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Future Imperfect (Future Imperfect #1)

by K. Ryer Breese (Goodreads Author)

3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 · rating details · 115 ratings · 46 reviews

Ade Patience can see the future and it's destroying his life. When the seventeen-year-old Mantlo High School student knocks himself unconscious, he can see days and decades into his own future. Ade's the best of Denver's "divination" underground and eager to join the heralded Mantlo Diviners, a group of similarly enabled teens. Yet, unlike the Diviners, Ade Patience doesn

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Published April 26th 2011 by St. Martin's Griffin

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Aug 05, 2012 Angie Smith rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: teen-ya

I won this book from Goodreads First Reads and first off I have to say WOW, What a ride! This was a great YA book. It is unlike anything I have read before. I have a few problems with the book but if you let yourself be taken in by the story you will enjoy the book immensely. The second half of the book was my favorite and there are some great twist and things you don't see coming. The ending was great and I loved it.

My main complaint about the book is that it the first half of the book is so di...more

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Feb 14, 2012 Karen rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc, 11

I really wanted to like this story. I read plenty of YA, and I understand that the majority of teenagers in this country are self-absorbed and neurotic. But these characters are ALL messed up, every single one. You start to wonder if any of them are worth caring about. [return][return]My main complaint with the story is that our poor, broken hero really ought to have come up with safer ways of going unconscious than getting the crap beaten out of himself on a regular basis. I suppose that an add...more

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Apr 07, 2011 Eleni ( La Femme Readers ) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Well, let's start off by saying this novel is definitely out there. Now, for the breakdown -- Ade could see the future. How? By giving himself concussions and a whole lot of hospital visits. Yes, normalcy just went out the window. Seeing the future would be an amazing gift. Putting my life in jeopardy to see the future is definitely not worth it. But, who am I to judge? I guess knowing the future has the ability to drive a person mad, especially when you can't change it. Besides Ade's unusual be...more

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Jan 18, 2011 Angela rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, paranormal, issues, arc, read-in-2011

Creative idea but disjointed execution

In K. Ryer Breese’s debut novel, FUTURE IMPERFECT, Ade Patience is a guy who gets high in a very unusual way: he bashes in his head. Though most consider him a freak, Ade knows his dangerous addiction allows him to see into his own future. When one of his predictions comes true and he meets beautiful Vauxhall, Ade expects things to get better. But Vaux has an addiction of her own, and their problems bring them close to a dangerous version of the future. Ade...more Creative idea but disjointed execution

In K. Ryer Breese’s debut novel, FUTURE IMPERFECT, Ade Patience is a guy who gets high in a very unusual way: he bashes in his head. Though most consider him a freak, Ade knows his dangerous addiction allows him to see into his own future. When one of his predictions comes true and he meets beautiful Vauxhall, Ade expects things to get better. But Vaux has an addiction of her own, and their problems bring them close to a dangerous version of the future. Ade wants to change things, but it will take him going against the rule he’s always been taught: that the future can’t be changed.

FUTURE IMPERFECT starts with a compelling examination about what can motivate high-risk and addictive behavior in teens and how outside parties view it. Even though addiction in this story is linked to the supernatural, this book may help others understand that the psychology of addiction is very complex with no simple answers. The creative supernatural premise used to tell the story also takes a welcome departure from the usual werewolves, vampires, or faeries seen in other books.

Despite this potential, this novel and its storytelling never grabbed me. The first half of the book felt very disconnected from the second. While the initial portion focused on relationships , there was an abrupt shift to supernatural drama in the second half. This hasty switch and the new characters introduced to move along the plot felt campy. Overall, the world building felt rushed and poorly done. The mystery involved, the villains introduced, and the outcome also felt contrived, and many things were left poorly explained. A few of the characters could have been sympathetic, but I never felt connected to any of them or their struggles. The relationship between Ade and Vauxhall also seemed too quickly realized, even despite the plot point regarding this.

Though this book had the potential to be a gritty tale about the intersection of addiction, the supernatural, and the mutability of the future, the bumpy transition in the middle and my limited ability to connect to the characters prevented me from being pulled into the story. In the future, I hope Breese blends the real and the unreal together more seamlessly and with more relatable characters.

