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Tuesday, January 17, 2012

"Fracture" by Megan Miranda

Release Date: January 17th, 2012
Publisher: Walker
Format: ARC
Age Group: Young Adult

Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?

Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature-or something much more frightening?

I loved this book! The story was intriguing, which is why I wanted to read it in the first place, but I never expected it to make me feel so much. There are so many raw and real emotions throughout Delaney's story. Although, I guess this isn't just her story, it starts with something horrible happening to her and then grows to show how it has affected her entire world.

There is a bit of a supernatural element woven into the story and it could have become an epic paranormal about finding out where it stems from and what she can really do, but ultimately this story is about the people. That's not to say Delaney's "ability" is ignored and never really explored, because we do learn about it and its implications, but it's not the driving force behind everything. Delaney's family and friends are what really make this story. They are all people just trying to deal with this terrifying and miraculous thing that has happened. None of them are perfect and they are constantly
screwing up and handling things badly, but really they are all just trying to make sense of it. You've got the parents who love their daughter more than anything, but they aren't really sure how to do that anymore. You have the group of friends who helped save her, but now see her as more of a good story than as a friend. You've got the villian, who maybe isn't really a villian, but just unsure of what he's supposed to be doing with his life. Then you have the best friend, who pulled her out of the lake and brought her back to life. Who loves her and also maybe hates her a little, because he feels guilty and ashamed. There is so much going on and sometimes you aren't really sure if you should trust what you are reading, because maybe none of it's real. I love a story that can make me really believe something one page and then make me completely doubt what's happeneing on the next.

I think ultimately this is a story about survival. Surviving death and surviving life.

Don't forget to enter my contest to win an ARC of Fracture & some swag HERE!

10 comments:

  1. After hearing you rave over this book on several occasions, I'm glad I can finally read you review! :) Sounds like a really intriguing story. I might have to pick it up when it comes out. :)

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  2. @Sophia Yeah, I'm a little fangirly over this one...haha. Definitely one worth picking up :0)

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  3. Because of your radtastic review, I have decided that if I don't win your contest, I will most DEFINITELY be buying this book when it comes out in January. It can be my b-day present to myself! hehe. =D

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  4. I absolutely love this review, Sarah! You've totally nailed it -- it's lovely to see fans picking up on exactly what makes this book so special. Thanks for the super insightful post!

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  5. @Rachel Stark Thank you! I really loved the book and I'm so glad I did it justice in the review :0)

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  6. Just put myself on hold for this one! Sounds exciting. I am happy to hear there is a good family and friend group in the book. One of my biggest pet peeves in YA is the absent/neglectful-for-no-apparent-reason/dead parent.

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  7. I love that others like this book as much as I did ! It gives me hope that Megan Miranda is going to get the respect that I feel she deserves for this book! great review !

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  8. I really liked this book too! I think at first I was a little upset because it toyed with my emotions so much but I realized that no other book had really gone that deep so I figured that was a good thing. Great review!

    ~Paige @ Comfort Books
    http://paigebradish1996.blogspot.com/

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  9. This is a great review and I feel the exact same way about the book. This was definitely one of those books for me that had me second guessing myself about ways that I felt from one page to the next as well. This review put into words for me what made the book so good : )

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  10. I actually have this book on the way to me and I can't wait to get it, so I keep reading reviews about it. Great review, it's certainly making me want to read it more.

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