Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine ApplegatePublisher: Feiwel and Friends
Publication Date: October 2, 2012
Pages: 291
Source: BEA
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And girl created boy…First: a car accident and a hospital that fears Eve may never be able to run again. Her mother, Terra, is a significant character in the science world and when she insists on bringing Eve, straight out of surgery to Terra’s own science facility, there is no questioning. Second: a recovery room and boredom. To quench Eve’s boredom, her mother gives her a science experiment to play with: Eve has to create the perfect boy. Eve creates Adam.
In the beginning, there was an apple—
And then there was a car crash, a horrible injury, and a hospital. But before Evening Spiker’s head clears a strange boy named Solo is rushing her to her mother’s research facility. There, under the best care available, Eve is left alone to heal.
Just when Eve thinks she will die—not from her injuries, but from boredom—her mother gives her a special project: Create the perfect boy.
Using an amazingly detailed simulation, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up. Eve is creating Adam. And he will be just perfect... won’t he?--Goodreads
I wasn’t sure I was going to like this book. It sounded like a thoughtful concept, and one which would be great to read about if done the right way. Well these two authors wrote it in exactly the right way because I loved every minute of it.
Eve and Adam was
constant action which didn’t let up until the very last page. I was surprised at how fast I flew through
the book, wanting to know more. I
thought it was going to have more of a science element which I wasn’t going to
like but as much as most of the book took place in a science facility, science
was not a big issue. Science is not my
favorite subject in the world and Eve and
Adam stuck to the minimum: talking about genetics and the cliché of creepy
objects in jars.
It was amazing writing and grabbed the reader along for the
ride. Michael Grant and Katherine
Applegate worked together and wrote a masterpiece of both a book and a boy
named Adam. As much as Adam was gorgeous
in every possible way, I loved how Grant and Applegate took the time to sneak
in a few moral messages for the kids.
Perfect boys don’t always mean perfect everythings.
The characters were memorable. However, both narrations of Eve and Solo
sounded too similar. The only way I
could differentiate the two was by looking at the name in the beginning of the
chapter. However, this may have been
done to show how perfect they were for each other. As much as their narrations were similar,
their decisions were different which made them both unique in their own ways.
The ending was adorable but too short. I felt like the whole thing was over too
quickly. I think this book has a little
bit for everyone but if you are especially into science fiction, you’ll want to
check this one out.
“I am thinking of an apple when the streetcar hits and my leg severs and my ribs crumble and my arm is no longer an arm but something unrecognizable, wet and red.”-Eve and Adam by Michael Grant and Katherine Applegate, p. 1 (ARC)
Rated PG-13 for crazy experiments, a car accident, blood and gore, and sexual references.
Cover: 5
Characters: 5
Plot: 5
Ending: 4
Writing Style: 5
Overall:
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