Note: This review refers to an advance reader's copy.(less)

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Mar 25, 2011 Jennifer rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: sci-fi-dystopia

Future Imperfect started off decent, but quickly went downhill. Ade can see the future, but only when he gives himself a concussion. This concussion also gives him a high that he's become addicted to. The worse the concussion, the stronger the high. This distracted me almost immediately. I loved that Ade could see the future. I loved that the novel began with his with his writing to different "experts" trying to find out why he couldn't change what he saw. I very much loved that he continued to...more Future Imperfect started off decent, but quickly went downhill. Ade can see the future, but only when he gives himself a concussion. This concussion also gives him a high that he's become addicted to. The worse the concussion, the stronger the high. This distracted me almost immediately. I loved that Ade could see the future. I loved that the novel began with his with his writing to different "experts" trying to find out why he couldn't change what he saw. I very much loved that he continued to do this throughout the book. I continued reading the book for that reason alone, because nothing else in the book really worked for me.

Ade gets these concussions by either throwing himself off a building or getting beat up. I couldn't help constantly thinking what an absolute wreck he must look like. The book brings his scars up pretty early on, but the scars didn't sound like they coincided with amount of damage described. Being that the book contained a romantic story line, I found it difficult to believe that the love interest never seemed to care at all about his looks or safety.

Speaking of the love interest, Vauxhall (apparently her parents were hippies) ends up having an ability similar to Ade's. Except that instead of a concussion, she has to be, well, slutty. Oh, and she get's a high from it too, you know, beyond the high from orgasm. And, predictably enough, she's also addicted. The entire situation brought about a series of obvious turns. Ade is jealous. Ade tries to accept it. Ade tries to quit his concussion highs and hopes Vauxhall will do the same. Vauxhall doesn't want to quit. Or maybe she does. At this point, I'm so not caring about either one of them, or anyone else in the book.

Ade's mom is some kind of Jesus-freak that approves of his concussions. His psychiatrist also approves, or at least understands, and make it so he's allowed to stay in school and not be admitted to a psychiatric ward, where he obviously belongs. Ade's dad's in a coma and his best friend is a lesbian who seems to be a lesbian for no other reason than adding an "alternative lifestyle" character.

The entire plot of the book is that Ade doesn't want to kill this guy Jimi. He's seen himself do it, knows he can't prevent it and sets out to stop it anyway. Everything leading up to Jimi's foreseen murder made me want to kill him, but Ade's conscious won't allow it. More than the obvious is at play here and I was impressed by the authors weaving of this particular part of the story. As the pieces leading up to the murder fall together, many surprising moments occur. The ending was good, but the motivation behind it left me annoyed at the convenience of it.

I didn't like Future Imperfect. As much as I love a good seeing-the-future book, this one wasn't for me. It felt forced. In an effort to be dark and edgy, Future Imperfect came off as trying way too hard. (less)

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Aug 13, 2012 Jean V. Naggar Literary rated it 5 of 5 stars

“[An] inventive debut...This psychic love story has an offbeat appeal...Memorable characters and a superhero comic sensibility.” --Publishers Weekly

“A slick, fast-paced thriller with a comic-book aesthetic...The pace is cinematic, with short chapters, short sentences, snappy banter and Ade's cool, careening narration...For fans of action movies and anti-hero comics.” --Kirkus

“Teenaged soothsayer Ade Patience is one of the coolest narrators I've come across in a long time, and oh man does he have...more

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Apr 14, 2011 Savannah (Books With Bite) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Alright, I'll go straight into it and say this is just like The Butterfly effect but even more messed up. Ade knocks himself unconscious just to see the future. He see's the girl who he is suppose to fall in love with and waits for her. Vauxhall also has ad addiction of her own and see some really bad things. Ade must figure out who the mysterious stranger he see's in his future before its too late.

