Rate this book

Clear rating

1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

Crashed (Cold Awakening #2)

by Robin Wasserman (Goodreads Author), Claudia Max (Übersetzer)

3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 · rating details · 2,426 ratings · 202 reviews

Before the accident, Lia Kahn was happy.

Before the accident, Lia Kahn was loved.

Before, Lia was a lot of things: Normal. Alive.

Human.

Lia no longer believes in before. Six months after the crash that killed her, six months after being reborn, Lia has finally accepted her new reality. She is a machine, a mech, and she belongs with her own kind. It's a wild, carefree life, wi...more

Hardcover, 432 pages

Published 2010 by Script5 (first published September 1st 2009)

more details... edit details

Get a copy:

More…

Friend Reviews

To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up.

Lists with This Book

This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Add this book to your favorite list »

Community Reviews

(showing 1-30 of 3,000)

filter | sort: default (?) | rating details

Sep 06, 2012 Grace rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, for-fun, for-review, for-teacher-review, multi-reads, teen, ya, young-adult, post-apocalyptic

Story summary
In the first book (which I haven't read yet), Lia Kahn lived and died in a future version of Earth, long after wars, global warming and anything bad happened. Hence, this could be described as a kind of post apocalyptic world. In this world Lia died in a horrific car accident, but was brought back to life as a mech. This is the part of story that forces Lia to decide whether she wants to be part of the human world that hates her kind, or part of the mech world that distains humans....more

like · see review

Aug 04, 2011 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While Skinned felt like just another origin story, Crashed took the Skinned trilogy to a completely new level. While it continues the adventures of human turned Mech Lia Kahn, it also brings in deeper and better thought-out issues that would occur in a futuristic world.

Lia tries to get her old life back while handling new relationships, adapting to her inability to be completely human and dealing with many harsh trials and tribulations -as well as a growing population of Mech "haters."

YA readers...more

3 likes · like · see review

Mar 03, 2011 Paula Griffith rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

It is official. I am hooked on this trilogy. Lia Khan has left her family and moved in with the "mechs" who are living on Quinn's estate. She's integrated into Jude's group that is carefully watching The Brotherhood of Man's rise to power complete with a temple, an old advisary, Savona, leader of the "Faithers" who has recruited a new poster boy, Auden. Jude sends Riley and Lia to a corp town to pick up some tech gadgets, and they are caught up in a bio-hazard situation that killed many in the c...more

3 likes · like · see review

Jan 02, 2011 Amy rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult

The first series for me that has competely screwed my thinking for "books in a series". Thinking: If I fall in love with the 1st book, I read the whole series and love it...or at least like it. If I don't like the 1st book, it means I won't read the rest of the series. Skinned was really interesting. I loved the twist in the book. It was something unique that I hadn't read about that was intriguing to me. Then came Crashed...man, was I pumped. It was a long time until I read it because it kept g...more

like · see review

Jul 06, 2010 Becky rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

After I finished Skinned, the first book in the series, I was looking forward to the second book but wasn't really sure what to expect. Now, having read Crashed, I can say that I am seriously excited about the upcoming release of book three (Wired, due out in September). The characters are wonderful, the plot just keeps getting more intense, and the themes just sort of worm their way into your head and refuse to let go.

Lia's interactions with Jude, Riley, Ani, Auden, and her family are all very...more

like · see review

Jan 05, 2010 Rachael rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Lia Kahn has given up on her old life. She’s accepted what she is, a mech and not a human. She’s left her family and their home to live with others like her. They live a crazy life without rules or boundaries, searching for ways to defy their programming so that they can feel and dream. But though Lia tells herself that she’s gotten used to it all, that she doesn’t care about her past anymore, she’s lying because there are people from her background she’s not willing to give up on. When Lia’s pa...more Lia Kahn has given up on her old life. She’s accepted what she is, a mech and not a human. She’s left her family and their home to live with others like her. They live a crazy life without rules or boundaries, searching for ways to defy their programming so that they can feel and dream. But though Lia tells herself that she’s gotten used to it all, that she doesn’t care about her past anymore, she’s lying because there are people from her background she’s not willing to give up on. When Lia’s past turns against her, her new life starts to spin out of control. In a world increasingly hostile to the inhuman, hate mail isn’t all the mechs have to face, and when war between the orgs and mechs becomes a possibility, everything is at stake. But only one side of anything can win, and Lia must make a choice to determine what—and who—she’s fighting for.

