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Evie Green

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We Hear Voices (2020) 88 Exemplare
The New One (2023) 51 Exemplare

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Tamsyn, Ed and their daughter Scarlett live in a cramped, stifling caravan. After a fight between teenage Scarlett and Tamsyn, Scarlet runs off and is hit by a car. With Scarlet on life support with little chance of waking from her coma, Tamsyn and Ed jump at the opportunity of a lifetime from a company in Switzerland. In return for a new life, luxurious gifts and money, they agree to welcome and nurture an artificial clone of their daughter.

This was a fascinating premise. The characters were well written and engaging. The plot unraveled nicely and contained a number of surprises. My only complaint is that the book felt unfinished. I hope there is a sequel in the works! Overall, 5 out of 5 stars.… (mehr)
 
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JanaRose1 | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 10, 2023 |
A novel that seeks to be cutting edge sci-fi but misses the mark.

Two parents, living in poverty in a static caravan in Cornwall, find life nearly unbearable with their rebellious 14-year-old daughter, Scarlett. When there's a terrible accident and Scarlett is in a deep coma, Ed and Tamsyn are offered a miracle. They are going to get a new daughter, a replacement, a cyborg, a reanimation. All they have to do is move to Geneva and accept all the wonderful new things coming their way.

This was OK but I really didn't care for it all that much as it was so predictable. There was no suspense, the big reveals were ho-hum expected, and the pace was super slow. The writing was adequate but this plot trope has been seen and done a million times. I guess it didn't help much that I have recently seen the movie, M3GAN, and watched the television series, Westworld. Of course this whole magic science thing is not going to go well. It never does, right? I was really hoping that, for once, the author would do something unique and make a clone a really cool thing! I had to really hold myself back from marking it DNF or just flipping through the pages. There was a lot of repetition in the narrative too, which also made the book seem longer. It ended exactly as you can guess right now.

Thank you to Berkely and NetGalley for the ARC to read and review. I'd say pass on this.
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CelticLibrarian | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Apr 2, 2023 |
The New One by Evie Green is a very highly recommended family drama merged with a science fiction thriller. This is an excellent novel!

Tamsyn and Ed live with their rebellious 14 year-old daughter Scarlett in a camper van and they are doing all they can to make ends meet. Scarlett is rebellious, angry, defiant, moody, and foul mouthed. Both Tamsyn and Ed have had enough. their marriage is on the brink of imploding and Scarlett is impossible. Then the unthinkable happens. Scarlett has an accident and is on life support in the hospital. Everything seems hopeless and the insurance will only last for a limited time.

Then a representative from a medical trial representing VitaNova offers them a life line. Scarlett will be moved into their facility and cared for without any cost to them. All they have to do is allow the team to reanimated (clone) a version of their daughter in Switzerland. The couple will be provided a luxury apartment in Geneva, Switzerland, and have all their financial needs provided for them. Then the reanimated version of Scarlett (Sophie, using Scarlett's middle name) will live with them.

This is an absolutely un-put-downable family drama/sci fi thriller. There are several twists in the narrative that I was not expecting and they totally surprised and startled me. The New One was impossible to read fast enough and the page number at the end stunned me because the pages flew by so quickly. The revelations, twists, and turns in the direction of the narrative kept coming, disturbing and shocking me with each new disclosure.

The writing is exceptional and the narrative is carefully plotted. Each new twist in the narrative changes what you think you know, providing maximum reading pleasure. This is a novel that it is best to read with little information and leave the experience in the capable hands of the Green, the author, in order to fully appreciate it how expertly it is crafted and plotted. If you enjoy thought-provoking science fiction and family dramas this will be an automatic must read for you.
Disclosure: My review copy was courtesy of Penguin via NetGalley.
http://www.shetreadssoftly.com/2023/03/the-new-one.html
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SheTreadsSoftly | 2 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 28, 2023 |
Kind of a modern day John Wyndham tale, with obvious similarities to Chocky.

I enjoyed it, reminded me of the sort of British SF I enjoyed growing up.
 
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weateallthepies | 8 weitere Rezensionen | Mar 12, 2023 |

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