Review #76 - Spare and Found Parts by Sarah Maria Griffin

Details:

Title: Spare and Found Parts

Author: Sarah Maria Griffin

Publisher: Titan Books

ISBN 13: 978-1785657054

Synopsis:

Nell Crane has never held a boy's hand. In a city devastated by an epidemic, where survivors are all missing parts-an arm, a leg, an eye-Nell has always been an outsider. Her father is the famed scientist who created the biomechanical limbs that everyone now uses. But she's the only one with her machinery on the inside: her heart. Since the childhood operation, she has ticked. Like a clock, like a bomb. And as her community rebuilds, everyone is expected to contribute to the society's good... but how can Nell live up to her father's revolutionary ideas when she has none of her own? Then she finds a lost mannequin's hand while salvaging on the beach, and inspiration strikes. Can Nell build her own companion in a world that fears advanced technology? The deeper she sinks into this plan, the more she learns about her city-and her father, who is hiding secret experiments of his own.

Review:

What I enjoyed about this book was the concept, however I found the application of it was lacking. I wanted a lot more world building, there were things hinted at but left unexplored and then some which was simply not explained at all. 

The thing I struggled with the most though was the changing from second to third person. It was jarring and seemed to serve very little purpose. It wasn't limited by character, and at times it took me a few lines to realise whose chapter it was.

I liked Nell as a character and Oliver too. The story was interesting and overall I liked it but the few niggles I had stopped me giving it a higher rating.

I gave this book 3 out of 5 stars.