Review of Sean Williams' Twinmaker
Release Date: November 5th, 2013
Synopsis as found on GoodReads.com:
High-stakes action combines with issues of friendship and body image in this timely and thought-provoking exploration of the intersection of technology and identity.
You can be Improved....
In a near-future world in which technology can transport you anywhere instantly, can a coded note enable you to change your body—to become taller, stronger, more beautiful? Clair is pretty sure the offer is too good to be true. But her best friend, Libby, is determined to give it a try, longing for a new, improved version of herself.
What starts as Libby’s dream turns into Clair’s nightmare when Libby falls foul of a deadly trap. With the help of Jesse, the school freak, and a mysterious—but powerful—stranger called Q, Clair’s attempt to protect Libby leads her to an unimagined world of conspiracies and cover-ups. Soon her own life is at risk, and Clair is chased across the world in a desperate race against time.
Action and danger fuel Sean Williams’ tale of technology, identity, and the lengths to which one girl will go to save her best friend.
Synopsis as found on Amazon.com:
M. T. Anderson meets Cory Doctorow in this teen debut from #1 New York Times bestseller Sean Williams, who also coauthors the Troubletwisters series with Garth Nix.
When a coded note promises improvement—the chance to change your body any way you want, making it stronger, taller, more beautiful—Clair thinks it's too good to be true, but her best friend, Libby, falls into a deadly trap.
With the help of the school freak and a mysterious stranger, Clair races against the clock and around the world to save Libby, even as every step draws her deeper into a deadly world of cover-ups and conspiracies.
Action and danger fuel this near-future tale of technology, identity, and the lengths one girl will go to save her best friend.
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Imagine a world where whenever you want something, you just go to a Fabbing box (Fabbing being slang for Fabricate), push a button, & it appears. This is a world where instead of Cars or Planes, you just go to your local d-mat booth & teleport where you need to go. It is a world so advanced in technology that your children go to school half way across the world, but are back in time for supper on the same day... or maybe they just link up through the computer lenses in their iris & do all their school work from home that day. You would imagine with all of the good has to come all of the bad... and that is where Twinmaker takes us.
Sean Williams gives us a dystopian future that seems more like a young adult science fiction fantasy book filled with Body Thieves, Teleportation, Social Media connecting through your eyes, & so much more. Our protagonist, Clair, wants nothing more than to live her life. She spends her free time with her best friend, Libby, & Zep, Libby's boyfriend. When a mysterious email starts making its way around offering "Improvement", Clair knows it for what it really is, a scam & a sham. It isn't until Libby starts acting strangely that Clair finds out she has used Improvement & something is seriously wrong with her.
Thus begins Clair's journey to save the life of her best friend or else Libby may end up like Improvement's last victims... dead.
I wouldn't say this has been my favorite book, but it was very interesting. I found myself imagining all I would do if I could jump into a d-mat booth and go anywhere I wanted... or how easy it would be to just link up through my eyes to get work done.
I chose to read Twinmakers now, because I will be reading it's sequel, Crashland, in the coming week. Stay tuned for my follow up Review.
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