This second installment in the Skinned trilogy is just as original and thrilling as the first. Things are even more dangerous and uncertain for the mechs, especially due to a radical religious group intent on stopping what they view as the unnatural creation of humanlike forms, or mechs. This, or course, lends itself to many new twists and turns in the story, all of them unexpected. Wasserman is a master at manipulating plot, and I’m glad to say there’s not one section of this book that isn’t interesting or exciting. Crashed was less about personal identity than its prequel Skinned was; it focused more on control of one’s life, choices, and the different sides to every conflict. Lia’s experiences and struggles continue to force the reader to consider many aspects of life we often take for granted, like the ability to feel emotion and basic human rights. Crashed is an enthralling continuation of a story about what it means to be alive.

The Skinned trilogy will be enjoyed by fans of Unwind by Neal Shuterman, the Uglies series by Scott Westerfeld, and The Adoration of Jenna Fox by Mary E. Pearson.

reposted from http://thebookmuncher.blogspot.com (less)

1 like · like · see review

Nov 24, 2010 April (CSI:Librarian) rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here.

like · see review

Oct 12, 2012 Sergei Franson rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: favorites, want-to-own, dystopian, strong-female-leads

A book like Crashed only comes out once in a while. Not only does it entertain and teach, but it also covers so many topics and issues. It talks about identity; power; love; what humanity is; growing up; sexuality; individuality; war; rebellion; science; the future; being a teen; and what it means to grow up into one’s self.

Crashed is well written and sophisticated. It seems that out of the shelf of YA books out there, many of them are entertaining, but have the IQ of a dying gerbil (no offen...more A book like Crashed only comes out once in a while. Not only does it entertain and teach, but it also covers so many topics and issues. It talks about identity; power; love; what humanity is; growing up; sexuality; individuality; war; rebellion; science; the future; being a teen; and what it means to grow up into one’s self.

Crashed is well written and sophisticated. It seems that out of the shelf of YA books out there, many of them are entertaining, but have the IQ of a dying gerbil (no offense to gerbils…) but Crashed is clever and brings up many philosophical questions.

The characters are brilliant. They are all flawed and argue. Lia is a complex female lead. She is constantly presented with the idea that she is not truly living. That she is not truly Lia. It’s an admirable trait that instead of breaking down, she is willing to think about it and argue. Instead of just accepting the idea that she is just a robot, she goes out and proves her worth. She is intelligent, but not perfect. She makes mistakes, and she learns from them.

Riley reminds me of Auden. Both are valiant and honorable- well Auden was until Crashed started- and help Lia accept her new beginnings.

Jude is horribly obnoxious, but in a sense, that’s what makes him a wonderful character… if that makes sense. That is his fault. That is what makes him so realistic. The frustrating attribute of Jude is his inability to accept when he makes a mistake, or is proven wrong. It makes for a character that makes me what to yell, but also wonder about his past. He’s mysterious and I look forward to see him in the next installment.

Although, Crashed veers away from the plot of Skinned, it also helps illustrate and fully see the futuristic setting. Through snippets of modern (of that time) references allows us to get fully submerged into the world. It reminds me a lot of how clever and sophisticated the novel Fahrenheit 451 was when I first read it. Rather than going out and saying a fact, it kind of just references what it does and looks like, and we figure out the rest. It’s a fascinating way to reveal the world. I love it!

The writing is also fantastic. It gets us into the head of Lia and we can feel every moment of rage and passion she has by the clear, blunt dialogue. We feel every thought and get pushed into every situation. The raw power of Robin’s writing is absolutely impossible to ignore. Alongside the dramatic action and suspenseful moments, the author is able to put in nuggets of powerful insights on the human condition. Well done, Robin Wasserman!

I am certainly checking out Wired, the (sadly) final novel of the phenomenal dystopian Skinned trilogy.
If it as the same power of Skinned and Crashed, this could make for one of the most powerful trilogies sense The Lord of the Rings. (less)

like · see review

Nov 15, 2009 Caroline rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, read-in-2009, dystopia, post-apocalyptic

I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and was happy to find out this was even better than the first. The first was a solidly entertaining and I loved the world, but this definitely built upon that foundation and gave me so much more to enjoy. Skinned spent a lot of time establishing Lia Kahn's personal difficulties and turmoils, while Crashed was able to expand the focus on the world she lives in and the politics.

