And of course she ends up creating a stereotypically handsome, perfectly muscled man. As Evening is creating the perfect man-her Adam-she has to decide every single detail. What’s cool about this book is that it dips a lot into stereotypes and morals. That made it easy to read, but perhaps lacking if you’re a stickler for detail and world-building. This isn’t the most detailed of books and it touches on a lot of different things, without going into extreme detail. Although perhaps you could say it was almost too quick. It was very entertaining, playful, and was a very quick read. Society, the government, and culture all seem nearly exactly the same.Īlthough I wasn’t expecting a realistic sci-fi that felt like a contemporary, I still enjoyed the book immensely. We’re never given an exact date but it’s far enough in the future that USBs are becoming obsolete, but not so far that the world is unrecognizable. I estimate that this book takes place maybe 10 years in the future.
I felt like I was just reading about a funny, rich teenager’s life while she embarked on a high-tech science project. I think it was because of the very playful nature of the dialogue. In many ways, this book read more like a contemporary novel than a sci-fi dystopian. Ice Queen Bitch or “Terror Spiker,” is funny in her own bitchy, scary rich CEO woman way. Evening’s best friend, Aislin, was a hilarious teenager with absolutely no censor! She’s more of a bad girl - into sex and alcohol - but she’s a fiercely loyal friend and a great character. Evening and Solo were pretty similar - both hilariously snarky and independent. This book was so playful! All the characters were hilarious in their own way. Those are usually epic, but pretty serious. Every word that comes off the page is some kind of hilarious wit, humour, or sarcasm, and I absolutely loved it! It was so entertaining, and so not what I expected from a dystopian sci-fi novel. This was one of my most anticipated fall 2012 novels. Me, pre-reading: “Please be good, please be good, please be good!” Seriously. Using an amazingly detailed simulation that her mother claims is designed to teach human genetics, Eve starts building a boy from the ground up: eyes, hair, muscles, even a brain, and potential personality traits. 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.
But before Evening Spiker could even lift her head out of the fog of unconsciousness, there was a strange boy checking her out of the hospital and rushing her to Spiker Biopharmaceuticals-her mother's research facility.
And then there was a car crash, a horrible, debilitating injury, and the hospital. Published by: Feiwel & Friends on October 2, 2012 Eve and Adam by Katherine Applegate, Michael Grant
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