Updated reviews
¨ Named one of the “buzziest”---Summer 2010 beach reads by The Washington Post
¨ “Is there a place in our world for a hybrid girl? The story alternates between adventure and scientific treatise, and is a good choice for those missing Michael Crichton’s speculative fiction.… LUCY examine[s] cultural standards with fresh eyes. VERDICT: Those intrigued by what-if scenarios will find Lucy’s search for a quality life—is she human or ape?—compelling. It is totally appropriate for the YA audience and will appeal to those who like to debate bioethical issues.”---Library Journal
¨ × “Masterful… Michael Crichton might have produced this had he had a literary sensibility. Thoroughly well-written, grounded in science and a sorrowful sense of human nature, this book is utterly memorable.”---Kirkus
¨ “Thoroughly believable… satisfying on an emotional level.”---New York Times
¨ “Michael Crichton fans will go ape…”--- People Magazine
¨ “LUCY is both heartbreaking and heartwarming, hard to put down and hard to forget.”---Associated Press
¨ “An all-season treat, a fast-paced but thought-engendering book you’ll keep on reading…”---NPR, All Things Considered
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¨ “A gripping sci-fi thriller” Grade: A ---Entertainment Weekly
¨ “An action-packed politically charged thriller. Lucy is not only outstanding summer entertainment, it’s beach reading with bite.”---Chicago Tribune
¨ “Heartbreaking and heartwarming, hard to put down and hard to forget.”---The Herald News
¨ “Love and loss are at the core of this unusual story that ---Woman’s Day
¨ “A nail-biting story… Gonzales’ imaginative, sweet-natured, hard-charging, and deeply inquisitive thriller will be a catalyst for serious thought and debate.”---Booklist
¨ “LUCY is a great read… it’s a story of evolution, moral ambiguity, bio-ethics, tolerance, human nature and love.”---Chicago Sun-Times
¨ “A great page-turner of a novel… Impossible to put down. Intensely enjoyable.”---Robert Sapolsky, author of Why Zebras Don’t Get Ulcers
¨ “A compelling book… LUCY pulls the reader in because of the sweet girl at its center, but the novel also makes one think about what it means to be human, and how love can be a bridge to understanding and acceptance.”---BookPage
¨ “Fans will relish this thought-provoking powerhouse.”---Alternative Worlds
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New York Time Sunday Book Review: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/06/books/06book.html
Praises:
“[Gonzales has] Crichton’s gift for page-turning storytelling, but also a vivid, literary-grade prose style, and a knack for getting inside his characters’ heads.”---Entertainment Weekly (EW gave it an ‘A’)
“A fast-paced, thought-engendering book you’ll keep on reading, through heat or cold, rain or snow or sleet.”---Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered