This book is for the 888 Challenge!
I’ve been saving up a stack of books to review later, as I’m currently completing a major project for English which I’ve really procrastinated on, but this one really had an effect on me, and I’d like to go ahead and write about it.
I’d previously enjoyed Mary Pearson’s Scribbler of Dreams, but it didn’t totally blow me away or anything. THE ADORATION OF JENNA FOX, however, did totally blow me away. It was also so amazing that I blew off reading for English, stressing me out now, but it was entirely worth it. This is an amazingly powerful, thought-provoking, just brilliant novel.
Jenna Fox has been told that she has had an accident and was in a coma for a year. Now, she’s awake, but she doesn’t remember her old life at all. In fact, she had to re-learn a lot; she had to learn to smile, to walk. She’s seen home videos of her life, but she’s not even around anything to trigger it. She doesn’t have any of her old belongings. Her family moved from Boston to California, and she is not in contact with anyone except her parents and grandmother.
There are some holes in the story she’s been told, and Jenna really starts to wonder. Not just about her life before the accident, but about the accident and what happened after. Nothing is really as it seems, but I can’t give too much away. Just, trust me, this is an unbelievably fantastic book.
The writing is so captivating, lyrical prose, telling the story in just the perfect way, capturing it all, capturing the characters perfectly. The story itself unfolds slowly, full of suspense, the questions about Jenna and her life before and her life now, and the time in between the two. Mary Pearson captures humanity and human emotions so marvelously.
Aside from the beauty of how the story is told, there is the story itself. It’s so very thought-provoking, raising questions about humanity, identity, and ethics. It takes place in a not-too-distant future; it’s certainly recognizable and familiar to us, but there have been some advances in technology and some other things that let us know it’s certainly the future. It’s probably a within-my-lifetime future, though, and a very possible one.
At the end of this book, I cried. Not because it’s one of those awful depressing stories that ends with someone killing their dog and best friend and then dying in a war or something, but because there are so many emotions captured in this story, because it’s so terribly sad but also hopeful, for so many reasons. It’s so powerful that I can’t possibly capture it in this review but, trust me, read this book. I adored this novel, and I know that you will, too! It comes out in April. Pre-order your copy now! I’ll also definitely be reading more of this incredibly brilliant author’s backlist.
January 13, 2008 at 10:20 am
Wow. This sounds like an amazing book. I liked Scribbler of Dreams, also, so I’m definitely hoping to read more of her books.
January 13, 2008 at 12:13 pm
Wow. I will put this on my to-read list.
January 13, 2008 at 11:56 pm
I am honored. Thank you. But sorry about the English project.
January 19, 2008 at 11:24 pm
Great review. I will have to add this one to my TBR list.
February 5, 2008 at 11:54 pm
Amazing, amazing book.
February 15, 2008 at 11:53 am
Mary, the story sounds so intriguing, I look forward to reading the book. And I see that a movie deal is in the works – Brad S. is a tremendous person of integrity. Congratulations on all fronts.
February 22, 2008 at 12:58 pm
yes, Mark, I was really impressed with Brad when I met him. I am so happy that he’s doing the movie.
August 25, 2010 at 9:58 pm
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May 17, 2008 at 8:11 pm
I have read the book it is sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttt
May 26, 2008 at 3:38 pm
I loved Scribbler of Dreams so i look forward to reading this one!!i have been begging my mom to buy me Scribbler of Dreams so i hope she’ll buy me this one and the Dreams!!
September 14, 2008 at 5:46 pm
wow! i am currently reading the book and i just love it and i know it will continue to get better and better! i was soo happy when i found out there would be a movie! i just hope it wont be as bad as the harry potter movies or eragon, the books rocked but the movies were just terrible!
December 18, 2008 at 10:55 pm
i read this book and it blew me away! i couldn’t stop reading it and i finished it in less than 24 hours! it was wonderful how it slowly unraveled itself as the book progressed and how small details of foreshadowing are appreciated towards the middle during Jenna’s discovery about herself….if you have read the book, you know what discovery i am talking about…but i definitely recommend this book to anyone who enjoys a good story that makes you wonder.
