One year ago Lia Kahn died. A few days later she woke up...She had a new body which was mechanical, unfeeling and inhuman. She had a new family ~ other 'mechs' like her, who didn't judge her for what she could no longer be. She had a new life, one that would last forever. At least it was supposed to...But now everything Lia thought she knew has turned out to be a lie; everyone she thought she loved has been stolen away. And someone is trying to get rid of the mechs, once and for all. Lia will risk everything to save herself and the people she can't live without. But not before facing one final truth: she can't save everyone. In the tradition of Scott Westerfeld comes the third and final book in this riveting and edgy science fiction novel which raises questions of mortality, technology and morality.
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"Wasserman creates a convincing and imaginative dystopia that her characters fill with action and a wide range of human emotion." --"Kirkus Reviews"
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2.0 out of 5 stars
A flat ending to a great sci-fi series
29 Sep 2010
By J. Prather
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
I really liked Skinned and loved Crashed even more! With those two books, the author did a fantastic job of combining unique characters with ethical dilemmas that made you think, and especially in Crashed, lots of pulse pounding action. When I read Crashed, I simply could not put it down. The collection of characters, the confrontations with the Faithers/Brotherhood and Lia's relationship with Riley all made for compelling reading. Having said all that, I was very disappointed with Wired. Gone was the compelling action, and in its place we have lots of angst and dialogue about lying or not lying, guilt, and lots of other things that I thought my tough girl Lia had risen above. I don't want to spoil the plot, but I felt that some of the key revelations and intrigue were just handled so clumsily that they were not dramatic at all. The author seemed to have a good story here, but I was just so dragged down by all the incessant inner dialogues about things that ultimately didn't matter that I never felt the drama or tension.
The characters didn't seem familiar to me at all in this one. Gone was Jude's acerbic wit and Riley's quiet strength. Lia often came across as weak and muddled, something not seen before. This story needed a bigger cast. It seemed to distance itself from the intrigue of what was going on with the Brotherhood, and I wanted more mech's in the mix. I was just left wanting more from this story, and feeling frustrated. Best to end with Crashed. The great science is still here, just not the great storytelling. Not a recommend.
The characters didn't seem familiar to me at all in this one. Gone was Jude's acerbic wit and Riley's quiet strength. Lia often came across as weak and muddled, something not seen before. This story needed a bigger cast. It seemed to distance itself from the intrigue of what was going on with the Brotherhood, and I wanted more mech's in the mix. I was just left wanting more from this story, and feeling frustrated. Best to end with Crashed. The great science is still here, just not the great storytelling. Not a recommend.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good book, poor ending.
10 Nov 2010
By Sean L. Gilley
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
In the first book of Robin Wasserman's trilogy, we are presented the question of what it means to be alive. Lia has been injured so badly in an accident, she won't survive, so her parents make the decision to place her into a mechanical body. Is she actually still alive, or not? In the second book in the series, more and more people are beginning to believe that these people in mechanical bodies are not really alive, and there is a group called "The Brotherhood" which is trying to prevent further mechs from being created.
In this, the third book, the stakes are still higher. Mechs have been declared property, with no real penalty for their destruction. And The Brotherhood is doing worse things.
As a whole, I'd have to say I found Wired much more interesting than Crashed. The book seems to have a clearer purpose, and while we lose much of the questioning about what being alive means, it's overshadowed by the basic need to stay alive and to continue to stay alive, something in question throughout much of the book.
There are a couple of major revelations, one which finally explains the fathers words near the end of the first book, and one that, at the time, while perhaps horrible, seems otherwise unimportant for much of the book. Zo finally becomes a fully drawn character in this volume. We never really knew her before, and what we did know of her, we rarely liked. But here we finally get to meet her and judge her on more reasonable terms.
The book moves very quickly and is a quick read, and I very much enjoyed it.
Until the last few pages.
