Rate: 3,5 stars
Synopsis:
The future world is at peace.
Ella Shepherd has dedicated her life to using her unique gift—the ability to enter people’s dreams and memories using technology developed by her mother—to help others relive their happy memories.
But not all is at it seems.
Ella starts seeing impossible things—images of her dead father, warnings of who she cannot trust. Her government recruits her to spy on a rebel group, using her ability to experience—and influence—the memories of traitors. But the leader of the rebels claims they used to be in love—even though Ella’s never met him before in her life. Which can only mean one thing…
Someone’s altered her memory.
Ella’s gift is enough to overthrow a corrupt government or crush a growing rebel group. She is the key to stopping a war she didn’t even know was happening. But if someone else has been inside Ella’s head, she cannot trust her own memories, thoughts, or feelings.
So who can she trust?
Beth Revis wrote her first books as a student in classrooms, when the professors did not hold her interest and she jotted down stories instead of taking notes.
The Body Electric is the definition of a good science fiction story, with an amazing world and a good plot.
Beth Revis creates wonderful stories and amazing worlds, and the one in The Body Electric is a great example. I loved Beth's world, bringing a possible future filled with nanobots that can cure an injury or all that technological future we have seen in many movies or TV Shows. She picked the best of that possible future and brought it into the story.
I liked how she imagined this great technologic future, but kept it real with a battle between government and terrorism that we can be familiar with. The plot is a great one and it has all the necessary content to blow the readers' mind.
Although Ella is a character hard to feel identified with and not easy to like sometimes, it keeps the story interesting and you end up understanding her behavior.
I had a good time reading The Body Electric and I would recommend it to all Beth Revis' fans.
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Beth Revis wrote her first books as a student in classrooms, when the professors did not hold her interest and she jotted down stories instead of taking notes.
Beth writes science fiction and fantasy novels for teens. Her debut novel, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, will be published by Razorbill/Penguin in Spring 2011. Beth is represented by Merrilee Heifetz at Writers House.
Beth also runs a blog on writing (http://bethrevis.blogspot.com) and is a participant of a group blog by debut dystopian authors (http://leaguewriters.blogspot.com).
Tour-wide giveaway (US/CAN):
Complete signed trilogy of the Across the Universe series
A signed copy of The Body Electric
An Across the Universe branded water bottle
Thanks for the chance!!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like such a fascinating read and the world building sounds very well done! Glad you liked it, Patricia! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat review:)
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