A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird, #1) in Audiobook Junkies

Jul 11, 2015 Melindeeloo rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: x2015, time-travel, sci-fi-romance, ya-na-but-still-aok

I liked A Thousand Pieces of You (Firebird Book 1) Sci fi-ish YA, at the heart of the story was an invention that allowed a person to jump into there counterpart in another dimension - sometimes very similar, some times not. Leading lady Margarite's parents are on the verge of making their invention work when one of their graduate assistants sabotages her father's car, steals the prototype and escapes into another dimension. Margarite and another assistant head off after him determined to extrac ...more

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Jan 30, 2017 Wendy rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: wwe-reading-challenges, science-fiction, young-adult, romance, audiobook

I'm not fond of YA books that put romance first, but Claudia Gray proved herself capable of formulating a story around a romance, rather than making it the entire focus with Lost Stars. While I don't feel as strongly about this book as I did Lost Stars, I am still very impressed with the way Gray weaves her magic.

In A Thousand Pieces of You, Gray writes about a young woman named Marguerite Cain who is at the centre of the science that can cross dimensions. She herself is not a scientist, but he I'm not fond of YA books that put romance first, but Claudia Gray proved herself capable of formulating a story around a romance, rather than making it the entire focus with Lost Stars. While I don't feel as strongly about this book as I did Lost Stars, I am still very impressed with the way Gray weaves her magic.

In A Thousand Pieces of You, Gray writes about a young woman named Marguerite Cain who is at the centre of the science that can cross dimensions. She herself is not a scientist, but her parents and their assistants are, and their brilliant minds have created the firebird device, which allows users to jump into alternate versions of themselves in other dimensions. The science is a bit iffy at times, but as this is told through Marguerite's perspective, it can be appreciated that her artistic mind does not grasp many of the concepts (and frankly, mine wouldn't either).

Marguerite is also at the centre of a love triangle involving her parents' assistant. The problem is that one of those assistants is responsible for murdering her father and stealing the firebird. Marguerite races across dimensions with Theo to catch Paul and make him pay. But things aren't that easy, of course, and there are other sides to every story -- especially when there are other sides to the people involved.

As Marguerite jumps from one life to another, the plot slows a bit to focus on that romance. While this jaunt seems to stray from the main in order to get the romance on, several important elements and ideas are subtly raised that solidify the plot, as well as the character development of both of the men in Marguerite's life. In other words, I can forgive the delay to make kissy face when the ramifications of their actions and the reality of who a person truly is, no matter what dimension they are from, are still integral to the development of the people and the events to come.

Somewhere towards the end of the book when the plot thickens, the story very much reminded me of the events in Fringe, but with Gray's own unique twist on the implications of interdimensional travel. At this point, I fell into all my Fringe feels and emotional twirling.

This was a pretty solid book, but I did not find the characters as endearing as I have in Gray's other writing. In particular, Marguerite was not nearly as interesting a protagonist as she could have been and I found myself wishing to see the story from other perspectives instead.

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May 27, 2014 Tonyalee rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: young-adult, i-dont-even-know, i-needs-it, e-book, favorites, i-cried, source-edelweiss, need-to-buy, arc, well-arent-you-pretty

You guys, THIS BOOK.

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I hate to admit that I had some serious reservations going into this book. I mean, dimension travel? FREAKIN AWESOME... my brain hurts already. I attempted to read another book similar to this one and after reading the same 50 pages like, 10 times, I gave up. However, I love Claudia Gray's Evernight series, so I had to give this one a chance.

I want to start off by saying that if anything TIME TRAVEL gives you the hives - don't run away yet. This book does not have t ...more

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Jan 13, 2016 The Audiobookworm rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I picked this up thinking it would be a YA Contemporary story (based on the cover, I suppose). Boy, was surprised! This story perfectly captured how I envision alternate universes. It was really everything I wanted A Darker Shade of Magic to be, but not nearly as slow. The pace was perfect. The writing was straightforward and to the point without being dull. There was so much action that there wasn't a lot of time for in-depth character development or a whole lot of backstory, but I honestly did ...more

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Aug 24, 2018 Jodi rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: 2018, scribd

not my usual type of read, but I have to admit that I enjoyed it. I really liked the alternate universe aspects, didn't care as much for the romance. Not sure if i will continue with this series or not. ...more

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Aug 24, 2014 Susan rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

This is one of my favorite YA books this year! I loved the different worlds that the characters jump into. I especially enjoyed the Russian dimension and the storyline with Paul. OMG! Heartbreaking! There is a bit of a love triangle but it is settled fairly early on. I had a strong suspicion about which one of the men was up to no good and I was proven right but I never predicted everything that went on. I couldn't wait to see what world they would end up in next and I can't wait for the next bo ...more

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