I loved the further developments involving the Faithers, who have now est...more

like · see review

May 18, 2011 Nina rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Lia has accepted that she is not human. She was a mech and with her titanium skull and unbreakable bones, taking advantage of it was almost unavoidable. Ani and her have been building a closer relationship because of Quinn. Quinn has been everywhere and on everyone. She blames it on the life that she has before the download, but Lia has gotten tired of the sorry excuse.Ani is blinded by love and can not see any of the negatives in Quinn. She dismissed all her sleeping around with the same bull...more

like · see review

Mar 03, 2011 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Jeez I seriesly cant put these books down. I just want to keep on reading and find out what happens in the end. This book makes me think a lot and I like that about it. I know which side is the enemy between the two but both sides have equally good aguements. I dont know which one to believe because the bad side might say a very good point and make me doubt, then the other side has a good point and gosh it just goes back and forth. I really admire Lia in some sense because if I put myself in her...more

like · see review

May 18, 2011 Tanya rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-read-2011, dystopian, sci-fy, the-future, young-adult

Ok, this book was irritating. I found myself wanting to punch the majority of the characters. They're all selfish, self-sabotaging, whiny & liars. In the first book, I was a little annoyed with Lia's self-absorbed rich girl attitude, but thought maybe as the series went along her character would develop a little more maturely. And no, she's not obsessed with her social status or being the hottest girl anymore, but only because she has no social status as a mech & can't revel in her beaut...more

1 like · like · see review

May 10, 2011 Jen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopian-speculative-fiction

The sequel to Skinned, Crashed takes the action to a whole new level. The whole theme of this book reels you in and makes you think and question which is always fun. What does it really mean to be human? Are we really making our own choices or only what we've been programmed to think and feel?

The characters in this series are really well written and even though you may not like all of them, it's clear what motivates each to the decisions they make throughout this book. Lia's reactions are wonder...more

like · see review

Sep 28, 2009 Katieb (MundieMoms) rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-100-book-challenge, arcs-i-own, books-i-own

I just received a copy of the ARC to read and wow, it's sucked me right in. It's really good so far.

**I loved this book. This was way better than Skinned. I wasn't a fan of Skinned, but man did I enjoy this book. I can't say much, but I will say there are lots of twists and turns and I can't wait for the next book.

1 like · like · see review

Jan 06, 2012 Jessi rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: bücher-2012

Wieder mitreißend und nachdenklich. Im zweiten Teil der Triologie freundet sich Lia so langsam mit ihrem neuen Körper an. Sie beginnt sich als Mech oder Skinner zu akzeptieren und versucht alle Möglichkeiten zu erproben und hat die ersten guten Erfahrungen mit ihrem "neuen" Ich. Doch weiß Lia in diesem Teil nicht wirklich wem sie vertrauen soll und ist so hin und hergerissen zwischen Richtig oder Falsch. Sie muss lernen zu unterscheiden und hinter die Fassade der Menschen zu blicken.

Aber es gib...more Wieder mitreißend und nachdenklich. Im zweiten Teil der Triologie freundet sich Lia so langsam mit ihrem neuen Körper an. Sie beginnt sich als Mech oder Skinner zu akzeptieren und versucht alle Möglichkeiten zu erproben und hat die ersten guten Erfahrungen mit ihrem "neuen" Ich. Doch weiß Lia in diesem Teil nicht wirklich wem sie vertrauen soll und ist so hin und hergerissen zwischen Richtig oder Falsch. Sie muss lernen zu unterscheiden und hinter die Fassade der Menschen zu blicken.

Aber es gibt auch durchaus sehr gute und positive Erfahrungen für Lia, denn sie stößt auf Riley, ein weiterer Mech, der zu einer wichtigen Bezugsperson für Lia wird. Denn sie verliebt sich und so stürzen sich die Beiden in ein großes Abenteuer. Die Beziehung der beiden würde ich ganz einfach als bittersüß beschreiben, es ist ein zaghaftes Herantasten mit nicht zu schmalzigen Inhalten. Alles ist sehr zaghaft und beide versuchen heraus zu finden, wie weit sie gehen können, wie weit ihre Körper gehen können und vorallem wie sich das alles anfühlt. Für beide gibt es positive Reaktionen die ihnen Mut zu mehr machen.

