read_what_i_want's review
4.0
Wonderful read! Suspenseful, thrilling, and intriguing! I was amazed at how attached I became to Mila...I was shocked when she found out about herself and felt very upset when she worried about losing her humanity. For a first novel in a series, it was well written and not too bumpy a ride getting to the meat of the story. Definitely would recommend this to hard-core sci-fi lover's.
everthereader's review
3.0
Cool. A girls an Android. The dude likes her for some reason. Her friend is kind of annoying and dangerous operatives are after her. I fairly enjoyed this book. I was somewhat disappointed by Mila's character. In a way she was your typical female heroine. But, she was a dense at times too. I found it strange that she called up a boy whom she barely knew to help her on her mission. ;/
sandyfrancesca's review
3.0
I really wanted to love this book. Really wanted to love Mila as I did Hunter. But I just couldn't this book annoyed the hell out of me. At the end it felt like a waste of a potentially brilliant story. Mila's uncertainty and constant self-questioning was beyond irritating.
This book was a huge waste of a wonderful concept, demolished with really awful execution.
Shame!
This book was a huge waste of a wonderful concept, demolished with really awful execution.
Shame!
finalefile's review
4.0
I read this for a second time 9 years after my first reading! It turns out that I barely remembered any of the story, so I'm glad for the opportunity to re-read. I previously gave it 5 stars, but now I'd give it 4 stars. I like this more than the typical YA novel due to the robot/AI elements. On the other hand, it has the tired cliché of the main character constantly pining over a boy she's barely met. In spite of that, I think I'll actually finish the trilogy this time.
Spoiler
This time around, I couldn't stop wondering, WHY DOES THE GOVERNMENT WANT TO MAKE ROBOTIC TEENAGE GIRLS??? If you want someone who will blend in to listen to government secrets, maybe make a robot that looks like a 20-something man instead? I don't think teenage girls typically hang out at places like the Pentagon.somarostam's review
4.0
When a book gets a lot of mixed buzz from the blogging world, I am nervous about read it. And such was the case with this book. I didn't put too much expectations into this one because of all the almost-negative reviews, but I liked it much more than I thought I would.
Mila feels just like the average teenage girl, but she is far from it. An android made in a top-secret lab for top-secret purposes is what she is. Now, she is on the run. From those who made her. And from the reality that is ready to engulf her.
This book was not deep. But it did touch a sensitive subject "Is humanity determined by our actions or by what we are made of?". All the negative reviews of Mila 2.0 were discouraging but I really liked this. Mila is very easy to relate to, she is deeply loyal, a little whiny at times, but you can't blame her. Most of the secondary characters were two dimensional but some stuck out, like Hunter and Lucas and Mila's mum.
Raw, teenage romance dominated this book and it was kind and sweet, which is refreshing. This series has a lot of potential, so fantasy lovers and science fiction lover should give this a try! You won't regret it!
Mila feels just like the average teenage girl, but she is far from it. An android made in a top-secret lab for top-secret purposes is what she is. Now, she is on the run. From those who made her. And from the reality that is ready to engulf her.
This book was not deep. But it did touch a sensitive subject "Is humanity determined by our actions or by what we are made of?". All the negative reviews of Mila 2.0 were discouraging but I really liked this. Mila is very easy to relate to, she is deeply loyal, a little whiny at times, but you can't blame her. Most of the secondary characters were two dimensional but some stuck out, like Hunter and Lucas and Mila's mum.
Raw, teenage romance dominated this book and it was kind and sweet, which is refreshing. This series has a lot of potential, so fantasy lovers and science fiction lover should give this a try! You won't regret it!
nata_sa_b's review
4.0
3,5*
Nie je to až také zlé ako to opisujú v recenziách, samozrejme nie je to ani dokonalé, ale takmer vkuse sa tam niečo deje a dej sa posúva istým smerom. Takže ma to bavilo a tam to končí. A do pokračovania sa rozhodne púšťam, aj keď to má nízke hodnotenie.
Nie je to až také zlé ako to opisujú v recenziách, samozrejme nie je to ani dokonalé, ale takmer vkuse sa tam niečo deje a dej sa posúva istým smerom. Takže ma to bavilo a tam to končí. A do pokračovania sa rozhodne púšťam, aj keď to má nízke hodnotenie.
trin_ney18's review
3.0
Moving was part of healing. Healing from the fire that took Mila's memories and her father. But what if they were never hers to begin with? Mila has been posing as a teenage girl but she didn't know how much of a phony she was. Not until an accident leads her to find out that she is really an android. Now her and her "mother" are on the run from her creators. Mila has to fight for reality when everything real has been swept from under her.
