The Adoration of Jenna Fox (The Jenna Fox Chronicles, 1)
Who is Jenna Fox? Seventeen-year-old Jenna has been told that is her name. She has just awoken from a coma, they tell her, and she is still recovering from a terrible accident in which she was involved a year ago. But what happened before that? Jenna doesn't remember her life. Or does she? And are the memories really hers?
This fascinating novel represents a stunning new direction for acclaimed author Mary Pearson. Set in a near future America, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey through questions of bio-medical ethics and the nature of humanity. Mary Pearson's vividly drawn characters and masterful writing soar to a new level of sophistication.
The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
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I had a lot of hope and genuinely tought that this was going to be a great book. Amnesia? Check. A technological advanced future? Check. A pretty cover and a great book trailer? Check and check. Let's just said that this disappointed me a lot. I believe that it could have been a great book but it just fell flat.
My main issue with it was the world building and the fact that it was non-existent. It did not feel at all like a probable future, except for a couple offhanded mentions to certain things like a huge destructive earthquake and technological advances. It lacked a lot and the plot relayed heavily on this and that's why I believed it failed.
Then there's Jenna. At first I could understand why she was the way she was, waking up with no memories and in very suspicious circumstances might do that to you but as she started to socialize more and more it just felt like she was a very boring and dull character that lacked motivation. And don't get me started on the love plot, so sudden and lacking passion, I really couldn't believe that it was happening, almost insta love.
And the fact that the plot got pushed aside for both the love plot and Jenna's annoying and constant inner thoughts killed it for me. The truth that Jenna actually almost died and was almost completely a synthetic person that shouldn't exist should have caused more controversy and shcok in universe. Instead we get a super happy ending that skipped the repercussions of that important plot point.
Utterly disappointed. 1.5/5.
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