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Altered Image: The Clone Series
The exciting second volume in Trish Moran's acclaimed young adult series exploring humanity, technology, and the problems of growing up in a dystopian future. Perfect for fans of The Giver and the Divergent trilogy.
Since their successful fight to be recognised as equal to humans, the Labs - clones from the infamous research 'Centre' - are thriving in the real world, with many going into important jobs and fields of study.
Many Labs are now in relationships with Non-Lab humans and, like Lab leader Abel and his girlfriend Ruby, expecting children. It soon becomes apparent that these children - the Hybrids - are equipped with super-human intelligence and skills beyond either Labs or Non-Labs.
As the first generation of Hybrids start to grow up, the conflicts between their human and Lab genes and their places in the new world start to take hold, and things are complicated further when a militant group of rogue Labs, known as the Radicals, prove that they're willing to do anything in their quest to create the 'perfect' being - even at the price of human lives...
Since their successful fight to be recognised as equal to humans, the Labs - clones from the infamous research 'Centre' - are thriving in the real world, with many going into important jobs and fields of study.
Many Labs are now in relationships with Non-Lab humans and, like Lab leader Abel and his girlfriend Ruby, expecting children. It soon becomes apparent that these children - the Hybrids - are equipped with super-human intelligence and skills beyond either Labs or Non-Labs.
As the first generation of Hybrids start to grow up, the conflicts between their human and Lab genes and their places in the new world start to take hold, and things are complicated further when a militant group of rogue Labs, known as the Radicals, prove that they're willing to do anything in their quest to create the 'perfect' being - even at the price of human lives...
272 pages, Kindle Edition
Published October 11, 2018
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March 9, 2022
The premise of this series has promise. In the first book in this series, we learn that a race has been created to serve as spare parts for humans. If you are wealthy and subscribe to the facility, clones are developed with characteristics you require should you need them. The clandestine nature of this facility is revealed and the ‘Labs’ as they are known, are freed and fight to obtain equal status to humans.
I find the second book in this series somewhat two-dimensional. It reads of a telling of events rather than reaching its full potential of a rich emergence of character development and navigation through the unfolding of events.
Furthermore, there were times where characters seemed to appear out of nowhere. Moran often refers to ‘important research’ being carried out. The way characters conduct this research appears disjointed. I am coming away from this piece of work feeling as though something is missing. Perhaps greater background research may have given this novel a greater depth of realism.
I felt that all characters spoke with the same tone and cadence. This may make sense for the ‘Labs’. However, character speech patterns are the same for ‘Labs’ and ‘Non-Labs’ alike.
This book very much reads along the lines of, “This happened, then this happened.” There are frequent jumps in time, giving the novel a disjointed feel, causing it to come across to me as somewhat bland. Overall, I find it good for a quick read, but I am not drawn to the characters, nor do I find it thought provoking. Instead, I am wondering how the characters are generating this research that the author often refers to, as am I wishing the characters would come to life.
I find the second book in this series somewhat two-dimensional. It reads of a telling of events rather than reaching its full potential of a rich emergence of character development and navigation through the unfolding of events.
Furthermore, there were times where characters seemed to appear out of nowhere. Moran often refers to ‘important research’ being carried out. The way characters conduct this research appears disjointed. I am coming away from this piece of work feeling as though something is missing. Perhaps greater background research may have given this novel a greater depth of realism.
I felt that all characters spoke with the same tone and cadence. This may make sense for the ‘Labs’. However, character speech patterns are the same for ‘Labs’ and ‘Non-Labs’ alike.
This book very much reads along the lines of, “This happened, then this happened.” There are frequent jumps in time, giving the novel a disjointed feel, causing it to come across to me as somewhat bland. Overall, I find it good for a quick read, but I am not drawn to the characters, nor do I find it thought provoking. Instead, I am wondering how the characters are generating this research that the author often refers to, as am I wishing the characters would come to life.
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