Replica

This is a great book. It is a little confusing at first, but then it gets easier to understand. I would recommend reading the two sides at the same time. The storyline is very interesting, without being too sciency. The book is pretty long, having about 350 pages on each side. Leaves on a cliffhanger, can't wait to read the second book.

I finally dove into Lauren Oliver’s Replica! I had been hearing so many good things about it that I picked it up last year and I have to say it was quite the unique read! The dual points of view was done in a way I’ve never seen before where the book is divided in half. You can read one girl’s point of view and then the other, or you can alternate. I honestly recommend alternating because it’s the easiest and you won’t be repeating the story as much. I am so excited that I can jump immediately to the sequel next because a lot of things happened and it only left me craving more answers.Gemma and Lyra couldn’t be more different. They don’t know each other or even that the other exits. I’ll start with Lyra because she was who I started with based on the fact that she was the “front” of the cover! Lol! Lyra is a replica. She was made to look human by scientists who seem to be studying diseases and wanting to test possible cures or just new diseases themselves. They’re not good people needless to say. Lyra has grown up with other female replicas as the boy replicas were kept separated from the girls.Then we have Gemma who is human. Though she’s had a rough life with health issues. Her father is always away on business and is a cold, distant man while her mother is a hoverer and over-protective. Gemma suffers from weight issues and bullying problems. Her only friend is April. They had plans to go to Florida over spring break but the trip is cancelled when a bullying prank goes wrong and her father demands that she stay home. It’s when there was an attempted kidnapping of herself that Gemma started to do a little investigating. The ramblings of the kidnapper started her thinking and it’s not long before she learns of a place called Haven and how her father was connected to it.Each part of the girls’ story runs over 200 pages, so it’s almost at the 100 page mark that their worlds collide. So the beginning portions of each of their story start off a tad slow. It took some time to build into the story at large, but once we got to that point it was smooth reading until the end! Gemma gets a ride to Florida with an unexpected person from her school who turns out to be genuinely nicer than anyone other than her best friend. She plans to nose around Haven and see what they’re all about, but nearly as soon as she arrives, Haven explodes!! This book is seriously twisted, but that’s what makes the best kind of reads!As I said before, I think that reading the book by alternating points of view is the best way to go about it. The first few chapters lets you see into each girl’s world and what they deal with. Once their worlds collide, it becomes easier to read through alternation. Some bits get repeated but you’re on the other end of the conversation or whatnot, so you do learn more and see the conversations differently. It’s not a direct repeat anyway, so you won’t feel bogged down by having to repeat a scene.This story is pretty intense too! There is so much mystery surrounding Haven and when Gemma learns her father has a connection with it, the mystery only seems to thicken! By the end, you’re still left feeling unsure of things and what will happen next, but there’s a very decided air of danger. Haven is trying to cut all loose ends and possibly just start over elsewhere but with two of their “patients” missing, well things are going get to pretty messy indeed!We do get some answers though. There’s one in particular that was especially mind-blowingly awesome! I guess I was so wrapped up within the story that I didn’t really see it coming. That happens sometimes and honestly, I like it! Guessing the answers is always fun, but so is being completely taken aback with shocking reveals!There is some romance going on in this one as well for both heroines. It was done nicely too, in a way that doesn’t take over the entire storyline.Replica was by far one of the most intriguing books I’ve had the pleasure of reading. And not just in the way I read it where I go back and forth with flipping the book around. The story itself was unique as well. It’s an exciting and thrilling kind of story and I am most eager in seeing what will happen next!Overall Rating 4/5 stars

This book is SO unique both in plot and format. I've read dual points of view, and I've read "YA girl's parent is involved with sketchy biotechnology, and it's about to effect her life in a big way", I've even read another flip book, but Replica still manages such a departure from anything else I've read! I think it has to do with the characters and HOW their story interacts. We aren't just following the story along and changing between minds, were following the same series of events through different eyes.There are a few ways to read this, I chose to start with Lyra's story (I was SUPER intrigued by the idea of reading from the perspective of a Replica) and then read Gemma's afterwards. I think any way this book is read will be equally as interesting, but one of my favorite parts of this book was when reading Gemma's story, certain parts of Lyra's story began to make more sense, and little details I'd barely taken note of seemed to become important clues.This book is a super quick read, mostly because it's really hard to put down once you get going! Highly highly highly recommend!!

I won this copy through a Goodreads giveaway. I enjoyed the book overall. I found the setup a bit annoying to navigate on Kindle; I probably would have preferred to read a hard copy.The plot was at times intriguing and at times tedious. The storyline was interesting and raises questions about what makes us human and what right we have to play God.Often I found the telling left an ache in me. The stories of these two fictional girls resonated with the longing and pain so many of us feel.

First of this book was AMAZING.It had me hooked from the first page( I read Lyra’ half first) and overall the book thrilled me. **SPOILER ALERT** I loved the twist where you found out that Lyra wasn’t actually a replica(clone) but a girl who had been brought off her parents at a young age. And you found out that Gemma was actually a replica of Emma, a girl who died shortly after birth. There were parts that made me laugh and parts that made my heart ache for the characters that no book has ever been able to do before. Amazing book. I totally recommend!

Excelente libro!!!! Me encanto la historia!!! Como siempre bueno! La autora es muy buena!

I loved the story, looking forward tout reading the next one... Wasnt what I expected!

Amazing book! It’s worth the reading! I couldn’t put it down until I finished it! I recommend Replica if you like sci fi.

Un concept d'écriture vraiment original, certainement le fruit d'un travail titanesque. Des personnages attachants... Un livre que l'on peut lire de tellement de façons différentes qu'on peut le relire plusieurs fois sans se lasser : on peut lire l'histoire de Lyra puis celle de Gemma ou Gemma puis Lyra ou encore, chose facilitée par le livre numérique, un chapitre de l'une puis un chapitre de l'autre etc...J'ai hâte de lire le tome 2 !