Wieder bekommen wir als Leser einen Blick auf die politische Situation der Welt in der Lia lebt. Wir bekommen mehr Details zu den Hintergründen als im ersten Teil und es werden viele offene Fragen aus Band eins geklärt. Dazu kommt, dass wir als Leser noch mehr über die Kluft zwischen Arm und Reich erfahren und auch erfahren, dass diese Kluft nicht nur bei den Mechs sondern auch bei den Menschen besteht und diese auch nicht wirklich besser dran sind. Dies gewährt einen guten Blick in die Menschenwelt und macht das Buch noch greifbarer und offener für den Leser, es wird nichts vorenthalten.

Dazu kommt das der Leser wieder sehr zum Nachdenken angeregt wird. Ich machte mir während des Lesens sehr viele Gedanken zu den Punkten "Menschliche Ideale" - "Zukunftsgedanken" - "Gruppenbildung" - "Ausgrenzung von Randgruppen" !!! Wieder wird in diesem Buch beläuchtet wie schnell wird dazu neigen Personen in Gruppen ein zu teilen und uns im besten Falle natürlich für die stärkere Gruppe zu entscheiden, dazu machen wir aber schwächere Gruppen zu Randgruppen und drücken sie somit an die Grenze der Gesellschaft. Das dies unweigerlich zu Aufständen unter den Gruppen führt, wie in diesem Buch geschildert, ist natürlich und verständlich. Aber wie die Menschen mit den Mechs umgehen hat mich sehr schockiert und wütend gemacht und hat mich etwas ganz Besonderes an diesem Buch, fast vergessen lassen.

Nähmlich das ENDE. Das Ende ist dramatisch, packend, hat mich mitgerissen und wütend gemacht. Erst war ich unglücklich, unzufrieden dann fand ich es einfach nur noch passend und toll.

Dieser Band schlägt eine Brücke zwischen Band eins und drei und kann zwar viele Unklarheiten aufheben, wirft aber genauso viele wieder auf und das ist wichtig, wenn man als Autor bezweckt einen dritten Teil zu schreiben und Gott sei Dank gibt es ja einen.

Ein tolles Buch, zwar nicht ganz sooo packend wie der erste Teil aber durchaus lesenswert und wichtig!(less)

like · see review

Mar 01, 2011 Nikki Jakus rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

With her somewhat love interest Auden now hospitalized , Lia is left more alone than ever. With no one else to turn to , wracked with guilt , she seeks out the only who she feels she now belongs with: Jude and his mechs. Months have passed and Lia now finds herself melding into the life at the mech mansion, going through her days mechanically ( no pun intended) giving new mechs tours, doing tasks for Jude, and just living out her hellish existence. Until Jude sends her he and Riley out on her fi...more With her somewhat love interest Auden now hospitalized , Lia is left more alone than ever. With no one else to turn to , wracked with guilt , she seeks out the only who she feels she now belongs with: Jude and his mechs. Months have passed and Lia now finds herself melding into the life at the mech mansion, going through her days mechanically ( no pun intended) giving new mechs tours, doing tasks for Jude, and just living out her hellish existence. Until Jude sends her he and Riley out on her first pick up and Lia Is witnesses the start of the mech vs. Org war, that she has been framed for starting. Old friends turn enemies, unlikely acquaintances become allies. All is not as it seems as Lia begins to find out. Can she really trust Jude? It seems Lia Kahn is on her own again. Lia must choose where her loyalties lie, while she fights desperately to know the truth about the war and her own existence as a mech.

Crashed is an amazing sequel to the original breathtaking novel Skinned. Robin Wasserman takes the series’ characters to a whole to new level in this book. She delves not only deeper into Lia’s mech life and her personal struggles coping with her immortal existence , but into the complex and mysterious pasts of the others in her mech family. Secrets are revealed and Lia’s mental fortitude gets put to the test as she learns the complexity of the situation she is really in. With old wounds being reopened, and new betrayals carried out, Lia’s character always maintains her trademark perseverance , despite the confusion and lies thrown at her. However even the greatest of the heroes loses their way when faced with intense levels of woe and despair as we find out with Lia as she falls into a brief period of self destructive habits again when her past mistakes come back to haunt her. Robin Wasserman expertly develops intense emotional scenes as on even after another befalls the characters building the suspense and intrigue that makes the book impossible to put down for long.
With and ending leaving the story open to endless possibilities , we eagerly await the 3rd book, Wired, in this much acclaimed trilogy. I give this book the full five stars and recommend it to anyone looking for a thrilling, emotional adventure about what it really means to be human.
(less)

like · see review

Jun 17, 2010 Celia Powell rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: futuristic, dystopian, youngadult, sci-fi

This was a great follow up to Skinned, but it's also a very different book. Where Skinned was all about Lia adjusting to her new life in her mechanical body, and how the people in her life reacted to that, Crashed is more of a political thriller. Lia is living with Jude and the rest of the mechs, taking risks and "dreamers" to try and get back the intense feeling of living that is missing from mechanical life.

