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Apr 11, 2011

Interesting. The adoration of Jenna Fox is many things. It is:

* a young adult speculative fiction novel for girls who don't like science fiction

# a coming-of-age novel for people who eschew the touchy-feely (me!)

# a medical thriller, fully as suspenseful as early Robin Cook

# a meditation on choices nearly as profound as Walden, which it frequently quotes

And I think it is, very subtly, a pro-life statement.

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May 23, 2008

Susan rated it:

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Feb 01, 2009

Shannon rated it:

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Mar 11, 2008

Molly rated it:

I kept hearing about this book (it was just optioned for a moveie, I believe?) and everyone said "the less you know about it coming to it, the better." So I won't say much here. Except that I'm seriously impressed at Mary Pearson's ability to go from writing a contemporary first novel like A ROOM ON LORELEI STREET to writing something so very different as this is.

Did I love reading it? No. Did I find it compelling? Yes. The most accurate reading experience I can compa More...

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Apr 03, 2011

Thomas rated it:

The Adoration of Jenna Fox is a simply written story containing many complex issues. Seventeen-year-old Jenna Fox awakens after an eighteen-month coma unaware of who she is - until the woman who claims to be her mother tells her her name. The memories of her life slowly come back to her, filling in the empty crevices of her mind with stories of happiness and friendship. The question is: who is Jenna Fox now? She has her parents, with her mom acting surreptitiously careful, and her dad with his f More...

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Jun 17, 2011

Alana rated it:

I’m having a hard time summing this book up into a tidy little paragraph because it has a little of everything. The story is set in the not-too-distant future and, as the summary says, follows Jenna Fox who has just awoken from a coma. But it’s also so much more then that. This book makes you stop and think about what it is that makes us who we are and if our humanity is limited by the cells in our body. It also takes a deep look at family and how perspective can make all the difference.

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Mar 24, 2011

Lucy rated it:

Jenna was sixteen when she was in the accident that sent her into a coma. Now she is seventeen. She has just awoken from her coma. She is missing a year of her life, but more importantly, she is missing herself. She has no memories of herself, of life before the accident--of life at all. Her parents show her pictures, home videos, tell her stories, and slowly, Jenna begins to remember. But with her memories come the questions--what really happened after the accident? Why did her family le More...

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Oct 31, 2011

Ari rated it:

This review can be found at ReadingAfterMidnight.com

I love to read good books.

This is one of them.

I was a bit suspicious about it after seeing that the reviews were not that great, so I was a bit afraid to read it.. I love surprises too.

If you want a lot of action, this is not a book for you.
If you want something really funny, this is not a book for you.
If you want a 'teen-love story' this is not a book for you.
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Sep 15, 2008

Trin rated it:

Teenage Jenna wakes up after an accident with no memory of who she is—though she knows all of Thoreau’s Walden by heart. As quickly becomes apparent, what’s going on is far more complex than a case of simple old amnesia! Jenna’s slow investigation into what really happened to her ensues.

I was disappointed by this. I said “slow investigation” above because I found the pacing almost glacial: the narrative slinks along, gradually uncovering twists that utterly failed to surprise me. I More...

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Apr 12, 2008

Jamie rated it:

For some reason, I think this would appeal to teens who've already graduated to Jodi Picoult. (It's actually better than her, honestly.) I love that Mary Pearson writes so bravely for the older teen audience and I feel her books would still interest teens who've moved on to the Oprah style adult books.

I think she also does the medical mystery as metaphor for "who am i" teen angst better than Being by Brooks, or House of the Scorpion, but not quite as good as Kazuo Ishiguro More...

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Sep 27, 2010

Viktoria rated it:

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Jul 13, 2011

★ Jess rated it:

This started off very well: Unique, fascinating characters. A wonderful premise and a heavy feeling of mystery and suspicion. However, as the book went on-I lost all interest. The plot went down hill, I couldnt care for the characters, and decided I was just not interested in the situation anymore.
A wonderful premise, but disappointing book.

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Oct 18, 2010

Kristy rated it:

i am a little behind in getting to this book, but oh yes was it worth the wait. Jenna's story is completely bizzare and borderline insane, but it is sooo good. From about page 5 I was hooked.
If you haven't read this, do it. You will not regret it.

Enter Jenna, your pretty much typical teen. She strives for perfection. She has friends. She is normal. Then there is an accident. Jenna should have died, only she didn't. Her father is a Doctor of sorts. An inventor. He created someth More...

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Feb 02, 2010

Dee rated it:

Who is Jenna Fox?

Throughout this book I was asking myself this question along with Jenna Fox, a seventeen-year-old girl who had woken from a coma after a terrible accident.

Jenna doesn't know who she was-- or who is is, for that matter. She can't remember anything of her past, only memories from when she was just a mere baby (spanning from her baptisim to the time she almost drowned when she was two). The new Jenna can't eat real food. The new Jenna can't leave the house. More...

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Jun 07, 2010

LethalLovely~I'm Superman & It's My Show rated it:

There are not enough words to describe how much I loved this novel. When I read the synopsis, I thought it would be like Skinned. They're both about teenage girls living in a Dystopian world who had "accidents". But this was so much more. Maybe it's because this book isn't part of a trilogy & I know that every word thats written will be the last. I won't hear more about the characters when I close this book. It will be done. Finished. I felt so much empathy for Jenna, stuck in a body s More...

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Dec 11, 2011

Mariah rated it:

The Adoration of Jenna Fox was a very enjoyable and intriguing book to read. However, I found that the author could have done more to really make you think (thus the four stars). Though, perhaps if it had gone into more detail about some of the things I was left curious about, further into Jenna's mind and the morals of what had happened - which I felt it just barely touched - it might not have been such an engaging and easy read since the writing style was rather relaxed and simplistic. The one More...