December 28, 2008 at 6:35 pm
i read this book too. I cried and cried I even made my teacher read it and now she is assigning us a huge project and I loved the book soo much I don’t even care
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April 22, 2009 at 5:58 pm
im reading this book now, and dying to know how it ends D: im about to finish it. Its GREAT so far. . .
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November 1, 2009 at 2:41 pm
does anyone rember an;y figurtive language in this book? and what page????
November 1, 2009 at 2:42 pm
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November 24, 2009 at 9:57 am
i loved the book! the ending was great :)
February 23, 2010 at 12:47 pm
That’s an amazing review.
I read this book and I fall in love with it.
So fantastic.
But I read in german…
So the title is a bit different.
You could call it “Two but the same”
Thanks a lot for this review.
March 18, 2010 at 10:06 pm
I just finished this book and i was thouroughly impressed:)) i dont usually read books from the future and it was very refreshing. I liked how it wasnt set waaaay in the future, so that you could still relate. I found myself making predictions all the way through(expercially about what actually happened at the accedent…:) i felt there way a little symbolism aswell:) Overall, this book is definently worth a read!:)
March 29, 2010 at 6:47 pm
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March 29, 2010 at 6:49 pm
if u fools like reading at least choose a better book. this one is so boring lol. u ppl who like it are losers
May 29, 2010 at 3:20 pm
Dear Dota Allstars,
This is an amazing novel! I have no idea what you were reading, but if you didn’t like this book, you’re insane.
Yes, everyone has their own opinions, but just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean that it’s a boring novel. Get a life, enough said.
March 23, 2011 at 11:49 pm
i agree 100% like seriously! wtf is up with this book! Bio-Gel my a$$!!
April 27, 2010 at 2:56 pm
I read it in a day after my 12 year old daughter read it in a day. First, to be reading the same as my daughter or my daughter as me is amazing – whole new chapter in our lives. That aside, I teach high school, and this book was selected as one among our 45 books that we have as a library. A great read, new and refreshing. I especially loved the author interview at the end. We have children in common, and I understand the parental position of the characters as I see the author does, too. Thank you for a great day! Best regards.
May 28, 2010 at 11:01 pm
I read this book, and it’s my new favorite. :P My favorite book isn’t easily changed, it was Beauty Returns by Silvia McNicoll for a long time. But now it’s second lol. This book is soo good. The plot is so different than anything else I’ve read. It was slightly mysterious and eerie.
I would definitely recommend it.
September 18, 2010 at 12:25 pm
when i read this book i though what if this happened to me what would i do if i were in her shoes? this book makes you see the world differently in a whole new perspective. when she woke up she saw everything in a different manner then old Jenna fox she didn’t see the world she only saw her parents and the camera focused on her life.
September 30, 2010 at 4:09 pm
i read this book and am now writing a book report on it, i LOVE it, its one of the few books i like, or have read for that matter >.>
November 7, 2010 at 7:54 pm
Weird. I’m blowing off MY reading for English too! This book is too good to put down!
November 30, 2010 at 6:50 pm
This was a great book Mary. I’m a freshmen in high school and i choose to read it as a report for me to write about. It’s impossible for you to read a a paragraph without reading another one. Its amazingly wrote. Your book is in our school library and its one of the top five books!
February 4, 2011 at 8:57 pm
I can’t believe how good this book is so far I was given it to read in my grade.12 English class and I though oh great not a novel study today is my first day with the book and I can’t put it down I already read about 70 pages and I never read the English book but I just can’t put it down. People read this book it seems amazing!
February 19, 2011 at 2:20 am
yea a really good book read it straight for 2hours I enjoyed it so much Mary is a genius :D
I LOVE IT and want a second book:P
March 23, 2011 at 11:41 pm
I think the story was good but had a very boring and unenjoyable ending, there was no climax ending to look foreward to and seriously can anybody really live for more than 200 hundered year…thats impossible to believe…
March 23, 2011 at 11:43 pm
are you kidding me it was the worst book i’ve ever written! Big-gel really..!
March 23, 2011 at 11:44 pm
dont u mean read? lolz get it right
March 23, 2011 at 11:47 pm
i would just like to say how much i HATE you’re book .u suck as a writter ..seriously
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March 24, 2013 at 9:02 pm
I am excited to read this book. The reviews sound amazing and it doesn’t hurt that my daughter is also Jenna Fox:) Entriged already.
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