Ringer, Version 1: Replica, Book 2. Told in Alternating Chapters
Written by Lauren Oliver
Narrated by Sarah Drew and Erin Spencer
3.5/5
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About this audiobook
Like its ambitious companion novel, Replica, this far-reaching novel by the powerhouse author of Before I Fall and the Delirium trilogy digs deep into questions of how to be a human being in a world where humanity cannot be taken for granted.
In the world outside of the Haven Institute, Lyra and Caelum are finding it hard to be human—and Lyra, infected at Haven with a terrible disease, finds her symptoms are growing worse. When Caelum leaves without warning, Lyra follows him, seeking a pioneering organization in Philadelphia that might have a cure. But what they uncover there is a shocking connection to their past, even as their future seems in danger of collapsing.
Though Gemma just wants to go back to her normal life after Haven, she soon learns that her powerful father has other plans for the replicas—unless she and her boyfriend Pete can stop him. But they soon learn that they aren’t safe either. The Haven Institute wasn’t destroyed after all, and now Gemma is the one behind the walls.
Bestselling author Lauren Oliver brings the Replica duology to a shocking close in Ringer, but like both Gemma and Lyra, you won’t be able to leave the world of Haven behind after you’ve heard the last word.
Lauren Oliver
Lauren Oliver is the cofounder of media and content development company Glasstown Entertainment, where she serves as the President of Production. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of the YA novels Replica, Vanishing Girls, Panic, and the Delirium trilogy: Delirium, Pandemonium, and Requiem, which have been translated into more than thirty languages. The film rights to both Replica and Lauren's bestselling first novel, Before I Fall, were acquired by Awesomeness Films. Before I Fall was adapted into a major motion picture starring Zoey Deutch. It debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2017, garnering a wide release from Open Road Films that year. Oliver is a 2012 E. B. White Read-Aloud Award nominee for her middle-grade novel Liesl & Po, as well as author of the middle-grade fantasy novel The Spindlers and The Curiosity House series, co-written with H.C. Chester. She has written one novel for adults, Rooms. Oliver co-founded Glasstown Entertainment with poet and author Lexa Hillyer. Since 2010, the company has developed and sold more than fifty-five novels for adults, young adults, and middle-grade readers. Some of its recent titles include the New York Times bestseller Everless, by Sara Holland; the critically acclaimed Bonfire, authored by the actress Krysten Ritter; and The Hunger by Alma Katsu, which received multiple starred reviews and was praised by Stephen King as “disturbing, hard to put down” and “not recommended…after dark.” Oliver is a narrative consultant for Illumination Entertainment and is writing features and TV shows for a number of production companies and studios. Oliver received an academic scholarship to the University of Chicago, where she was elected Phi Beta Kappa. She received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from New York University. www.laurenoliverbooks.com.
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Reviews for Ringer, Version 1
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- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Just beautiful. I can’t say more. This series (2 books - Replica and Ringer) was absolutely beautiful. Please do yourself a favor and read it. It will definitely make you think about right and wrong, good and bad, and most of all, what does and doesn’t make us human. Everything this author writes gets you thinking about the world around you, and makes you see things in ways you would never before have considered.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I did enjoy this story ... wouldn’t mind if there was a sequel... Hope Lyra and Gemma reunited eventually.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5This was a fascinating 2 book series. The books are seen through the eyes of Gemma and Lyra. The chapters alternate or you can read each story separately. The first book I read them separately and this book I alternated. From the Kindle version I found the switching hard to do. I would lose track of which chapter I was on for which person and I would switch to the other and found out I had read that chapter. That being said, this is kind of a scary idea. Cloning humans. Who knows what would go wrong with this. Something could happen physically, emotionally or thought and problem solving. There is a lot of danger and action happening in Ringer. Gemma is mistaken for a replica and Lyra is learning the world is bigger than she knows. Calliope is one scary replica. I think cloning cells for medicine would be fine if it cures a disease, but to clone an entire person just seems so wrong. You know there are things like this happening out there or trying to happen. Very well written. I cared about the characters and I was hoping they would succeed. I was hoping Gemma and Pete would survive and I was hoping Lyra and #72 survived and would get adopted so they could have a normal life.
This 2 book series is well worth your time! - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Superfluous action. I would have liked to have learned more about the characters and their experiences, but the whole book just added more action seemingly just for the sake of action. I'm giving it 4 stars because it did keep me enthralled.