I finished the book, and man was I wrong! In the last 60ish pages, every concept or idea I had was proved completely in correct. This is both a good thing and a bad thing. I love books that are unpredictable (like I said a million times before), but it’s kind of annoying. I felt pretty stupid once I finished because I didn’t see it coming, even though there’s no way I could have. So now, I’m going to try and give a short summery of how it ended.
Jenna finally remembered what actually happened the night of the accident. She wasn’t the one that had been driving the car, it had been Kara. They went to crash a party, but it was very violent so they got scared and left. Kara was shaken up on the way home, and she didn’t turn soon enough. They then went over the cliff and you know the rest. Also, I thought Kara and Locke didn’t have the opportunity to be saved, but they did. Jenna’s dad scanned their brains to start, but the parents wouldn’t let him anywhere near their children. I don’t blame them. So, hidden in Jenna’s parents’ room were all 3 of their brain scans, their lives, them, basically. Jenna wanted to get rid of them, so Lily (shocking) helped her. And their plan worked. At first, I didn’t like Lily at all, but I ended up agreeing with her on just about everything. Funny how that works.
Allys, who was completely against everything Jenna is, figured out what she was. And she said she was going to tell the FSEB. Then Allys wasn’t in school the next day, and Jenna started to panic. She wasn’t in school the day after that either. Or the day after that. Or the day after that. So, Ethan (love him) and Jenna went to visit her. And, as it turns out, Allys didn’t tell anyone except her parents because she was dying. Guess what her parents did? They showed up at Jenna’s house and asked her dad to save Allys. Talk about ironic fate!! Jenna and Allys lived for 260 years at least, and 70 of Jenna’s years were with Ethan. They had a little girl named Kayla too! Everyone also began excepting people like Jenna, and there were others like her who were designed to life that was about 200 years shorter.
Overall, I really really loved this book. The ending was a little too happily-ever-after for me, but I’m kind of glad it didn’t end like Flowers for Algernon. Something right in between would have been perfect. Not to lovey dovey, perfect world (because there’s no such thing), but not too depressing. It was still very addicting, and it had my romance! That’s all I really care about. I would highly recommend this book!
It is fine that people were more accepting of people like Jenna, but how did it feel for her when everyone she loved was dead and she was the only one left? Was there any deterioration in her body or her quality of life? Were those 260 years actually worth while?
ReplyDeleteThat's a good question, but it didn't say. Personally, I would hate it. I think it would suck to live 200 years after all your loved ones died. But as far as i know, she stayed in the body of teenager for all 260 years, so she never got to age either. I would hae much rather died as result of the accident than live more than 200 years as a 16-year-old
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