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Jan 15, 2012

prettybooks rated it:

The Adoration of Jenna Fox was completely not what I expected at all. I always see it mentioned on dystopia lists and so I expected it to have more of a traditional feel to it since it was released before the young adult dystopia trend. The synopsis does not give much away about the storyline. On the other hand, that’s all there really is. I’m no expert on the definition of ‘dystopian’ but I personally would not consider this a dystopian book. This is because it’s a very personal and enclosed j More...

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Apr 12, 2011

Isamlq rated it:

I am so glad I took my time with this. It reminded me of what I felt after reading a certain part of Unwind where a character was getting unwound (and for the life of me I cannot recall his name!) Except here, the feeling that I got from that moment is stretched to cover what I felt throughout the book. And that is probably the biggest and best surprise from Jenna’s story.

It is surprisingly sad (despite it being a story about cloning.) Sad, because her parents could not let go. Sa More...

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Jan 13, 2012

Krista rated it:

This book was one of those that I talked about with my friends as I read it. I found that several of them did not feel the same way as I did and I couldn't understand why, even after explanation that they did not love this book. Some just commented that it didn't have the "feel" or plot they expected from it. Well this was one of those instances that I picked up the book clearly on the cover (the 2nd one with the puzzle pieces) I didn't know a thing about it, just loved the cover.
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Dec 29, 2011

Nafiza rated it:

I liked this book. I really did. Told sparingly with haunting moments of introspection on the meaning of being human, The Adoration of Jenna Fox sets itself apart from the rest of its genre. I liked how Jenna has an other-worldly feeling about her, as though she is something more or less than human. This remains a mystery which when finally revealed pushes everything else into place. I liked how the atmosphere was built and how friendships were developed slowly. I also liked how the romance was More...

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Jun 10, 2011

Samantha rated it:

What would you do to save a human life? And, better yet and perhaps more importantly, what defines a human life? In Mary E. Pearson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox these are the two underlying issues of the book. On top of that though, is the dilemma every teen faces. Jenna is trying to figure out who she is.

It's hard to rave about this book without giving too much away. Even with what I've said already I'm scared that I'll have ruined the book for someone. The Adoration of Jenna Fox is More...

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Feb 05, 2012

Evie added it

I enjoyed this book up until the coda. It's well written--nice, taut prose, lots of page-turning tension, good secondary characters, etc. And it raises a lot of very good questions about bio-medical technology and ethics, enough that I would think it would be an excellent starting point for classroom discussion.

However...and it's a big however..there's a tacked-on ending to the book, a glimpse into the future. Had it ended at the close of the last chapter (last proper chapter), it woul More...

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Jan 10, 2011

MissDziura rated it:

"I used to be someone. Someone named Jenna Fox" begins Mary E. Pearson's fascinating novel The Adoration of Jenna Fox. This science fiction novel would be most approriate for middle school girl readers, although boy readers that enjoy science fiction, would find this a good read as well. Jenna Fox wakes up after being in a coma for over a year with no memory or idea of who she is. She is guided by her controlling, yet removed mother Claire and her extremely distant grandma, Lily in More...

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Aug 04, 2008

Jennifer rated it:

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What makes us human? How far would you go to save your child? What is ethically and morally right and wrong? These are heavy questions that the author will make the reader ponder long after the last page has been turned.

Jenna Fox has just woken up from over a year-long coma. She doesn't remember anything, but has fragments of memory that she is slowly trying to piece together. There are people there that say they are her parents, an More...

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Aug 12, 2008

Serena rated it:

To Adore: to worship or admire as divine or as a deity; to be very fond of

Mary E. Pearson's The Adoration of Jenna Fox begins with a teenager who wakes up from a coma to discover she has no memory of her life or her "accident." But the story is much more than Jenna's struggle to find her identity and reclaim her past. The novel examines how one person's struggle with identity can impact a family, friends, and even people s/he doesn't know.

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Apr 07, 2008

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Apr 07, 2008

Chelsea rated it:

I read a raving, glowing review of this book on Oops Wrong Cookie on Wednesday, and walked into the bookstore on Thursday to be greeted by Hillary, who said, "oh, this came in today, if you have any interest." I jumped and clapped my hands and did the whole dorky BOOK YAY dance, because that, my friends, is timing.

And that's way more interesting than anything I have to say about the book itself. Which isn't to say that the book was bad, just that it didn't work for me.
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Jan 12, 2009

Amber rated it:

I was hesitant to read this because I'm not into science fiction, but it was great. And, it wasn't overly science fictioney, is that a word you ask? It is now. Anyways, I was hooked from the beginning, but I held off finishing it because I had a 6 hour plane ride which sucked, but it made it more bearable for a couple hours anyways. I just loved Jenna and her honesty though, one of my favorite characters I've read in awhile.

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Mar 23, 2010

Irene rated it:

I am currently reading the Adoration of Jenna Fox and it is very interesting. I like the way the author really describes how the girl really thinks. I am very curious (like Jenna) about her family. Her mother and father seem very mysterious and i somehow think of them to be the bad parents but the Nana to me has some secret holding her back. This is a very good book so far and very interesting and for now i would give it 4 stars. If you like funny and action/adventurous books don't pick this boo More...

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Dec 08, 2008

Walter rated it:

Utterly absorbing, dealing with ethics and science and faith and family. One of my favorite themes for teens is "Just because we can do something, should we?" And this book, though not as good as Peter Dickinson's EVA, definitely has teen appeal.

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