Origin by Jessica Khoury will put the reader in an under-used setting with an over-used plot. Now having said that, we did quite a bit of review checking to see if we were alone in our opinion. Unfortunately, it seems as though many others fell victim to the hype as well. It's not a waste of your time, but don't read it for the "science" or the setting. However, if you like Avatar (the blue people, not the air-bender boy), this might appeal to you.
Pia has been designed to be the perfect human. Raised in a secret laboratory, hidden in the Amazon rainforest, she is expected to be the prototype for the new human race. On the eve of her seventeenth birthday, Pia sneaks out of the laboratory (away from the evil scientists) into the wilds. She meets Eio, a boy from a local Amazonian tribe who helps her navigate the world outside of the compound. And of course, they are madly in love with each other after only three days...
We love our Sci-Fi, but we are finding it more difficult to be patient with the automatic-love plots. And there really is something VERY Avatar about this book. Not to mention some questionable themes of ownership versus actual relationship. There are also some pretty uncomfortable animal experimentation passages as well. The writing isn't bad and the characters are fine, but we didn't see anything new here. Geez, now it sounds like we really didn't like it at all. As always, check it out for yourself and tell us what you think.
Next up: Strands of Bronze and Gold by Jane Nickerson- Apr. 5th
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