Crashed by Robin Wasserman is a strange, yet bang-on science fiction novel that looks at the human race and its need to survive in a perfectly delectable new trilogy. Beginning with it's predecessor, Skinned, the trilogy looks at the advancement of science into a new era, where people become one with machine. An odd concept is made into a brilliant reality by acclaimed author, Robin Wasserman (Chasing Yesterday, Hacking Harvard, and The Seven Deadly Sins).
Lia Kahn was the perfect teenager. With beauty, brains, money, popularity, and the ideal boyfriend, she was the princess of her high school. Until the day of the accident. Being killed instantly in a massive accident should have ended Lia's perfect life but her parents just couldn't let go. All her memories downloaded into a new body, Lia tries to re-enter her life and fails. A machine just isn't the same as a human and Lia learns that after her boyfriend betrays her, her newest friend almost dies "saving her", her sister rejects her, and her father wishes that he could have had the strength to let her go. Lia leaves that life behind her and starts a new chapter with others just like her, Mechs, but her new life comes up short and she finds herself back to square one. Everyone hates her. And the person to start it all? Her "best friend". Lia must find a way to stop all of this madness and keep herself from going insane as she tries to keep in mind, she is no longer Lia Kahn. Just a machine, stealing her identity.
As Lia struggles to find herself, through life, love, and loss, it helps the reader to find his/herself, leaving them breathless for more. It is epic and brilliant to see the struggles that all of humanity goes through brought into a new and enlightening series all about discovering who you are inside. A definite must read that will leave you looking at your life in a new light.
Rating: 9/10
2 comments:
sounds intriguing! we do need a culture of self reflection that reveals to ourselves that life is good, and that as a person, I am acceptable. A book that would reveal that I am worthy and loveable has the potential to change a culture that is currently desperately in the business of trying to tell every person that they are not good enough, and don't match up. God made you, and you are great regardless of what the media says.
Great insight, Roxanne! It's always fantastic to see people's view of the post and always great to hear it! Thanks for reading!
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