Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940158671500 |
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| Publisher: | Susan Kaye Quinn |
| Publication date: | 08/07/2017 |
| Series: | The Singularity Series , #1 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | NOOK Book |
| Pages: | 412 |
| Sales rank: | 13,127 |
| File size: | 2 MB |
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The Legacy Human (Singularity #1)
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I cant wait to read the rest of the series.
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Like reading a movie. Kudos to the 10th power!
DMB
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An enjoyable ride
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It was kind of a reverse Pinnochio where a boy wanted to become an object.
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Humanity has done it, created a “better human.” Part human, part machine, these hybrids have the potential to live forever, while forsaking individuality, they are more intelligent, stronger and even more attractive than a mere unenhanced human. They even take “legacy” humans under their wings to protect them, encourage their strong points and just maybe, one day, they too, can ascend to “perfection” and everlasting life. All they must do, as a teen is win the Creative Olympics, the prize, becoming an immortal hybrid.
Eli has talent as an artist, he also has a mother who is dying from the ravages of cancer and he must turn to the black market for possible cures. If he could win the Olympics, he could save his mother. What Eli discovers are the lies he has been told by his mentor and protector, the secrets his mother has kept and the truth about the Olympics when they become deadly. All he can do is stay alive, keep his friends close and stay one step ahead of the enemies he didn’t know he had.
Susan Kaye Quinn’s THE LEGACY HUMAN is the story of a boy who would do anything to save his mother, but who discovers there is more to being human than meets the eye, because, imperfect or not, only humans can feel and understand what “being alive” truly is.
I was fascinated by Susan Kaye Quinn’s dystopian world! What a concept, a society striving for perfection at the cost of what makes them human! What a story, non-stop action, be it mental or physical! Tremendous character concepts that come to life giving one chills and questioning who can be trusted and who is truly the most flawed?
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Enjoyable sci-fi. I have both ebook and audible versions.
I wish we could give half stars as well, I'd have given this story a 4 and a half. For me there was a little too much teen angst and teen crushing. But otherwise I loved it.
A little about myself I'm a woman in my mid 50s, and I really enjoyed this so I would not consider it just a young adult book.
The narration is great, Nick Podehl really brings the story to life. He differentiates between characters wonderfully.
This audiobook was given to me for free at my request from the publisher or author or narrator and I provided this voluntary review.
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I loved the fascinating future-world of this story, which of course is a series. I couldn't give this book a 5 because there were enough errors in the copy it annoyed me, and because I thought the ending was very abrupt, and for me not as satisfying as I would have liked. Still, I'd read it again in a heartbeat and look forward to reading the rest.
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“…the gift isn’t something separate from you. It’s your work that brings the gift into the world, not the other way around.” (p. 169).
Elija Brighton is a painter and a legacy human or a human descendant that was left behind when many Ascended to a higher and ‘better’ state of being. Legacies are given one chance in this future world to Ascend, by winning the ‘creative’ Olympics. Eli has a real chance to win because he is the best painter in the world – when he’s in the fugue state that is. He doesn’t know how to control the fugue state or what makes it happen. Understanding and controlling the fugue state is the only thing standing in the way of him winning, or so he thinks.
I love that this story discusses the soul in a science fiction (futuristic/technological) context and in a way that ties it directly into the importance of the plot. The concept of a soul is not made to feel overtly religious or overtly philosophical.
At times the plot did feel mildly contrived and the concept of Ascender versus Legacy was brought up again and again. Eli’s thoughts go again and again into the fact that Ascenders (especially his Ascender crush Lenora) don’t give Legacies the time of day unless it suits their purposes.
I liked how Quinn connected the fugue state to channeling Eli’s inner creativity and getting in touch with his inner self, his very soul.
As the book and the Olympic games went on, they reminded me more and more of the Hunger Games, just with less violence and more philosophical/moral questions involved around the end goal of Ascendance.
I loved Basha and wanted more of her in the book, she seemed like more of a dynamic character than Kamali, but I liked Kamali as well.
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This is a great book and a start to a promising series. I immediately felt a connection to the main character. Susan has created a world that is intriguing and characters that I want as friends. I can't wait to learn what happens next in this post singularity world.
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An enjoyable story that is almost predictable.
Bingaux
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