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Hey there everyone! Today I'm taking part in the Blog Tour for The Body Electric by Beth Revis, one of my fave books of 2014, organized by Xpresso Book Tours!
I will be sharing my review & a Blog Tour wide giveaway, so click HERE for the full tour schedule! But before that, let's get you some more information about the book & author, shall we?
Published by: Scripturient Books
Publication date: October 6th 2014
Genres: Science Fiction, Young Adult
Synopsis:
The future world is at peace.
Ella Shepherd has dedicated her life to using her unique gift—the ability to enter people’s dreams and memories using technology developed by her mother—to help others relive their happy memories.
But not all is at it seems.
Ella starts seeing impossible things—images of her dead father, warnings of who she cannot trust. Her government recruits her to spy on a rebel group, using her ability to experience—and influence—the memories of traitors. But the leader of the rebels claims they used to be in love—even though Ella’s never met him before in her life. Which can only mean one thing…
Someone’s altered her memory.
Ella’s gift is enough to overthrow a corrupt government or crush a growing rebel group. She is the key to stopping a war she didn’t even know was happening. But if someone else has been inside Ella’s head, she cannot trust her own memories, thoughts, or feelings.
Beth Revis is the NY Times
bestselling author of the Across the Universe series. The complete
trilogy is now available in more than 20 languages. A native of North
Carolina, Beth’s most recent book is The Body Electric, which tells the
story of what was happening on Earth while the characters of Across the
Universe were in space.
Review
I've always been a big lover of science fiction and I really enjoyed
Beth Revis' Across The Stars series, so when I heard she was self
publishing a book set in Earth at the time the story of Godspeed was
happening in space, I was extremely excited to read it!
And once I got my hands on it, I'm very happy to say it didn't disappoint at all! Not only I really enjoyed reading about what life on Earth was like after Godspeed had left it, I also really loved the story in itself, because if there's something I love about science fiction is how it always manages to ask some serious questions in between the tech and the action and "ooooh shiny! future stuff" things.
Ella is our main character and she was a girl dealing with grief from a death that happened and for one that might come in the not too distant future and that shapes how she acts and reacts. She isn't entirely sure of who to trust and the more she learns about what is going on and herself, the less sure she is about everything.
Jack is a character that seems to be more sure of everything that Ella at any given point of the book, but he's a bit too sure at times it seems, I liked him more when he showed doubt or didn't have all the answers. But I liked that his certainity never wavered when it came to Ella!
I won't talk much about the plot of the story because I'd rather you lot go along with it and be surprised or figure it out at your own pace, but I must say that despite all the comparisons and hints along the way, I was mostly surprised when most of the revelations happened.
The Body Electric like all good science fiction novels makes us think about what it really means to be human, what do we want from technology and what we're ready to give up in the name of comfort and safety, and how even the best of intentions can turn into the worst of acts.
Beth Revis managed to create a great novel, filled with references that would make any geek happy and with enough content to stand very well in its own two feet! Very well deserved 4 to 4.5 stars!
And once I got my hands on it, I'm very happy to say it didn't disappoint at all! Not only I really enjoyed reading about what life on Earth was like after Godspeed had left it, I also really loved the story in itself, because if there's something I love about science fiction is how it always manages to ask some serious questions in between the tech and the action and "ooooh shiny! future stuff" things.
Ella is our main character and she was a girl dealing with grief from a death that happened and for one that might come in the not too distant future and that shapes how she acts and reacts. She isn't entirely sure of who to trust and the more she learns about what is going on and herself, the less sure she is about everything.
Jack is a character that seems to be more sure of everything that Ella at any given point of the book, but he's a bit too sure at times it seems, I liked him more when he showed doubt or didn't have all the answers. But I liked that his certainity never wavered when it came to Ella!
I won't talk much about the plot of the story because I'd rather you lot go along with it and be surprised or figure it out at your own pace, but I must say that despite all the comparisons and hints along the way, I was mostly surprised when most of the revelations happened.
The Body Electric like all good science fiction novels makes us think about what it really means to be human, what do we want from technology and what we're ready to give up in the name of comfort and safety, and how even the best of intentions can turn into the worst of acts.
Beth Revis managed to create a great novel, filled with references that would make any geek happy and with enough content to stand very well in its own two feet! Very well deserved 4 to 4.5 stars!
Giveaway
Tour-wide giveaway (US/CAN)
- Complete signed trilogy of the Across the Universe series
- A signed copy of The Body Electric
- An Across the Universe branded water bottle (image attached)
