Eva

Stop before you ruin yourself

Im in seventh grade and i had to readthis as an assignment the description made it sound like a mistery like whathappened type thing but it turned into a crappy monkey book its not good its confusing there is no real plot at all its just like her life her DULL BORING chimp life

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A Fantastic Novel!

Eva is about a young girl who wakes up in the hospital after a car accident. Things are not the same for her because her mind has been placed into the body of a chimp. The novel¿s perspective is from Eva who is torn between two lives, human and chimp. This perspective gives a great incite to animal rights and the freedoms that they can only dream of. The future of these chimps lies in controversy between Eva¿s compassion and the greed of the human race. The author has written a wonderful novel full of exquisite detail of characters, chimps, and everyone¿s actions. This novel was a fantastic, moving novel that will stay with you forever.

1 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Outstanding Book!!!

This book was just amazing.....I have never been given so many thought provoking ideas in one book. I was amazed at how well the other took on the untraditional storyy of a girl with a human mind and a chimp body so professionally. It seriously makes you think about the future and the current pace of medical science and if what was done to Eva will someday be done to actual humans someday soon. It is also quite thought provoking how the suthor touched upon the idea of the apocolypse (if i spelled it right). I really do belive this book was a page-turner as i didnt really put this book down for too long until i was through readiing it. Although i agree this book can be confusing for younger readers or those who find it a task to think about and disect what they are reading----therefore i reccomend the reader be older and or mature to be able to understand the storyline.

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Some May Like It, I Hated It

As an avid reader, it's really hard for me to find a book that I don't like or one that I can't get into. Eva, however, is one of the worst books I've ever read. It's not that it's poorly written, or even that it's a dumb premise. I just didn't care for it: the characters, the situations, etc., were all annoying and almost laughable. I've never given a book only one star, but in my opinion, this one deserved it. However, if you're in to Science Fiction/Medical-type books, this may be up your alley. I like some Sci-Fi, but I m not a big Sci-Fi person in general.

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Eva

this book is horrible, in my opinion. my friend Tozie liked it, so you never know...my opinion is, 'give it one star' but some people might find it interesting. wasn't my kind of thing. to me the only good thing about this book is the bottom half of the cover with eva s face on it. if you hold it up to your own face and try to fit it over your eyes and nose, it's so funny, in a very juvenile way. but that s only good thing about this book/.

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Procrastinating on homework as much as possible....

I thought this was a very good book, thought-provoking. I've been researching Peter Dickinson, and I've seen how old he is. He was born in 1927, and is married to Robin McKinley. The man was seriously ahead of his time, in 1988 when this was written and not a lot of transplants had been made. This book might just seem like the typical science fiction book that some might find lying on the table of a Star Trek convention (no offense meant, Trekkies, I'm just an innocent SW fan). It's a mind-catching work about family and love and making choices about personal morals. I love his view on death and the apocalyptic-like end to the human race. It seems so realistic, and, sadly, not that far away. I would recommend this book for higher-level readers, not for people who do not like to be confused. I would like to point out, though, that things will confuse us in life. Appreciating them is one thing. Trying to understand them, as opposed to whizzing by them and claiming they're boring, is another.

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Should i read

It sounds good but i dont know if i should read or not please help

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Don't read it!

Good book,but horrible language.i'm in 7th grade now,but i was way too young(4th grade)when i read it.so dirty.my name is eva,but this book didnt make me proud of that.

ok

allright. not the best of all the books out there

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A reviewer

this was definetly not the best book i've ever read. but its not the worst either. it went on for a long time but the ideas brought up were pretty good.

This book deserves no stars!

This book draged on so much and it was torture to read. Apparently reading something that you get straight from off the shelf is not a good idea. this book dragged on 200 pages too long! if you have a choice to read it or not i recommend to not read it. it is the most boring book i have ever read in my life.something like what happens in Eva could never happen anytime soon.

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Eva

Peter Dickinson's book Eva was so unbelievably dumb! I HATED IT. I do not recommend it to anyone. Normally, I love science fiction books, but this was a joke. I'd rather take the ten dollars I spent on this book and burn it rather than read or buy this book again. It's horrible, stupid, and contrived with bad writing and stupid characters. Why would anyone want to read this unless they were being totured? I'd rather have tacks put in my bed than read one word of this god-awful book. How anyone can like this book is utterly beyond me it's so dumb, annoying, boring, stupid, dull, it should not ever get one good review except from someone who is delusional.

Report Book

I had to pick a book for summer reading a while ago, and I decided to pick this, It was short, sounded interesting, and when I got home I began reading it, in the car, etc. Then slowly, I REALLY didn't want to pick it up. It confused me SO much, and everyone else who picked this book was like 'It was stupid' so I don't reccomend this book, no offence to the writer.

boring!!

don't buy this book it was so boring i could not underatand anything everything was written complicated

BORING

to me the entire book was confusing and the beginning was really boring. I thought it was poorly written and should of had more details so it wouldn't be as confusing.

Good, but not great.

I guess it's alright. It is a little confusing and I guess it does get pretty boring toward the end. But I would recomend it to anyone who likes science fiction.

Great

At first this book was a little confusing, but after you got into it you understand it. This book had a good and sad ending. If I could I would make it so that everyone could read it since it is so good.

Not That Great

Just like everyone else, i din't think the book was that great. Girls and chimps don't mix. Unrealistic, to slow moving, and boring. I wouldn't recommed this book.

Great! But a lttle confusing

About a girl whose life changed before her eyes. At first she was confused about where she wanted to be, but then she realized where she belonged, with her own kind in the jungle. Too many people. Confusing, but great. Must read!

ehhhh

This book is like Moulin Rouge. The first 30 mins/pages of these are very confusding and boring and your thinking 'Why the H*** did I spend 9 bucks on this movie/book . Then after that it gets intresting, and you think 'oh h*** I can live through the rest of it' Finally, at the end the main female lead dies. But to me MR is better. Eva is just boring and dull. A girl stuck in a Chimpanze suit. (sacarstically) Great. I dont think many reviwers ever think about the readability to the average 8th grade mind.