The book was recommended to me by a friend. Well, more like it was shoved in my hands before I was out the door. Had I not been given the book I probably still would have picked it up. Might've taken me some time but I would've gotten around to it. Overall it wasn't a bad book just some things that didn't sit well with me as a reader.
This concept was so cool. I thought that the fire was how she became part robot like in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. Turns out she never even had a life. It was a refreshing take on artificial intelligence. Instead of taking over the world Mila is saving her own. The amount of romance was nicely balanced, I don't feel like it was shoved down my throat.
Okay, so this Hunter dude. I so didn't trust him. He just screamed shady. I've read a lot of books where a girl is in hiding and this really nice guy that's interested in her turns out to work with the bad guys. I haven't read the second book so my suspicions may come true. But Hunter seriously has too many coincidences for me not to be suspicious. His parents are always out, he has candy and monsters (yes I do realize the state of a teenage boy's car, but he could've been doing a stakeout. Or I could just be paranoid.), and when Mila calls him he requests that she call him from wherever they land (Ok, maybe he could've been a caring guy. Or he could be all nerdy and track her down. Or, you know, I'm just super paranoid and don't trust guys.) Still when we leave off with him dropping everything to help Mila it didn't sit well with me. I'm glad I have the second book already because I don't like the idea of him. The ending just unnerves me. Goodness.
The book was recommended to me by a friend. Well, more like it was shoved in my hands before I was out the door. Had I not been given the book I probably still would have picked it up. Might've taken me some time but I would've gotten around to it. Overall it wasn't a bad book just some things that didn't sit well with me as a reader.
This concept was so cool. I thought that the fire was how she became part robot like in The Lunar Chronicles by Marissa Meyer. Turns out she never even had a life. It was a refreshing take on artificial intelligence. Instead of taking over the world Mila is saving her own. The amount of romance was nicely balanced, I don't feel like it was shoved down my throat.
Okay, so this Hunter dude. I so didn't trust him. He just screamed shady. I've read a lot of books where a girl is in hiding and this really nice guy that's interested in her turns out to work with the bad guys. I haven't read the second book so my suspicions may come true. But Hunter seriously has too many coincidences for me not to be suspicious. His parents are always out, he has candy and monsters (yes I do realize the state of a teenage boy's car, but he could've been doing a stakeout. Or I could just be paranoid.), and when Mila calls him he requests that she call him from wherever they land (Ok, maybe he could've been a caring guy. Or he could be all nerdy and track her down. Or, you know, I'm just super paranoid and don't trust guys.) Still when we leave off with him dropping everything to help Mila it didn't sit well with me. I'm glad I have the second book already because I don't like the idea of him. The ending just unnerves me. Goodness.
sarahelainereads's review
Book Title: Mila 2.0
Author: Debra Driza
Number of Pages: 470
Genres: YA Fiction, Sci-fi, Action-Adventure
Books like it: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
My favorite quote: "No two people ever view the world from exactly the same perspective, understand things the same way, human or not. The best we can ever do is try."
Brief Synopsis from Goodreads:
Mila 2.0 is the first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.
Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past—that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.
Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity-style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel.
My Summary:
This book was like seeing that girl in school that always dresses in black pull out a pink fluffy unicorn...... Totally unexpected. It compares this book to the Bourne movies, and as a person who has seen and loves the Bourne movies, I have to agree. Mila 2.0 is a fast-paced book with twists and turns and a whole bunch of unexpected explosions.
Mila is just a regular sixteen year old girl, although she has a completely messed up life. Her dad recently died in a fire, and she suffered memory loss because of it. Devastated, her mom decides to move to a new town and start over. It isn't the perfect dream life, but she has got friends, a cute guy interested in her, and a determination to remember the past.
As it turns out, there is no past to remember.
When Mila falls off the back of a truck and lands on her spine, she is sure she must be dead. And then she realizes that where blood should be rushing out of her arm, instead a white ooze gushes out. Horrified and confused, she goes to her mom for answers. The only problem is, the answers she gets are not necessarily what she wants to hear.