I did not like this book as much as I wanted to. For me, everything in it was too much. Too mess u...more

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Jul 04, 2011 Brandi Kosiner added it

Future Imperfect is a very unique idea told through a fresh narrator. The guy's voice was nailed in my opinion and his life was so bizarre that I just couldn't put the story down.
Even though it's fantasy/paranormal some of the stunts were too wild and I think that he would have ended up even more beaten up (or dead) rather than just getting a concussion.
I didn't really like the letters that were in the book, I would've appreciated it more if there were answers. I understand that it's anothe...more

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Mar 22, 2011 Bree rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, 2011

I won this ARC through the goodreads giveaway, and I had no idea of what to expect. Honestly, I really liked Future Imperfect...and maybe even loved it. I love the narrator, Ade, and almost want to compare his smartass inner dialogue to Holden Caulfield...almost. And I only say almost because I feel badly for HC, whereas, Ade makes me laugh but then want to kick him in the head a couple times (though, he'd probably like that).

Ade Patience can see the future, but his visions only come to him from...more

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Aug 14, 2011 catherine james rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction, kids-tweens-teens, arcs-galleys-review

Full disclosure: I received an ARC from Library Thing.

I didn't get far in my ARC copy. I couldn't figure out how a guy who kept nearly killing himself in order to see future events in his life, expected to even have a future. Couple that with falling for a girl simply because he'd "seen" it in a vision and continuing to carry a torch despite her penchant for hooking up with anything male, bipedal and breathing - seriously? Sorry, this just hit so many shades of bad I gave up somewhere around cha...more

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Oct 23, 2011 Alex Connolly rated it 3 of 5 stars

Future Imperfect by K. Ryer Breese is YA novel about a boy who can see the future, but to do so he needs to be knocked out. And after seeing the future he experiences the Buzz, and that is all he cares about until (you guessed it) a girl comes into his life.

The book isn’t bad, and you are so easily drawn into the world of Mantlo and the characters in the life of Ade Patience, our protagonist. I found myself unable to put it down when I actually sat down to read, regardless of what was going on....more Future Imperfect by K. Ryer Breese is YA novel about a boy who can see the future, but to do so he needs to be knocked out. And after seeing the future he experiences the Buzz, and that is all he cares about until (you guessed it) a girl comes into his life.

The book isn’t bad, and you are so easily drawn into the world of Mantlo and the characters in the life of Ade Patience, our protagonist. I found myself unable to put it down when I actually sat down to read, regardless of what was going on. Something is always going on, but that isn’t to say it’s all action. The thing that kept me reading was the need to know what happens next. Ade has visions of the future and he spends a lot of his time thinking (I should mention it’s first person) of how his life is going to get to that point. Doctors tell him that being knocked out as much as he is, he risks concussion and coma. Yet the life he sees is dandy, so he doesn’t worry.

The Diviners come into the novel about half way and I consider this the kind of turning point of the book, the top of the hill, before things got a bit weird. I won’t explain who they are because their absence is kind of important. But the problem is that Ade starts to understand his psychic ability a bit more, but the explanations are confusing. In trying to be colloquial and analogical, I got more confused than beforehand at some points. It got to a point where I just said okay, I’ll just accept that and move on. It doesn’t ruin the story, but it makes it forgetful.

I liked the romance more than I expected to. I don’t really like the whole “fated to be together” nonsense I read sometimes, and the kind you’d expect in a book where your ‘hero’ can see the future, but it was played down more. Vauxhall (which persistently reminded me of cars) is the yin to his yang. That sounds cheesy, and reading it back I can’t believe I’m going to say this: I believed it. I think it lay in how she was a likable character once the slight promiscuity element was moved past, and I found her interesting itself.

The story is bit disgusting in places, and it uses Ade’s addiction to the Buzz as a kind of allegory for drugs, albeit the best drug on the planet, so it’s not really a Young YA (YYA?) but a more mature one, I’d say (MYA?). I also disliked the implicit preachiness of how Ade’s life was so much better once he didn’t need the Buzz. How it was a great weight of his shoulders, yadder, yadder, yadder. And man was is it easy for him! Most stories of people going cold-turkey are not pleasant; Ade here just seemed to brush it off.

I’ll finish off here, before I starting picking holes in the story, but I think the main reason I liked this was a) the psychic element because it was interesting to watch it change and manifest and b) the romance I didn’t expect to like. Some of the big shocks in the story, the terrible home truths, the dirty secrets and the skeletons in the closet all felt downplayed and Ade seemed to nonchalant. Saying that though, they were still good.

