Beautiful writing, the audio was good, but the story was slow and too much time spent on feels and not enough focus on getting things done. Also, if you hate a boy, don't use him to help build your Frankenstein's monster, just leave him be. Did not finish though, so maybe she did, but i doubt it. ( )

The story was like a Frankenstein retelling which was not what I was expecting. The story was good but the start was slow. I felt like this story was unfinished at the end. ( )

Wow. A fantastic reimagining of the Frankenstein story that takes you on a roller coaster of emotions and discovery. Lots of twists and turns I didn't expect, but really enjoyed. ( )

I couldn't emerse myself in this world or follow the story line. I was looking for something different, this is different but not the different I was looking for. Im sure that doesn't make much sense

I'd been reading it for a while and kept putting it down, I was about half-way through. Having just finished another book I decided to give it a go. And it started to take off and I finished it in a fairly short amount of time.

This has got a fair amout of hype about being a retelling of Frankenstein, and it is. Also a tale of betrayal and a complicated world where technology broke and some sort of epidemic means that most people have some part of them that's artificial. Nell's the only one with an artificial heart. Her father is the man who built a lot of people's spare parts. Everyone is expected to prove why they should stay in the city (called Blackpool which is a literal translation of the Dublin or Dubh Linn name for the city) or be part of the rural support for the city. She's pulled everywhere by different people and the knowledge that was. She has to do something soon to prove her place in the world and when she finds a manequin's hand while salvaging on a beach she decides to build an artificial person.

I wasn't sure when I was, it seemed that people had a memory of the time before but others didn't, who were the same age, and I felt like it wasn't clear enough. There was world building but the foundations felt insecure and tenuous and honestly while I don't regret reading it it wasn't my favourite read so far this year. ( )