The anti mechs movement is growing in power, the mechs are having their rights taken a...more

like · see review

Apr 01, 2010 Alexis rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

No one to trust... everything to lose.

Before the accident, Lia Kahn was happy.
Before the accident, Lia Kahn was loved.
Before, Lia was a lot of things: Normal. Alive. Human.

Lia no longer lives in before. Six months after the crash that killed her, six months after being reborn, Lia has finally accepted her new reality. She is a machine, a mech, and she belongs with her own kind. It’s a wild, carefree life, without rules and without fear. Because there’s nothing to fear when you have nothing left...more

like · see review

Mar 26, 2011 Meagan rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: fantasy, series, teen-fiction

I read the original book in this series over a year ago and saw that this author had continued the series. It reminds me of one of my favorite spec. fiction authors, Nancy Kress, and her "Beggars" series. Those were excellent books about the future.
This series was okay, neither bad nor great. It has an interesting take what would happened had we figured out how to transfer our minds into a mechanical body and therefore live on forever. It is not such a bright future in Robin's world. Even the fa...more

like · see review

Dec 23, 2010 Zanzarr rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: top-fifty, favorites

I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into when I picked up this book, but I now know that it was one helluva good time.

I read the first book, SKINNED, and was left with lingering thoughts of Lia, Jude, and Auden for days on end. But then, as time went on and I read other really great books, I forgot about SKINNED and the world Robin Wasserman so skillfully brought to life. I forgot about how anxious I'd been to read CRASHED, but once I started, from the very page, from the very first sentenc...more

like · see review

Jun 10, 2010 Laura Kreitzer rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: own-book, completed-series, audible

Crashed is about a girl named Lia who dies in an unfortune accident in a post-war world. But before she could die, BioMax uploads her brain into a "mech" body, aka skinner. She is still Lia but her life is not the same anymore. The touch of her skin, the way she looks, and even the sound of music isn't the same anymore. This is book two in the Skinned series which explores how Lia has come to cope with a tragic accident that happened at the end of Skinned, book one.

I have to say I enjoyed Crashe...more

like · see review

Apr 06, 2010 Heather Jones rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: april-challenge

This book confused me so I'm not really sure what I want to rate it. The story kept jumping all over the place and it repeated the same ideas over and over and over. I get it that Lia doesn't want to be a skinner but is coming to terms, I also get that skinners don't have the same feelings as humans and I certainly get that Jude is secretive. I don't need to be reminded every chapter! I do like this book for the idea, human "brains" put into mechanical bodies seems like a totally probable option...more

like · see review

Oct 22, 2010 Cindy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult-reads

Lia has now left her family to live with other mechs. She was tired of feeling unwelcome in her own home. She and her sister were not getting along and she just didn't fit in anymore. The other mechs made her feel more comfortable because they understand what she is going through. A new threat has arisen know as The Brotherhood of Man. It is an organization that considers mechs to be against the will of God, and they have no right to exsist. Lia and her friends must figure out what the Brotherho...more

like · see review

May 07, 2012 Trina rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: sci-fi, year-26, young-adult

This book jumped right into the action and did not stop! It was one new thing after another. Former friends are enemies, and former enemies are friends. The main underlying theme in this book is basically religion vs science. There is a religious group that thinks the Mechs are not people, don't have souls, and are just computers tricked into thinking they are human and should be denied all human rights. There is betrayal in many ways, and an unexpected (to me) romance. Lia has a firmer sense of...more

like · see review

Jul 27, 2011 Maggie added it · review of another edition

This book is phenomenal and opens the eyes of readers to what relationship this story shares with the real world. Mechs are people too despite what the Brotherhood believed, just as homosexual people have just the same right to get married as those couples made up of a man and a woman. I have my own beliefs as well as those opposed to them. I'm hoping in the final book of the trilogy everyone will realize their wrong actions and come to accept those different from them. I hope Lia finds herself;...more

like · see review

Nov 06, 2009 Nicole rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya-scifi

Quote from WORD for Teens

On one hand, I love this book. I didn't feel a need to put it down -- I wanted to see what happen in this world that Wasserman has created; to the characters I grew attached to in the first book of the series.

