The Adoration of Jenna Fox (Jenna Fox Chronicles, Bk 1)
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Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
Author:
Genres: Children's Books, Teen & Young Adult
Book Type: Paperback
The Adoration of Jenna Fox explores the ethics of biomedical engineering in a way that is rarely seen in YA fiction. Told from Jenna's point of view, the narrative follows her as she wakes in a world with few memories of her life before. As they come trickling back, so do the circumstances surrounding the family move to California, her parents' secrecy, her grandmother's inexplicable dislike for her, and a bevy of question surrounding the why and wherefore of what makes a person human, where the line between legality and illegality lies in the biomedical and healthcare communities, and how people can define themselves when all they thought they knew about their identity has been torn away.
There are a few other things to note. Though the book is well written it has some serious flaws. Drilling in the co-learner / co-teacher as the ideal future classroom environment is bad enough. Only a person who doesn't teach but pushes politics into the classroom would applaud for the idea that ignorant students paying to learn are teachers and teachers with diplomas paid to share knowledge are students.
Then there is the whole end of the world in environmental disasters and the evils of bio engineering killing of native species of most animals and plants is just an over kill. Old story. We will all be dead in 4 years. We are told every 4 years. Strangely every prediction coincides with election year....
The whole idea about overused antibiotics is sound and very viable subject but the hammering of the idea that an oversight by the likes of THE most corrupt paper pushing organization like the World Health Organization is needed to stop the Antibiotics abuse is just laughable.
The story is well done though in a very simplistic sort of way. It touched deep ethical issues but didn't explore them in depth in any meaningful way. There was no real conclusion to the story. A happy ever after, after debating the morals of ethics is not satisfactory. There is no twist to the story, no dramatic ending, no struggle to fight for Jenna to survive the ethic malestorm.
It is interesting read that has slow start but does draw you in. But is predictable at every turn and totally lacks meaningful end. I recommend it with a caution. Worthy read but not a keeper.
There are a few other things to note. Though the book is well written it has some serious flaws. Drilling in the co-learner / co-teacher as the ideal future classroom environment is bad enough. Only a person who doesn't teach but pushes politics into the classroom would applaud for the idea that ignorant students paying to learn are teachers and teachers with diplomas paid to share knowledge are students.
Then there is the whole end of the world in environmental disasters and the evils of bio engineering killing of native species of most animals and plants is just an over kill. Old story. We will all be dead in 4 years. We are told every 4 years. Strangely every prediction coincides with election year....
The whole idea about overused antibiotics is sound and very viable subject but the hammering of the idea that an oversight by the likes of THE most corrupt paper pushing organization like the World Health Organization is needed to stop the Antibiotics abuse is just laughable.
The story is well done though in a very simplistic sort of way. It touched deep ethical issues but didn't explore them in depth in any meaningful way. There was no real conclusion to the story. A happy ever after, after debating the morals of ethics is not satisfactory. There is no twist to the story, no dramatic ending, no struggle to fight for Jenna to survive the ethic malestorm.
It is interesting read that has slow start but does draw you in. But is predictable at every turn and totally lacks meaningful end. I recommend it with a caution. Worthy read but not a keeper.
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