I think I’m torn about the book because I think I’m too harsh (I did enjoy it after all) and looking back it can’t have been that bad, but I think reading it, actually physically sitting down and reading it, isn’t as good as it should be.(less)

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Apr 23, 2011 Cindy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, series-in-progress

It started off interesting enough to keep me wanting to find out what happens next. Ade Patience can see his future (and only his) if he is knocked out. Addicted to the "high" he gets after seeing the future, Ade spends countless days trying to look into the future. That means, throwing himself off buildings head first, getting beat up by anyone willing to fight him, car crashes, etc. It starts off with several painful scenes as Ade tries to get his next "high." I thought this idea was unique an...more It started off interesting enough to keep me wanting to find out what happens next. Ade Patience can see his future (and only his) if he is knocked out. Addicted to the "high" he gets after seeing the future, Ade spends countless days trying to look into the future. That means, throwing himself off buildings head first, getting beat up by anyone willing to fight him, car crashes, etc. It starts off with several painful scenes as Ade tries to get his next "high." I thought this idea was unique and very intriguing, but I was a little frustrated with Ade because of his constant need to hurt himself. He always had a bandaged head and was always looking for new ways to hurt himself. Not only that, but doctors constantly told him he could eventually become brain damaged or lose his memory complete. Sure of himself (because after all, he has seen his future) Ade continues his painful process until he meets Vauxhall.

Vaux is the girl of his dreams...literally. Ade saw her in his future and knew at once she was the one. Waiting for her for years, he knew exactly when she was going to show up in his life. What Ade didn't expect, but wasn't too surprised to learn was that Vaux, like him, had a secret that she's addicted to as well. Vauxhall was interesting, but I thought she was a little weak and I really couldn't understand what Ade exactly loved about her, other than her looks. Their relationship, although having a few connections, seemed sort of vague and was really...well, weird. Ade and his mother also have a weird relationship. His mother, in a strange way, is supportive of his actions; she always cares for him after he is hurt and writes down his visions. She seemed like a helpless woman, and she made me angry, because she never stopped Ade. He was constantly hurting himself, yet she stood by and sort of let things happen...because she thought its his calling from God. Really? We'll leave that one alone.

The Diviners were thrown in about halfway through the book, and I didn't like the idea of them too much. Ade has lived his whole life in his town, and he never noticed that there was a whole society of people like him? It doesn't make sense. Or maybe those concussions are getting to him. They are a mysterious group of people with "powers" like Ade's, and although somewhat interesting, they seemed like a knock-off version of X-Men to me. They seemed like an essential part of the story to sort of move it along, but I think it could've been developed better and really, except for one or two of them, there was not much point of them being involved.

Several other characters in the book were a lot more likable, I thought, although only had minor roles. Ade's best friend, Paige, had been watching him and supporting him for years. She hates what he does to himself (finally, a reasonable woman!) and constantly threatens him with never speaking to him if he doesn't stop, but never goes through with it cause she cares for him too much. Ade's psychiatrist is the only...well, fully educated person who doesn't think he's totally insane. Instead, he's very supportive, and although does not always agree, helps Ade along the way with his "addiction." Oh, and lets not forget Jimmy, a strange character who Ade sees in his visions, which then causes Ade to go against the rules to try and change the future which helps lead the story in a different direction.

After we are introduced to all the characters, which is about halfway I thought it got a little confusing and I sort of lost interest. Towards the last couple of chapters though, it picked up the pace and a lot more was happening, secrets revealed, and some action. I must admit, I was a little satisfied with how it ended, but didn't think it should've been such a nice-wrapped up conclusion.

Overall, this book is quite a ride. It has a few slow moments and at times can even be frustrating, if not confusing, but the story is definitely unique. I am hoping the author's future novels are just as different, with a better flow, but other than that I found myself enjoying the book. It is a little dark, edgy and fascinating, with several twists and an interesting ending. I recommend this book to other YA lovers and paranormal/fantasy lovers, but the supernatural elements have a different spin to what we are used to seeing and may not be for everyone.(less)

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Oct 12, 2011 Ashley rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: blog

Originally reviewed on my blog, Books from Bleh to Basically Amazing, in a combined review post with The Snowball Effect;

Future Imperfect by K. Ryer Breese was a really hard book for me. Honestly, I don't think I have a single positive thing to say about this book, so I shall try to make my review brief.

