Cassandra Rose Clarke
Paperback | Pages: 391 pages Rating: 3.8 | 3013 Users | 625 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Mad Scientist's Daughter |
| ISBN: | 0857662651 (ISBN13: 9780857662651) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Literary Awards: | Philip K. Dick Award Nominee (2014) |
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"Cat, this is Finn. He's going to be your tutor." Finn looks and acts human, though he has no desire to be. He was programmed to assist his owners, and performs his duties to perfection. A billion-dollar construct, his primary task is now to tutor Cat. As she grows into a beautiful young woman, Finn is her guardian, her constant companion...and more. But when the government grants rights to the ever-increasing robot population, however, Finn struggles to find his place in the world, and in Cat's heart.Identify About Books The Mad Scientist's Daughter
| Title | : | The Mad Scientist's Daughter |
| Author | : | Cassandra Rose Clarke |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 391 pages |
| Published | : | January 29th 2013 by Angry Robot (first published January 28th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Science Fiction. Romance. Young Adult. Fantasy. Fiction |
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Ratings: 3.8 From 3013 Users | 625 ReviewsEvaluate About Books The Mad Scientist's Daughter
Years ago, I saw a movie called Bicentennial Man. It made me cry rivers. I see an echo of that movie in this book, and a new river of tears was forged today. Usually when I don't like the main character in a book, the whole thing goes to shit. I'm very judgmental with my books. I'm also very unforgiving. The Mad Scientist's Daughter allowed me to despise the main, Cat, but fall in love with the story and the other characters. We are told the tale of Cat and Finn, which spans many years. Cat, who3.5Despite spanning nearly thirty-odd years, there is something extremely still and perpetually sad about this story. Liked it a lot more than I expected to.
In Cassandra Rose Clarkes sophomore novel, The Mad Scientists Daughter, she has worked to show us that her creative mind fires in all variety of ways, creating a world and story one wouldnt necessarily expect from the creator of the young adult fantasy adventure, The Assassins Curse. While I applaud Clarke for turning her hand to something new, I have to acknowledge that the audience for these two works will be extremely different, and even I as an eclectic reader do not fall into both
The Mad Scientists Daughter takes place over the course of many years. At the beginning, Cat, the daughter of two accomplished scientist, is only eight years old. Her father brings home a strange man, Finn, to live with them and be Cats tutor. At first, Cat doesnt understand what this man is, his reactions and behavior unlike anything shed ever seen before. As she grows up, what he is no longer matters as Finn becomes her anchor, that one immutable thing that holds together her very chaotic,
Four and a half stars! But until Goodreads gives us half stars, it deserves the five.Cat is the daughter of a scientist, well two really, because her father is a cybernetics scientist and his wife also worked in the field, although it is not clear if she still is working at the time the book covers. The story begins when Cat is a small child, about the age to start school. One day her father brings Finn home and establishes him as Cats tutor. Initially Cat is scared of him, sure he is a ghost
It's a bit odd to shelve a book on my yearly fave shelf that I only rate 3 stars but... then, my feelings on this book are odd. I loved it, but it made me deeply uncomfortable, and 3 stars is really the only compromise I can make.The Mad Scientist's Daughter is an incredibly well-written work. I found myself repeatedly taken aback by how realistic it felt - almost less like a novel and more like a very poetic biography, meandering in the nonlinear way of a human life rather than following
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