Review: Fracture by Megan Miranda
Title: Fracture
Hardcover, 264 pages
Author: Megan Miranda
Publisher: Walker & Company
Publication Date: January 17, 2012
Source: NCIBA
Challenges: Debut Author Challenge
Buy: Amazon
Add to: Goodreads
Book Summary:
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-despite the scans that showed significant brain damage. 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?
Review:
I attended a book conference at the end of October (NCIBA) and was intrigued when I picked up Fracture and had not heard of it yet. It is definitely my type of book – though it’s not entirely contemporary as I first thought.
I was immediately interested in Delaney’s life – we know from the summary of the book that she falls through the ice and it is a miracle she is alive. Instead of making us guess the details of the monumental event, Megan Miranda takes the time to set the scene and share the experience. I am really not a fan of books that skip over events that set up the rest of the book and force us to guess and assume things, so this was a great way for Fracture to start for me.
As Delaney recovers from her accident and starts to notice things aren’t quite right, Fracture morphs slightly into a mystery/paranormal from a straight contemporary, which would make it a great read for those weary of contemporary but wanting to explore the genre.
Besides really liking Delaney, my other favorite part of Fracture is that it wasn’t predictable. Besides what I knew about the book before reading, I was never sure where it was going to go. I was also kind of creeped out with Delaney’s “power” which I was not expecting.
Overall: great debut!
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My favorite part was definitely Decker! I know, I’m so predictable…
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Fracture is next up on my to-read list, and it sounds great, if not exactly what people expect. At least they sound like good surprises! :-)
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I am going away on holiday at the end of the month and this is definity on my reading list!
Pretty good review. Reviewed this too and agree with you. The mystery was really huge in this one.
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I’ve been hearing about this book and it sounds really interesting! It’s nice to know that the main event is not skipped over or takes place before the opening of the story – I like getting all the nitty-gritty details!
I have this on my to-read too! After reading your review, it has definitely moved up the list. Thanks for the great info!
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Oooo, I have Fracture from BEA and did not know that it was ‘unpredictable’. I like the sound of that from being able to predict the ending of so many books.
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I liked this book. It was definitely thrilling and unpredictable with some contemporary to it as well. When I read it (in one sitting) I had to sit on it for a few days and absorb everything and collect my thoughts before I could make any type of solid review. Loved it.
Also loved that cover. I’m a sucker for a splash of red. ;)
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Apparently there is another side story of the ice accident on Facebook! I’m wondering if I should read it or not – have you read it?