Somehow I'd come up with the notion that Hunter could set me free. Like some twisted version of Sleeping Beauty. But instead of saving me from an evil spell, his kiss would save me from the iPod. I'd convinced myself, in the tiny space of time, that Hunter's kiss would make me human.
Mila is not her name, it stands for Mobile Intel Lifelike Android, a CIA experiment designed to help the military's defense. Nicole, a scientist, and the person Mila knows as "Mom" thought that what the CIA had in mind for Mila's future was inhuman and unfair. She escaped with Mila, planted fake memories into her mind, and enrolled Mila in high school.
Now that Mila no longer believes she is a normal girl, her mom turns on her defense mode, and all the abilities that Mila didn't know she possessed suddenly come to her aid. The CIA hunts Mila down, determined to take her back into the military and train her to be their weapon. The only thing they didn't know that while she was away from them, she gained one thing that will stand in their way.
Mila has emotions.
She gets angry, sarcastic, sad, happy, and she falls in love. Those emotions are one thing that keeps her from being a killing machine: human. As Mila fights to win General Holland's praise to keep her mother alive, she also discovers things about herself and her past that can change her forever.
Despite the undeniable knowledge that I wasn't human- or mostly human, anyway-despite the proof that the computer screen had shown in the repair room, I still pictured my interior just the same as any other sixteen year old girl's. Blood and guts and bones. A brain, and a functioning heart. Hopes and dreams, fears and sorrows.
This book was sooo hard to put down because it was freaking awesome! As soon as Mila learns she is an android, the story picks up the pace and we are thrown into this action packed adventure story. I'm pretty sure there is also a love triangle, although I guess I'll have to wait and see in the next books.
Word of advice: don't read this book until 2015 when the last one comes out, because the ending is a total cliffhanger and I am willing to bet that the second book will be the same way. Now I can't wait until the second book comes out in March! This is a great action read.
Pros: This was an action packed book with twists and turns and even a teenage romance. It will please everyone :)
Cons: I thought the start of this book was a little slow, just because nothing is really going on except her normal "human" life. The action picks up around page sixty.
Cautions for Parents: Mild language and violence. Pretty much a good book for age 12 and up.
Rating: 4.5 stars
Author: Debra Driza
Number of Pages: 470
Genres: YA Fiction, Sci-fi, Action-Adventure
Books like it: Cinder by Marissa Meyer
My favorite quote: "No two people ever view the world from exactly the same perspective, understand things the same way, human or not. The best we can ever do is try."
Brief Synopsis from Goodreads:
Mila 2.0 is the first book in an electrifying sci-fi thriller series about a teenage girl who discovers that she is an experiment in artificial intelligence.
Mila was never meant to learn the truth about her identity. She was a girl living with her mother in a small Minnesota town. She was supposed to forget her past—that she was built in a secret computer science lab and programmed to do things real people would never do.
Now she has no choice but to run—from the dangerous operatives who want her terminated because she knows too much and from a mysterious group that wants to capture her alive and unlock her advanced technology. However, what Mila’s becoming is beyond anyone’s imagination, including her own, and it just might save her life.
Mila 2.0 is Debra Driza’s bold debut and the first book in a Bourne Identity-style trilogy that combines heart-pounding action with a riveting exploration of what it really means to be human. Fans of I Am Number Four will love Mila for who she is and what she longs to be—and a cliffhanger ending will leave them breathlessly awaiting the sequel.
My Summary:
This book was like seeing that girl in school that always dresses in black pull out a pink fluffy unicorn...... Totally unexpected. It compares this book to the Bourne movies, and as a person who has seen and loves the Bourne movies, I have to agree. Mila 2.0 is a fast-paced book with twists and turns and a whole bunch of unexpected explosions.
Mila is just a regular sixteen year old girl, although she has a completely messed up life. Her dad recently died in a fire, and she suffered memory loss because of it. Devastated, her mom decides to move to a new town and start over. It isn't the perfect dream life, but she has got friends, a cute guy interested in her, and a determination to remember the past.
As it turns out, there is no past to remember.
When Mila falls off the back of a truck and lands on her spine, she is sure she must be dead. And then she realizes that where blood should be rushing out of her arm, instead a white ooze gushes out. Horrified and confused, she goes to her mom for answers. The only problem is, the answers she gets are not necessarily what she wants to hear.
