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The bodies we wear / Jeyn Roberts.
A streetwise girl trains to take on a gang of drug dealers and avenge her best friend's death in this thriller. People say when you take Heam, your body momentarily dies and you catch a glimpse of heaven. Faye was only 11 when dealers forced Heam on her and her best friend, Christian. But Faye didn't glimpse heaven--she saw hell. And Christian died. Now Faye spends her days hiding her secret from the kids at school, and her nights training to take revenge on the men who destroyed her life and murdered her best friend. But life never goes the way we think it will.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780385754125 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 353 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2014]
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| Subject: | Revenge > Fiction. Drug abuse > Fiction. Love > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Young adult fiction. Science fiction. |
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- 3 of 3 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Kitimat Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Kitimat Public Library | Y Rob (Text) | 32665001981630 | Youth Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2014 September #2
Bitterness, sorrow, and hate. That's been the sum total of Faye's existence since the age of 11, when she and her friend Christian were dosed with the illegal addictive drug Heam by vindictive dealers. Heam, short for "Heaven's Dream," delivers an unprecedented highâit kills its users, gives them a vision of the afterlife, and then, usually, it resuscitates them. Faye woke up with a lifelong psychological addiction to the drug and the visible scars of an overdose survivor. But Christian didn't wake up at all. Heam users are stigmatized, even abandoned, and Faye considers herself lucky that Gazer, an ex-cop, adopted her after she was thrown out by her mother. Now in high school, Faye is obsessed with killing the men who destroyed her life and murdered Christianâuntil a handsome boy who knows too much about her appears from the shadows. Faye's confusion about blame and fate slow down this action-heavy thriller, but the noir-like setting and characters will satisfy. Copyright 2014 Booklist Reviews. - Horn Book Guide Reviews : Horn Book Guide Reviews 2015 Spring
Six years ago, at age eleven, Faye and her best friend Christian were forced to take the ultra-addictive drug Heam. Christian died; Faye, permanently scarred, became a pariah. Faye has vowed to kill the perpetrators, though the arrival of mysterious Chael complicates her resolution. The intense, gritty supernatural novel takes a hard look at the consequences of obsession and revenge. - Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2014 August #1
Faye, forced to become a drug addict at 11, now craves revenge against the men who first fed her Heam. Heam, or Heaven's Dream, functionally kills its users, allowing them a glimpse of what appears to be heaven. When drug dealers seeking to punish Faye's father force-fed the drug to Faye and her friend Christian, Faye saw a hellish vision instead. Her chest covered in the red web of scars that mark survivors of a Heam overdose, Faye has spent the past several years becoming a skilled fighter in hopes of murdering the men she holds responsible for her downfall. Faye meets three peopleâa young Heam user, the sister of a missing Heam addict and a mysterious boy who pops up every time Faye follows her targetsâand she begins to question whether revenge is truly the right course of action. The worldbuilding can be one-note: Readers learn a lot about Heam addiction and discrimination against Heam users, but no other drugs or stigmas seem to exist. Faye's experience of ad diction is also unconvincing. She tells readers that she craves the drug, but only rarely is there evidence of this. Faye's relationships, however, romantic and otherwise, are compellingly drawn, and the plot is fast-moving and well-structured. Not perfectly constructed, but Faye's strong yet flawed character is worth getting to know. (Faye's training schedule, watchwords, playlist) (Fiction. 14-18) Copyright Kirkus 2014 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved. - School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 2014 November
Gr 9 UpâAn intriguing but faulty exploration of addiction set against the backdrop of a not-so-distant future. Forced to overdose on Heamâa synthetic drug that offers users a glimpse of heavenâto pay off her father's debts when she was 11, 16-year-old Faye is bent on making her attackers pay for their crimes, especially the death of her best friend Christian, who tried to defend her that fateful day. Adopted and trained by a former cop with secrets of his own, the teen is treated like a pariah and must follow stringent rules at her private school because of the inherent prejudice against all Heam users. Permanently addicted to the drug, Faye fights off the urge to get high as she hunts down the hoodlums responsible for her tortured existence. A mysterious stranger named Chael, who seems to know her better than she knows herself, and a new friend at school, have given her hope for a possible future without guilt and loneliness. The interesting premise and initial strong world-building, including heavy ruminations on the existence of heaven and hell, gives way to inconsistent characterization, gaping plot holes, and lengthy preachy monologues on revenge and the difference between good and evil in this haphazard YA novel. The tepid romance and the often cringe-worthy dialogue will leave readers uninspired and unsatisfied.âShelley Diaz, School Library Journal
[Page 122]. (c) Copyright 2014. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted. - Voice of Youth Advocates Reviews : VOYA Reviews 2014 October
Faye's life ended six years ago, when drug dealers forced her and her best friend, Christian, to take Heam, a powerful hallucinogenic drug. It only takes one hit to get addicted to Heam, and the body has to literally die in order to process it. Christian did not come back from his hit, and though Faye survived, she has dealt with the consequences and addiction ever since. Since Heam addicts are not allowed to get jobs or attend college, she figures that all that is left for her is to take revenge on the men who killed Christian before she commits suicide. As Faye closes in on her revenge, a mysterious boy named Chael appears; he looks exactly like Christian and tries to show her that there is more to life than her rage. Dark and gritty realism blends with a twist of urban fantasy in this richly atmospheric novel. Though Heam is a fictional drug, Roberts uses it to deal effectively with the real problems faced by addicts and their families. Faye is not a very likeable heroine. Single-mindedly bent on revenge, she comes across as whiny and ungrateful for her second chance at life. Chael appears in different forms to different people, a fact that is explained only in part. Purchase for large collections or where dark, urban fantasy is popular.âElizabeth Norton 3Q 3P S Copyright 2011 Voya Reviews.