Every single character in this book was trashy, crazy and strung out throughout most of the book. The only semi normal character is Ade's best friend Paige, but she isn't given a lot of face time...more

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Mar 14, 2011 Jamie (LadyJai) Dement rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I won an Advanced Uncorrected Copy of this from GoodReads. I will ignore those grammatical errors which I saw, which weren't too many, and reserve judgement. :) (I'm sure the copy editor will catch them before release)

So, on with the review.

Written for the young adult audience, the language used was quite unique to me. I've never really read a book that went directly into the head of the person and pretty much read like he spoke. For me, this was an interesting experience. I am one who tries to...more

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Jan 21, 2013 Andrew rated it 3 of 5 stars

At first I hated this book. It's about a teenager, Ade, who can see the future (which is cool), but he has to get a concussion in order to do it. So the beginning of the book describes various ways in which he gets concussions to see the future and it is quite repulsive. Besides being repulsive, it just didn't make sense that he would not have been put in a mental hospital. That being said, Ade's relationship with his father was quite interesting given that his father is in a coma. Also, I like...more

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Apr 30, 2011 Lindsay Paige added it

Shelves: dac2011

Title Thoughts: I think it fits well.
Cover Thoughts: I kind of like it.
WARNINGS: There's cuss words here and there.

I liked this book. At first, it was hard to read because Ade keeps doing crazy stuff to get a concussion so he can get high from his visions of the future. We see weird things, a mystery, in his visions. When Vauxhall enters the picture, things pick up and slow down at the same time. They pick up because things happen besides Ade banging his head and seeing the future. They keep t...more

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Apr 09, 2011 Kristen rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: youngadult, paranormal-fantasy, romance-y

Why I read this: The plot seemed intriguing and I'm always looking for new debut authors to read. :)

Plot: This book takes you on a wild ride. From Ade's point of view, his life is just about to finally begin on a certain day. The day he meets the girl he dreamed of two years ago. This book takes you around twists and turns and introduces a type of power that is addictive and harmful, but serves a purpose. Definitely a book that is left a little open for maybe more to come, but wrapped up enough...more

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Apr 23, 2011 Jessica rated it 3 of 5 stars

Ade sees the future. Unfortunately the only way he can see that glimpse is through having a massive concussion. Oh sure, it used to be easier, but as time has passed Ade has had to go to greater and greater lengths to get that peek into the future. Even worse? He's addicted to the high that only that can produce. This is the character that we follow through Future Imperfect and I'm not kidding when I say that his head is a very strange place to be. Ade is like a walking case study for addicts. A...more Ade sees the future. Unfortunately the only way he can see that glimpse is through having a massive concussion. Oh sure, it used to be easier, but as time has passed Ade has had to go to greater and greater lengths to get that peek into the future. Even worse? He's addicted to the high that only that can produce. This is the character that we follow through Future Imperfect and I'm not kidding when I say that his head is a very strange place to be. Ade is like a walking case study for addicts. Although his addiction happens to be to concussions, his habits really show those of any person who is an addict. Ade's brain is addled, and the reader takes a seat in it as the story progresses.

I'll admit that this book really took me a while to fully appreciate. The situations that happen are so messed up (trust me there isn't another way to describe it) that I often couldn't fully wrap my mind around what was going on. Ade's relationship with his mother is an odd one, and then when Vauxhall enters the picture things get even weirder. It isn't that I didn't like Ade. I understood him as an addict, and I saw him as a person who is kind of lost in their own mind. However I had such a hard time actually feeling like I was a part of him, that being in his brain was disconcerting and made the story kind of hard to read.

By far my favorite part of the whole story was when Ade sees a potentially violent end to someone he knows when he glimpses the future. It is at this point that his whole being kind of changes, and I began to see more into the Ade that was trapped under his addiction. As the story nears the ending, things clear up, the reader sees more of the real world that Ade lives in, and honestly I started to feel more a part of him than I did before. However it took so long for me to get to that point that I really had a hard time enjoying the book as a whole.

