Skinned

Skinned by Robin Wasserman

Lia Kahn has just died in a car accident. She is alive though. But she is no longer Lia Kahn. She has been skinned. Welcome to the world of the future, where people who die can be "downloaded' into new bodies and become immortal. Lia, an car accident victim, has become a recipient of this new technology. But everything has it's drawbacks. She must relearn how to speak, how to walk, and she must learn how to survive in a world that is against her new "race", the mechs. For Lia is no longer the popular girl living an idyllic life of ease, and her problems do not end there. Skinned is a stunning tale about rebirth and self-discovery that tests the very limits of human nature.

Rating: 
This book was great in terms of description and world-creation but what really brought it down was the characters. I just don't feel as if they were believable; it was almost as if they were mediocre actors who didn't know much about the people they were supposed to be imitating. Also, the plot was sometimes a bit difficult to follow (although maybe that is because I read the second book before reading this one... oops) owing largely to the made-up terms that were used liberally throughout the book.

Overall: Eh... The book is decent but you may find yourself getting bored or exasperated at times.