Review - The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson (5/5 stars)

Reading level: Young Adult

Genre: Science Fiction
Size: 288 pages
Publisher: Square Fish
Release Date: September 1, 2009
ISBN-13: 978-0312594410
Stand Alone or Series: 1st Jenna Fox Book
Source: Borrowed from Library
Rating: 4.5/5 stars

I have been wanting to read this book forever and finally got it from the library.  It was an intriguing book that brings up a ton of questions about the morality of genetic engineering and tries to answer the question of how far a parent would or should go to save their child.

Jenna wakes up from a one year coma not knowing who she is or what happened.  She is told by the people who say they are her parents that she got in a terrible car accident and has been in a coma for a year.  Her only link to the past is a box of videos from when she grew up.  Now she has a grandmother who hates her, and parents who are afraid to let her leave the house.  She needs answers to some questions.  Who is she really?  What really happened last year?

This book is written from Jenna's viewpoint.  She is a fascinating character and it was wonderful to follow her as she started to regain her memories and piece together her story.  Some of the revelatoions she makes throughout the story are seriously earth-shattering.  I was absolutely enthralled by this book from the first sentence to the end of the book.

The side characters are just as engaging.  All of them have secrets and are fighting their own struggles.  Reading and watching all the mysteries unwind was a totally engaging experience.  

The plot and topic matter are complex and make you think.  This book brooches some seriously deep topics.  For example how far would you go to save your child?  How far should you go?  How much of a person can be genetically re-engineered before they aren't human?  How much of an original person needs to be left for that person to still be themselves?  Should these things be regulated by individuals, the government, a separate entity?

I loved the epilogue and how it tied up all of the loose ends of the story.  I just got the book The Fox Inheritance through the Amazon Vine program so I look forward to reading that book as well.

Overall just an excellent and mind-blowing story.  It gives you so much to think about and was such a great read.  I loved this story and think everyone should read it.  It is appropriate for young adult and older. Hopefully The Fox Inheritance will be just as awesome.

This book goes towards the following reading challenge:

- 100+ Reading Challenge