Somehow I'd come up with the notion that Hunter could set me free. Like some twisted version of Sleeping Beauty. But instead of saving me from an evil spell, his kiss would save me from the iPod. I'd convinced myself, in the tiny space of time, that Hunter's kiss would make me human.
Mila is not her name, it stands for Mobile Intel Lifelike Android, a CIA experiment designed to help the military's defense. Nicole, a scientist, and the person Mila knows as "Mom" thought that what the CIA had in mind for Mila's future was inhuman and unfair. She escaped with Mila, planted fake memories into her mind, and enrolled Mila in high school.
Now that Mila no longer believes she is a normal girl, her mom turns on her defense mode, and all the abilities that Mila didn't know she possessed suddenly come to her aid. The CIA hunts Mila down, determined to take her back into the military and train her to be their weapon. The only thing they didn't know that while she was away from them, she gained one thing that will stand in their way.
Mila has emotions.
She gets angry, sarcastic, sad, happy, and she falls in love. Those emotions are one thing that keeps her from being a killing machine: human. As Mila fights to win General Holland's praise to keep her mother alive, she also discovers things about herself and her past that can change her forever.
Despite the undeniable knowledge that I wasn't human- or mostly human, anyway-despite the proof that the computer screen had shown in the repair room, I still pictured my interior just the same as any other sixteen year old girl's. Blood and guts and bones. A brain, and a functioning heart. Hopes and dreams, fears and sorrows.
This book was sooo hard to put down because it was freaking awesome! As soon as Mila learns she is an android, the story picks up the pace and we are thrown into this action packed adventure story. I'm pretty sure there is also a love triangle, although I guess I'll have to wait and see in the next books.
Word of advice: don't read this book until 2015 when the last one comes out, because the ending is a total cliffhanger and I am willing to bet that the second book will be the same way. Now I can't wait until the second book comes out in March! This is a great action read.
Pros: This was an action packed book with twists and turns and even a teenage romance. It will please everyone :)
Cons: I thought the start of this book was a little slow, just because nothing is really going on except her normal "human" life. The action picks up around page sixty.
Cautions for Parents: Mild language and violence. Pretty much a good book for age 12 and up.
Rating: 4.5 stars
sadiecass's review
4.0
Picked it up because of the gorgeous cover. It was a fast, enjoyable read. I haven't felt driven to pick up the following books, but plan to at some point.
bookishnicole's review
3.0
I had been really excited for this book when I first heard about it. Even better was getting my hands on a copy and finally getting to dive in. I mean look at that cover. It is a book that screams "I AM GOING to blow you away!"and then it didn't. It was nothing special. It fell short of everything that I wanted it to be, but even with that, I am excited for the next book to hit the shelves in hopes that it is going to give us more to love.
What made me fall off the bandwagon? For starters there was a weak attempt at a love triangle. I wish that since Driza had decided to make it happen, it would at least be interesting, but no, there was a hick boy that she met while in her new home and then there was the boy working with the bad guys. They never interacted and they were very different kinds of boys. They weren't even interesting boys, well maybe Lucas was, but still.
I also wasn't thrilled with the people that Mila was keeping company with especially after one of them almost killer her. Some people man...other than that I think my biggest problem would have been the length there was too much going on, I think that this book would have been better suited to be two books and not one, but I suppose in the interest of preserving it being a trilogy, that it somewhat important.
I really liked Mila, she tried to like people and to grow and adapt once she knew who she was and what she was capable of. I will be reading the next book, and I am hopeful that some of these issues will be worked out.
What made me fall off the bandwagon? For starters there was a weak attempt at a love triangle. I wish that since Driza had decided to make it happen, it would at least be interesting, but no, there was a hick boy that she met while in her new home and then there was the boy working with the bad guys. They never interacted and they were very different kinds of boys. They weren't even interesting boys, well maybe Lucas was, but still.
I also wasn't thrilled with the people that Mila was keeping company with especially after one of them almost killer her. Some people man...other than that I think my biggest problem would have been the length there was too much going on, I think that this book would have been better suited to be two books and not one, but I suppose in the interest of preserving it being a trilogy, that it somewhat important.
I really liked Mila, she tried to like people and to grow and adapt once she knew who she was and what she was capable of. I will be reading the next book, and I am hopeful that some of these issues will be worked out.