Eva
by Peter Dickinson
Taste attributes: science fictionanimalsteendramafresh & originalimaginarylinearglossycomplex relationshipsocial commentarycoming of age
Boxlist takeAn otherworldly science-fiction novel that is fresh and glossy. Best if you like surprises over comfort.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: glossy · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score
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4.0 / 5
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About This Book
THIRTEEN-YEAR OLD EVA wakes up in the hospital unable to remember anything since the picnic on the beach. Her mother leans over the bed and begins to explain. A traffic accident, a long coma . . .But there is something, Eva senses, that she's not being told. There is a price she must pay to be alive at all. What have they done, with their amazing medical techniques, to save her?From the Paperback edition.
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- Author
- Peter Dickinson
- Published
- 1988
- Pages
- 224
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- Open Library
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