However, there are aspects of the book that annoyed me. I understand doubting your motives and the motives of those around you, and I get that it was a huge part of the plot. However, Lia seems to spend every waking moment contemplating this - and, the second her "l...more

1 like · like · see review

Nov 14, 2012 Nella rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: dystopia, science-fiction

Lia Kahn är död. Den nya Lia, kopian av Lia, är en robot, en mech, utstött av samhället och hatad av sig själv. Hon har lämnat sin familj och flyttat in tillsammans med en grupp andra mechs. Tillsammans försöker de skapa sig en dräglig tillvaro. De ger sig ut på självmordsuppdrag för att få en tillfällig rusch av känslor, något de annars måste klara sig utan i sin robottillvaro. De umgås och pratar men gör inte så mycket mer.
Men sen händer något som förändrar allt. En terroristattack. Dussinta...more Lia Kahn är död. Den nya Lia, kopian av Lia, är en robot, en mech, utstött av samhället och hatad av sig själv. Hon har lämnat sin familj och flyttat in tillsammans med en grupp andra mechs. Tillsammans försöker de skapa sig en dräglig tillvaro. De ger sig ut på självmordsuppdrag för att få en tillfällig rusch av känslor, något de annars måste klara sig utan i sin robottillvaro. De umgås och pratar men gör inte så mycket mer.
Men sen händer något som förändrar allt. En terroristattack. Dussintals döda och de skyldiga är inga andra än hatfyllda mechs som vill starta krig mot människorna. Om Lia och hennes vänner tidigare var ogillade så är de nu fruktade och hatade. The Brotherhood, en grupp religiösa människor, försöker ta ifrån dem alla deras rättigheter och är på god väg att lyckas. Något måste göras innan alla mechs slutar som någon annans egendom.

Det var flera år sedan jag läste den förta boken i den här trilogin, och jag har inte känt någon större lust att plocka upp fortsättningen. Varför? Ja, jag tyckte att ettan var ganska seg och händelselös, något jag är en aning allergisk mot. Men så såg jag att den faktiskt fanns på biblioteket (mitt bibliotek har ett väldigt begränsat utbud av engelskspråkiga böcker) och bestämde mig för att läsa den till slut.

Och jag tyckte den var bra. Riktigt bra, faktiskt. I första boken gick det i stort sett bara ut på att Lia skulle lära sig handskas med sin nya tillvaro som mech, men nu när hon har gjort så börjar det faktiskt hända saker. Större delar av den mörka, dystopiska framtiden utforskars och det blir en del action med pistoler och explosiva material. Om du är en av dem som tyckte väldigt mycket om första boken så kan jag lugna dig och säga att de elementen fortfarande finns där och fortfarande tar upp övervägande delen av handlingen. Relationerna mellan Lia och andra mechs (det är inte speciellt mycket människor med i den här boken) är en viktig del och vi får faktiskt lite romans. Det är en del filosoferande om vad som är människa och vad som är liv, men inte så att det blir för mycket och man tröttnar. Det håller sig på en lagom mängd för att få en intresserad och för att man faktiskt ska fundera på saker och ting som vi ofta tar för givet.

Huvudpersonen, Lia, är ganska speciell bland dagens ungdomslitteratur. Hon är pessimistisk och sarkastisk och ganska elak ibland, och hon litar aldrig på andra utan tar hand om sig själv (även om det inte alltid slutar så bra...). Till skillnad från de flesta kvinnliga huvudpersonerna man möter idag faller hon inte inom det två huvudkategorierna: hon är inte en mesig liten tjej som egentligen är skitsnygg och som alla killar faller för (typ Bella Swan) och hon är ingen pojkflicka som inte bryr sig om popularitet och kläder och liknande (typ Katniss Everdeen). Lia är faktiskt den person som vi ofta ska hata i böcker: den superpopulära, bitchiga, blonda tjejen som alltid följer strömmen men vet vad hon själv vill.
Hennes röst är underhållande och speciell och man får följa hennes utveckling från ytlig bitch till... lite mindre ytlig bitch. Trots att hon är kaxig och tuff så har hon en lite mjukare sida och bryr sig om sina vänner och är väldigt mån om att inte skada dem.

