining would have helped. I didn't care for the light way they talked about such important things. There is some swearing. I would never recommend this book to a teenager. It was a little offensive.
hoping4more's review against another edition
4.0
With all the dystopian fiction flooding the bookshelves lately, I was pleasantly surprised by Megan's fresh take on the genre.
In a world where teens are the only people able to conceive Melody is praised for her coice to be a surrogate. Her twin sister Harmony, raised by "the churchies", however is not happy about her newfound sister's choice and has set out to change her mind.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC
In a world where teens are the only people able to conceive Melody is praised for her coice to be a surrogate. Her twin sister Harmony, raised by "the churchies", however is not happy about her newfound sister's choice and has set out to change her mind.
Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC
mrsjmontalvo's review against another edition
2.0
I was very disappointed in this book. The storyline sounded amazing when I decided to download it but once I started reading it, I realized it wasn't as expected. The writing included made up words. It lacked explantion of what the virus really was and it really wasn't much of a dystopian novel, in my opinion. I have read tons of books written better than this one....I don't recommend it to others.
claire_melanie's review against another edition
5.0
Brilliant, hilarious and so so clever. Loved this book. On a bit of a roll at the moment with my choices :) Best bits were the unique storylines and invented slang. Enjoying book 2 in the series as we speak.