Blurb: Eva and Addie are two souls born into the same body. Everyone is born like this, but it's expected that one soul will fade away and the other will take over. Eva never faded away. She lost control of their shared body, but she still exists, something that could get the girls institutionalized if it were discovered. When Eva is offered the chance to learn to move their body again, she springs for the opportunity... only to be found out. The girls must fight to escape the institution before it's too late.
Why is it worth your time?: The main characters remain plural throughout the entire book, and this isn't painted as a bad thing to the reader. To the contrary, the idea of Eva and Addie becoming a singlet against their wills is painted as something unwanted and immoral despite the world around them doing its best to kill off Eva. It's a bit of a rare find for a book to paint plurality in a positive light despite a society in opposition to its existence. There's also a parallel to the plural pride movement in the form of a resistance movement against the institutionalization of "hybrids" like Addie and Eva. Despite the author not being plural, she did a pretty decent job of depicting plurality in the first person. Switches, co-consciousness, and co-fronting all happen reasonably accurately. There's even a slip-up with plural pronouns.
Plural Tags: Metaphysical
Content Warnings: Forced fusion/identity death, institutionalization and unwanted medical intervention, nonconsensual brain surgery, general medical unpleasantry, general themes of societal stigma against plurality.
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Creator/s: Kat Zhang
Medium and Genre: Y/A Novel, Dystopian(?)
Year Released: 2012
Is it long, medium, or short?: long (343 pages)
Blurb: Eva and Addie are two souls born into the same body. Everyone is born like this, but it's expected that one soul will fade away and the other will take over. Eva never faded away. She lost control of their shared body, but she still exists, something that could get the girls institutionalized if it were discovered. When Eva is offered the chance to learn to move their body again, she springs for the opportunity... only to be found out. The girls must fight to escape the institution before it's too late.
Why is it worth your time?: The main characters remain plural throughout the entire book, and this isn't painted as a bad thing to the reader. To the contrary, the idea of Eva and Addie becoming a singlet against their wills is painted as something unwanted and immoral despite the world around them doing its best to kill off Eva. It's a bit of a rare find for a book to paint plurality in a positive light despite a society in opposition to its existence. There's also a parallel to the plural pride movement in the form of a resistance movement against the institutionalization of "hybrids" like Addie and Eva. Despite the author not being plural, she did a pretty decent job of depicting plurality in the first person. Switches, co-consciousness, and co-fronting all happen reasonably accurately. There's even a slip-up with plural pronouns.
Plural Tags: Metaphysical
Content Warnings: Forced fusion/identity death, institutionalization and unwanted medical intervention, nonconsensual brain surgery, general medical unpleasantry, general themes of societal stigma against plurality.
Accessibility Notes: N/A