Vad som stör mig lite och som drar ner betyget är att det finns lite väl mycket velande. Är jag en robotkopia och den riktiga Lia död? Eller är jag den riktiga Lia i en robotkropp? Jag gillar inte velande, jag vill ha raka svar. Än så länge är jag inte säker på hur det ligger i till i frågan ovan, hoppas att jag får veta i tredje och sista boken.
Sen tycker jag att boken är lite väld hård mot religion också. Alla religiös människor är inte mordbenägna galningar.
(less)

like · see review

Jul 13, 2009 Jake Rideout rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

In Crashed, sequel to Skinned, the stakes have gone up. Lia has been in her mech body for long enough to know that some things will never change, and others will never be the same. She is trying new things and attempting to get used to the fact that many people don't think she is a human being. She is also experiencing firsthand the politics of a biomedical ethics uproar. Where Skinned is mostly introspective, Crashed is full of action. There's also a VERY satisfying romance, and we get to know...more

1 like · like · see review

Jan 20, 2011 bjneary rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: ya, scifi-fantasy

Book Two of the Skinned Trilogy was high on excitement,suspense, and guessing who to believe. Lia Kahn is still living at Quinn's house with Jude, Riley, and Ani and the other mechs. She no longer lives at home,and has cut all ties with her family. Lia has become a dare devil knowing she can never die, she has also grown very close to Riley and some people are jealous. But it really hurts Lia that her old friend Auden is one of the leaders who hates the mechs and wants them taken out of commissi...more

like · see review

Sep 28, 2009 Apzmarshl rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I did like the book.......but it is still maybe a 2.5

Although I love the 'idea' of these books, I felt like this one was pretty flat. It took about three hundred pages to feel like I had finally reached the heart of the book. Before that there was too much emotional turmoil........you know the kind.........where you just keep rehashing something you can't seem to get over.
I was glad to see Lia finally have a friend. She felt much more angry in this book and I wasn't going for it.
I did however l...more

like · see review

« previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 … 99 100 next »

new topic
Discuss This Book

topics	posts	views	last activity
???	4	32	Aug 16, 2009 06:27pm

combine
Other Editions (17)

More editions...

Videos About This Book

Add a comment

Add a comment

Genres

Young Adult

98 users

Science Fiction > Dystopia

68 users

Science Fiction

67 users

Fantasy

23 users

Romance

11 users

Young Adult > Teen

11 users

Apocalyptic > Post Apocalyptic

10 users

Fantasy > Paranormal

8 users

Science Fiction > Robots

6 users

Science Fiction Fantasy

5 users

See top shelves...

Readers also enjoyed similar books

About Robin Wasserman

I'm the author of the Cold Awakening Trilogy (Skinned, Crashed, and Wired), Hacking Harvard, the Seven Deadly Sins series, and the forthcoming Book of Blood and Shadow. I'm also a crazed Stephen King fan and David Foster Wallace evangelist with an embarrassing list of Important Books I've Never Read But Can Bluff About Well Enough to Discuss at Cocktail Parties. I'm working on it.

More about Robin Wasserman...

Books by Robin Wasserman

More…

Share This Book

Facebook Twitter Your website

Trivia About Crashed

2 trivia questions

More quizzes & trivia...

Quotes from Crashed

“In dreams you can become everything you're not. You can reverse the most fundamental truths of your life. You can taste death, the ultimate opposite.” — 6 people liked it

“Now I existed solely thanks to the quantum paradox, my brain a collection of qubits in quantum superposition, encoding truths and memories, imagination and irrationality in opposing, contradictory states that existed and didn't exist, all at the same time.” — 4 people liked it

More quotes…

title link	preview: Crashed
avg rating	preview: Crashed Goodreads rating: 3.76 (2426 ratings)
small image	preview: click here [close]
med image	preview: click here [close]
BBCode	[url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8427929-crashed?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book][img]http://d.gr-assets.com/books/1327923570l/8427929.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8427929-crashed?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_book]Crashed by Robin Wasserman[/url]

Crashed (Cold Awakening #2)

Friend Reviews

Community Reviews

Share This Book

Share This Book on Your Website