Skinned Audiobook

" Good characters, plot. etc, unresolved ending. You can't just end a story, mid-story... "

" Listened to this one. Utterly fascinating, and I will definitely read the next one. And I do mean READ . . .the audiobook reader didn't really differentiate the characters. "

" Blergh. It took me months to pseudo-finish (skimmed the last few chapters) this YA novel. I just couldn't like or dislike Lia enough to care what happened to her. One of my pet peeves for authors is when they have the character speak to themselves in the third person (i.e. Paint it Black by Fitch)-- many times Lia talked to herself about how she was "Lia Kahn" and that meant she was perfect, hot, tough etc. The problem is we never really knew that Lia Kahn. We only read about the spoiled, whiny, mutant Lia. I bought this and the second book at a yard sale, and they are in the "out" pile to the local used bookstore. I definitely don't want to waste time on a sequel. "

" Well. I don't quite know what's going on with this series. There's a lot that I found intriguing about identity, embodiment, ability and belonging. There's also some serious ableism in here; a tragic ableist attitude towards actual people with disabilities, who are "saved" from disabled horror by the mechanical bodies. At the same time, there's a sense of body empowerment around accepting the new mechanical differences, some exploration of oppression, and a thread of resilience. It's confusing. But I am intrigued. And so I shall continue the series. "

" I'm just going to do the whole series with this one. These books were weird. They were about a futuristic society that has learned to put the human conciousness into a machine. They have done it to the teenage heroine of this book (who's name escapes me) against her choice & she has to learn to live with being a "Skinner" or "Mech". In learning to deal with a society that both fears & hates her kind, when she would choose to be anything but what she is, she finds secrets that the society wishes to remain secret. They were written in a Hunger Games type way, but not nearly as satisfying. The ending was a big fat downer. I really must have been bored to read the whole series. Blech! "

" This one just couldn't hold my attention, and frankly, I really disliked Lia. "

" An interesting read. It's not completely original, but it definetely has something that makes it spark. "

" Good for readers of Westerfeld. (Yes, this is not an innovative connection: he blurbed the front AND the covers look extremely similar.) I thought it was a well-wrought story, she does dialogue and teen emotions well. Overall, well done. I will be recommending it to teens. "

" Really awesome book that had me hooked from the first page. Can't wait to get started on the second book in the trilogy! "

" Honestly, I am a little freaked out about this book, the plot is good but the "machines taking over the world" concept is scary despite the fact that the writer made the book interesting. "

" Imagine Paris Hilton turned into an unloved robot. Cool ideas in the book. "

" Another great story by a fantastic writer! Lia is someone I can really identify with. Like her, I do not feel accepted by a major member of my family and would love to do what Lia did - leave and look for a better life. Storytelling at its best! "

" Totally loved it. Not sure what it was about it that I loved but I closed it at the end and was just thinking I wished it was longer. "

" Very interesting. Not sure if I'll read the rest of the triology. "

" Didn't even finish it..which is RARE for me. "

" Written for younger teens (even though there's sex and cursing), but still an interesting concept. Enjoyed the book, but not enough to read the next 2 in the trilogy. "

" Fablous. i think it really makes you think about life and the way things are. Really well done. "

" my friend told me it was an amazing book, a must read, and when i checked it out, i was extremely disapionted. "

" I was just thinking of how once they are skinners (i forgot what they are called) they can't die. Therefore, do they have a soul? When they are shut down forever, would that resemble them being in a coma, therefore not killing them? Wow, that would suck. "

" Hm...I was originally lured by the cover and the synopsis at the back. I put off reading it last year because I was busy, but when I picked it up again I lost interest. Maybe I'll read it again in the future. "

" i enjoyed the way the author described everything in such detail.I would definitely recommend this book for anyone that might like sci-fi or from the future books. "

" absolutely LOVED this book!!!1 i cannot wait to read the next one... "

" I really liked this book--Lea was a fascinating and entertaining character and as she was wondering whether or not she really was herself, so was I. The author pulled me in and did not let me leave until I turned the last page. "

" The beginning was really hard to get through with her denial and all the description but the end was really good and I cannot wait to see how lia's character grows in the next book. "

" This was a pretty good book. It's about a girl who wakes up from an accident she should have died in only to discover that she is just a copy of herself created with a scan of her brain and a body that is really a machine. "

" It was pretty good. "

" An easy sci-fi read! "

" Absolutely amazing. It's one of those books that causes an urge to continue reading. "