Title: Fracture
Author: Megan Miranda
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
My Rating:

From Goodreads:
Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then, her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet, she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?
Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first, she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature - or something much more frightening?
Eleven minutes passed before Delaney Maxwell was pulled from the icy waters of a Maine lake by her best friend Decker Phillips. By then, her heart had stopped beating. Her brain had stopped working. She was dead. And yet, she somehow defied medical precedent to come back seemingly fine. Everyone wants Delaney to be all right, but she knows she's far from normal. Pulled by strange sensations she can't control or explain, Delaney finds herself drawn to the dying. Is her altered brain now predicting death, or causing it?
Then Delaney meets Troy Varga, who recently emerged from a coma with similar abilities. At first, she's reassured to find someone who understands the strangeness of her new existence, but Delaney soon discovers that Troy's motives aren't quite what she thought. Is their gift a miracle, a freak of nature - or something much more frightening?
My Review:
“If you had one day left to live, what would you do?”
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Megan Miranda has such a way with words and uses them to paint the most incredible pictures in my imagination. Here's one of my favorite quotes:
I love that this story is so unique. Now, I know several blogger friends who disagree with me on that point, and have recommended a particular book to me due to a similar story line. Having never read that specific book or anything remotely close to it, I stand by my statement that Fracture is unique to me. I found it to be refreshing, and, honestly, I couldn’t put it down, so, I was thrilled to find out I only had to pay with a tweet or Facebook post to receive “Eleven Minutes,” a short story from Decker’s POV. You can do the same here: Eleven Minutes
I love your review..this is on my list...so many books so little time
ReplyDeleteThank you! I hope you enjoy it! I feel your pain... my TBR list is overwhelming. :)
DeleteNow I'm curious...what was the book everyone suggested? Cause I thought this story was pretty unique, too, so I'm sure I haven't read the other one.
ReplyDeleteAlso, thanks for the shout-out! So glad you loved it! :D
Haha! I'll email ya! No problem, love! Thank YOU for the awesome book!
DeleteI enjoyed this book but I had recently read two books that were very similar so I didn't enjoy it as much because I felt it was a little unoriginal. I agree though about finding a great stand alone book. Nice to see you were able to post a review.
ReplyDeleteI still want to read the other two you told me about. I loved Fracture and think I would love those, too! Sigh. Why are there not more stand alone books?
DeleteGreat review eeep! I want to read this book and I'm glad to hear that you loved it. I'm sure I will too once I read it! I love your quotes, you always pick great ones! <3
ReplyDeleteThank you, sweet love! I think you will really love Fracture! Can't wait for you to read it so we can discuss! <3
Deleteooo a stand-alone!! refreshing! the plot kind of sounds like a more recent Dean Koontz book, Hideaway. I've started it but haven't gotten that far (because of AMAZINGNESS) so I can't really compare them completely. Nevertheless, this review makes me wanna READ IT (as all of your reviews do :D). <3
ReplyDeleteOh, girl! I love Dean Koontz! I hope you'll read Fracture and let me know what you think! Thank you, love!! <3
DeleteOhh, I own this, but I was kind of putting it off because I have so many other things to read. But it seems that I need to hurry because the writing style seems right up my alley.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for this review. :)
Maja @ The Nocturnal Library
Thank you, Maja! So glad you stopped by! I hope you'll enjoy Fracture when you get a chance to read it! ;)
DeleteI'm glad to hear you enjoyed it, Michele. It's great that you think it is a unique story. I have heard a lot of mixed thoughts on this book but it sounds like a wonderful read to me so i am hoping to give it a go soon. :) Brilliant review!
ReplyDeleteSame here, Sam! People either seem to love it or hate it. I'm so happy I loved it, and I think you will too! I look forward to your thoughts. <3
DeleteI don't think I've seen a bad review on this yet. And I don't think I've given it enough attention, because I have a feeling that I would really like this.
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