The ending of the book is abrupt, and barely foreshadowed. (If foreshadowed at all.) All of the sudden, the story becomes something entirely different than what we've been reading. It would be correct to say that it is a happy ending, but it is so unexpected that it doesn't fit any of what came before. It also seems to be an easy way out of the dilemmas which the characters are in -- everyone will be safe and happy due to this ending, but it's an entirely unsatisfying end to the series.
If you enjoyed the first two, then go ahead and read the third. But be aware that the ending doesn't really fit the rest of the series. (And, by the way, doesn't leave much room for another book to be written, either.)
In this, the third book, the stakes are still higher. Mechs have been declared property, with no real penalty for their destruction. And The Brotherhood is doing worse things.
As a whole, I'd have to say I found Wired much more interesting than Crashed. The book seems to have a clearer purpose, and while we lose much of the questioning about what being alive means, it's overshadowed by the basic need to stay alive and to continue to stay alive, something in question throughout much of the book.
There are a couple of major revelations, one which finally explains the fathers words near the end of the first book, and one that, at the time, while perhaps horrible, seems otherwise unimportant for much of the book. Zo finally becomes a fully drawn character in this volume. We never really knew her before, and what we did know of her, we rarely liked. But here we finally get to meet her and judge her on more reasonable terms.
The book moves very quickly and is a quick read, and I very much enjoyed it.
Until the last few pages.
The ending of the book is abrupt, and barely foreshadowed. (If foreshadowed at all.) All of the sudden, the story becomes something entirely different than what we've been reading. It would be correct to say that it is a happy ending, but it is so unexpected that it doesn't fit any of what came before. It also seems to be an easy way out of the dilemmas which the characters are in -- everyone will be safe and happy due to this ending, but it's an entirely unsatisfying end to the series.
If you enjoyed the first two, then go ahead and read the third. But be aware that the ending doesn't really fit the rest of the series. (And, by the way, doesn't leave much room for another book to be written, either.)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
4.5 stars for a stellar ending!
24 April 2011
By Ziare
- Published on Amazon.com
Format:Hardcover
Lia has traded her freedom, to her father. To BioMax. She has given it all up for the one guy that she loves more than life itself. And so, it was worth it. At least to her. Even if things begin a bit rough she knows in the end that she's not doing anything wrong. Everything is going to be just fine.
But a stranger returns into her life, and secrets begin to come out of the wood works. Questions arise. Just why was Lia killed? Why was there a sudden accident? Was the police report honest? What does it all mean? And if it's a set up, Who?
But those aren't the only surprises in this third and final book. The book is full of them, twists and turns that as a reader I never saw coming. Things that I never expected and yet couldn't put down.
This book was a great finally. It was beautifully written. I loved the way that the characters came full circle. That old people came back and were seen in a different light. I loved the way that Lia never fails to amaze me in all the ways that she evolves and changes over the course of the novels. Such tragedy, heartbreak, and yet.. positivness and reunions in this book. It was a great culmination of all the novels put together.
The ending was good. It was a little open ended and yet at the same time it wasn't. It was a book that I put down thinking, that the author had done a great job telling the story. I'm glad that it was a trilogy and not a series as so many are starting to become. It was truly worthwhile, and an amazing book for a great series.
But a stranger returns into her life, and secrets begin to come out of the wood works. Questions arise. Just why was Lia killed? Why was there a sudden accident? Was the police report honest? What does it all mean? And if it's a set up, Who?
But those aren't the only surprises in this third and final book. The book is full of them, twists and turns that as a reader I never saw coming. Things that I never expected and yet couldn't put down.
This book was a great finally. It was beautifully written. I loved the way that the characters came full circle. That old people came back and were seen in a different light. I loved the way that Lia never fails to amaze me in all the ways that she evolves and changes over the course of the novels. Such tragedy, heartbreak, and yet.. positivness and reunions in this book. It was a great culmination of all the novels put together.
The ending was good. It was a little open ended and yet at the same time it wasn't. It was a book that I put down thinking, that the author had done a great job telling the story. I'm glad that it was a trilogy and not a series as so many are starting to become. It was truly worthwhile, and an amazing book for a great series.
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