Eve

By: Anna Carey

Narrated by: Tavia Gilbert

Length: 6 hrs and 30 mins

Publisher's summary

Where do you go when nowhere is safe?

Sixteen years after a deadly virus wiped out most of Earth’s population, the world is a perilous place. Eighteen-year-old Eve has never been beyond the heavily guarded perimeter of her school, where she and two hundred other orphaned girls have been promised a future as the teachers and artists of the New America. But the night before graduation, Eve learns the shocking truth about her school’s real purpose - and the horrifying fate that awaits her.

Fleeing the only home she’s ever known, Eve sets off on a long, treacherous journey, searching for a place she can survive. Along the way she encounters Arden, her former rival from school, and Caleb, a rough, rebellious boy living in the wild. Separated from men her whole life, Eve has been taught to fear them, but Caleb slowly wins her trust... and her heart. He promises to protect her, but when soldiers begin hunting them, Eve must choose between true love and her life.

In this epic new series, Anna Carey imagines a future that is both beautiful and terrifying. Readers will revel in Eve’s timeless story of forbidden love and extraordinary adventure.

©2011 Alloy Entertainment and Anna Carey (P)2011 HarperCollinsPublishers

Only download if you enjoy naive lead characters

What would have made Eve better?

"Eve", the main character, bumbles her way through a post-apocalyptic America and makes selfish choices. So unrealistic and the story simply does not get stronger. I usually enjoy Young Adult books because of the underlying message for growing adolescents; but I cringe at the life lessons taught by this character.

Glad I got it on sale

I had a very hard time with this - I can withstand some plot or setting holes if the story or characters are interesting. But this just had me rolling my eyes throughout the entire read.

Characters:

Some male writers get criticized for making women nuns or whores - and nothing in between. Well, in this book we have the female writer version: men are rapists or purely angelic. And any female in the book is a good person - there are no shades of grey in there. Even Arden, who is supposed to be the 'bag girl' loses all personality half way through the book. And let's not get into the love interest, Caleb, whose personality and distinctiveness is as thin as a piece of paper. But the big problem is Eve herself. Helpless, mopey....this the person who supposedly suddenly rebelled after a lifetime of following rules? Her traits change by the minute and just don't make sense. But really, that she isn't a strong person or becomes strong based on her trials is the real let down for me. If you start out with a milquetoast 'save me!' character, at least give her room to grow and not need to be saved over and over.

Plot Holes:

This book is riddled with plot/story issues that just can't be glossed over. A lot of YA dystopian requires suspension of disbelief and to not think too hard about the story/plot - but the inconsistencies in this one are so glaring that it's impossible not to completely trip over them. Things like the heroine running in a dark rainy forest at night - yet she's able to see just fine where she's going. And despite being closely chased with pursuers right behind her, her love interest calls out to her all the time from across a river. That along the side of the river is a random crashed helicopter and they hide in it because the pursuers are close behind - and the pursuers don't check it carefully despite not finding the heroine anywhere else in the forest? Or better yet, in a backyard with a pool and a tall fence, pursuers running right behind them, the two girls hide in a small shed - as if the pursuers wouldn't find them? Really? Or the girl they meet up with in the Arizona desert has mosquito bites....

And the whole world setup just doesn't make sense. Plague I get - but characters walk around or use a horse in the ruined suburbs. Why not a bike? And why are there only men out in the lands - why not women? And yeah, I think it is a good idea to take a sheltered girl and throw her out into the horrors of a post apocalyptic world with nothing to her name - all to 'save' her? Let's face it, she would be set up for a far more horrific fate than being a brood mare chained to a bed (which doesn't make sense either - chained to a bed for 9 months ???? Bedsores, anyone?)

Ok, so nothing worked for me. 2 stars because it wasn't hard to read.

The narrator did a fine job. I'm just glad I got this on sale or I'd be really upset I wasted a credit on this quality of book.

Boring

The main character, Eve, is just so lack luster. She's very naive and selfish. Granted she was raised not to question the world around her, just accept everything she has been told. So naturally when she makes it out into the real world she makes all kinds of dumb decisions.
I kept hoping she would make a mistake that would take her out. Sadly, considering there are two more books after this one, I don't have much hope of that happening. I'm definitely not going to finish the series to find out.

Adults killing and raping kids! WTF?

Seriously I thought this was going to be an interesting book when I first started out plus it was an AR (accelerated reader) book so I gave it a chance. WHAT ARE THEY THINKING? Since when do we want our kids reading about ppl killing each other? You have the adults who are in charged of building a new world trying to catch all the girls but Eve herself they desperately want just to impregnate her so the King of this new world can finally have an air of his own. They send all the girls to "school" just to strap them down to beds on the day of "graduation" and impregnate them. All the lil boys are basically slave workers. When the kids try to run for freedom they shot them down like they are garbage or a rabid dog to be put down? REALLY?! WTH?
further more the story itself did not flow. You don't see the "love" grow start or hell even really ignite between Eve and Caleb but all of a sudden they are in love and on the run together.......(when and were did this happen)? Eve goes from believing all men are evil to head over hills in love in the space of a second. There was never any description of the people we read about so we are pretty much left with having to wonder just what these ppl look like? Caleb had never been in school like Eve has but he seems to know awhole lot more then Eve ever does.
There was so many things wrong in this book I could spin hours telling you what all I found wrong, but I will leave it at this is not for all and I REALLY DO NOT THINK YOUNG KIDS/PRE TEENS should read this book.

very weak story ...expected a lot more from it

What would have made Eve better?

I think more suspense because it was way too predictable for me.

Would you ever listen to anything by Anna Carey again?

I would probably give it a try only if her books going to to be on a huge sale. I wouldnt waste my credit on it.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Eve?

I wouldn't cut anything , but i would enhance certain parts to make it more interesting.

Idiotic plot. Idiot heroine. Narration was very awful. I found the whole plot a horrible waste of time!!!

One of the worst books I have ever had read to me!!! Narrator was horrible. The story line was ridiculous. The Heroine made so many stupid mistakes it was difficult to sympathize with her. Warn everyone, not to read this book ever!