If I'm rambling, I apologize. The truth is that Future Imperfect was definitely a wild ride, but honestly one that I don't think I was fully prepared for. This book is one of a kind for me this year. It is unlike anything that I've read so far. I was really hoping that would be enough to keep me invested. However there were just some parts of this book that were so out there, I admittedly felt a little lost. I think there is a lot to love, and I'm sure that there are plenty of readers out there who will throughly enjoy this book. Ade and Vauxhall have their quirks, but their story is definitely fascinating. I say give it a try. You might find something you love!(less)

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May 27, 2011 TheBookVixen rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: read-in-2011, c-b

Why I Read this Book: The premise for Future Imperfect caught my attention. Ade possesses an interesting supernatural power of seeing the future when knocked unconscious. Things are pretty crazy for Ade because he purposely gets himself knocked out, by any means necessary, to get the high he feels when he’s unconscious and on a future-glimpsing trip.

What I Liked: This book had an interesting premise but the book went downhill once I learned what Vauxhall needed to do in order to use her own uniq...more Why I Read this Book: The premise for Future Imperfect caught my attention. Ade possesses an interesting supernatural power of seeing the future when knocked unconscious. Things are pretty crazy for Ade because he purposely gets himself knocked out, by any means necessary, to get the high he feels when he’s unconscious and on a future-glimpsing trip.

What I Liked: This book had an interesting premise but the book went downhill once I learned what Vauxhall needed to do in order to use her own unique supernatural power.

What I Didn’t Like: One major issue I had with the book was Vauxhall’s character and her supernatural power. I was disturbed by it. I can’t explain any further without SPOILERS so I’m going to leave that decision up to you. Consider yourself warned.

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I wasn’t feeling the connection between Ade and Vauxhall. He originally saw her 2 years ago in one of his glimpses into his future and has been in love with her ever since. Even when he finally ‘meets’ her in the present time, I didn’t feeling any kind of chemistry between them. Vauxhall is so out there (again, it has to do with her supernatural power) that I don’t understand why Ade would still want to be with her. I found Ade to be pretty pathetic for staying in love with Vauxhall.

The written conversations between Ade and the different ‘specialists’ he contacted were one-sided. The reader only gets to read the letters Ade writes, non of the responses (even though you can tell in Ade’s follow up letters that he got one). You can sort of get an idea of what the specialists had to say about Ade’s inquiries but it felt incomplete and I don’t feel the letters were substantial to the story.

Overall Impression: Future Imperfect was not a book for me. I’m actually quite surprised that I finished reading it but there was a part of me, albeit a small part, that wanted to know how a particular part was going to play out between Ade and Jimi. I was so completely disgusted with Vauxhall’s character and her supernatural power that it ruined any chance of me liking this book.

You can find this review, and many more, on my blog The Book Vixen.(less)

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Apr 25, 2011 Brittany rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult, time-travel, debut2011

Ade Patience is he King of Concussions. Whenever he gets knocked out he can see the future. Other students at Mantlo High thinks he's one step short of the Special Ed classes, and his best friend calls him selfish. Now Ade can't see thing that happen to other people, so it's not like he knocks himself out to be helpful to others. Ade just wants the high that he get after he's had a vision. Ade is a junkie, an addict. He has been crushed by his visions before. He has tried and failed at changing...more Ade Patience is he King of Concussions. Whenever he gets knocked out he can see the future. Other students at Mantlo High thinks he's one step short of the Special Ed classes, and his best friend calls him selfish. Now Ade can't see thing that happen to other people, so it's not like he knocks himself out to be helpful to others. Ade just wants the high that he get after he's had a vision. Ade is a junkie, an addict. He has been crushed by his visions before. He has tried and failed at changing the future, but when he sees something really bad, and learns a lot of things he had no idea about, he might just have to try and change the future again.

If you have every seen the movie Donnie Darko, this novel is kind of like that. It has a very weird feel to it. There is talk of science and physics, but in an abstract, psychic powers sort of way. I liked how Ade was portrayed as a junkie, but not a villain. His mom aided his addiction every step of the way, clinging to his vision like a life-preserver that might rescue her from her own unfortunate place. At times the writing seemed a little bit off, and things were mentioned as already happening that hadn't happened. I;m not sure if the latter is a writing tool to express the ins and outs of Ade's mental condition, or if it was simply poor editing. I wish that the letters that Ade received from the Doctors and others that he wrote to were included in this novel. It was a little disappointing only having one side of these conversations. I really like Ade and Vauxhall and how they were sort of like crappy superheroes. Superheroes who can't really save the world...yet. Jimi was a really odd character, out to get really odd things from life. It sucks that his childhood was crappy, but I think some people would be able to grow from that place instead of trying to screw other people over. The dynamic between Jimi and Ade was a weird one. At times I thought that they could be the same person and Ade had just completely lost it. There were so many surprises in this novel that kept you completely engrossed until the final pages. I liked that everyone in Jimi's life seemed to believe that he really could see the future and that it didn't seem strange to them at all. I do wonder how any normal person could survive after all that head trauma, but clearly being psychic grants you some leeway in the health department. I would not consider this novel a light beach read, though it was very good. Something you have to let your brain settle into and imagine the possibilities that Ade has before him, and the danger he faces. I anxiously look forward to Past Continuous with Ade which is about multiple hims existing and vying for the right to be the one and only Ade.

First Line:
"Jimi Ministry didn't have this many tattoos two weeks ago."

Favorite Lines:
"I want to know every bump. Trace every vein."(less)

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Mar 19, 2011 Amber Skye rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: arc

Future Imperfect is a much darker novel than I thought it would be. Although Ade has a unnatural physic addiction, the novel could just as well be about drug, alcohol, smoking, and sex addictions. Breese took the story of a teenage boy with a rough life and messed up classmates and twisted it into a warped paranormal tale.

Ade, the narrator, is a very personal character. His every thought is recorded in the novel, and the language is that of a teenage boy. The reader is sucked into his world and...more

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Nov 09, 2012 Meagan rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads, young-adult

I had gotten a proof copy of this a while go and try to go back to it and read it but the main character is maddening and I don't really enjoy it. Finally got around to reading it, and while the premise is there: A boy who can see the future as the risk of a future of his own. He can only gain it while causing damage to his self, mostly through concussions. When the girl who he has seen before in his visions shows up he realizes it's his chance to finally get his act together.

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Feb 23, 2011 Britney Holt rated it 5 of 5 stars

I loved this book. It was different from anything that I've read before. You will not be sorry that you read this book I swear. I was on the edge of my seat with every page because I didn't know what was going to happen. I couldn't put the book down until I finished all of it. I loved it so much that I finished it in one day.

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Dec 27, 2011 Jazmine rated it 5 of 5 stars

i really liked this book. :) the grammar bugged me a bit (things like: this happened to him, he...) the comma after that bothers me a lot! ^^ but all alla good read! i loved the twists in it. :D

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Jan 10, 2012 Pam rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: first-reads

I won this as a first reads on goodreads. I found it an ok read kinda strange and weird at times. Ade sees the future when he knocks his self unconscious. He falls in love with a girl he seen in the future. She has even bigger issues than him. His mother takes the crazy award. She is fine with him jumping off buildings crashing cars, whatever it takes to see the future. Why because she thinks they are visions from God. This book has lots of turns and twists but is weird most of the time. If you...more

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Feb 05, 2011 shinfu marked it as to-read

I have just won this book from First Reads. I look forward to reading it. Thanks.

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Feb 08, 2011 Torr rated it 4 of 5 stars

Thank you goodreads for choosing me to recieve this book. I will enjoy reading it. Thank you!

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Apr 13, 2013 Kapooky Handy rated it 5 of 5 stars

Super unique loved every page.

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Aug 08, 2011 Paige rated it 2 of 5 stars

Shelves: science-fiction

Cool concept. Fell apart rather massively for me, but a really cool concept.

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Feb 26, 2011 Anne rated it 5 of 5 stars

Class of 2k11

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