Scan
Written by Walter Jury and Sarah Fine
Narrated by Luke Daniels
4/5
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About this audiobook
Tate and his father don't exactly get along. As Tate sees it, his father has unreasonably high expectations for Tate to be the best - at everything. Tate finally learns what he's being prepared for when he steals one of his dad's odd tech inventions and mercenaries ambush the school, killing his father in the process and sending Tate on the run from aliens who look just like humans. Even with all he knows like how to defend himself with useful tools made out of bubblegum, Tate fears he's still inadequate. With the help of his girlfriend and estranged mother, all Tate can really do is keep moving and ensure his father's invention stays out of the hands of his pursuers, and that his father didn't die in vain.
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Reviews for Scan
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tate doesn’t get along with his very strict and demanding father who has him on a gruelling regime of workouts, learning and diet. In an act of rebellion he breaks into his dad’s science lab and steals something he doesn’t fully understand. Less than 24 hours later his father is dead, Tate has found out that his girlfriend is an alien and he’s questioning whether there is anyone on the planet he can trust with the scanner his dad died to protect.Scan is fast paced, non stop action. It will fly off your shelves and will be equally enjoyed by male or female adolescents.
- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What a fun read! When I heard I had won Scan in a giveaway, I was so excited. Scan is by two FANTASTIC authors: Sarah Fine, author of Sanctum, and Walter Jury who worked on Divergent! Thankfully, my expectations were met :)
Scan has an awesome main character. Tate is smart, talented, and still has faults like a normal teenage. His relationship with his father is strained, to say the least. Tate doesn't understand why his dad wants him to learn seemingly useless, but difficult, skills. Hmm... :)
Of course, there turn out to be aliens and lots of fun stuff!
Thankfully, this book was more of an action novel than a romance. However, I still loved that Tate has a girlfriend, Christina, and the two of them were awesome together. Scan showed a relationship that had already begun before the first pages, and was still intact in the end!
Also, I loved the cool plot. I won't say much, for fear of spoilers, but, well, the two authors waved together an amazing, action-packed story fraught with interesting questions for the readers. Like, what if you weren't human? What if you were, in fact, the enemy of humans? Also, we saw large cases of discrimination that made me frustrated!
One of my only complaints is that Scan isn't a book that will stick with you after reading. While the book is addicting and exciting while I was flipping pages, I promptly forgot about Tate's story once I put it down. There wasn't enough emotional investment I tell you!
Overall, Scan was a fun read that shouldn't be missed. I can't wait for the next book!
3.5/5 Stars - Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I thoroughly enjoyed this book--it was very fast-paced from beginning to end, and the story caught and held my attention from the start. I listened to the audiobook, which is engagingly narrated by Luke Daniels. A nice mix of characters and intrigue--an alien plot to take over the world--and a story which is often surprisingly nuanced. YA reading of very high calibre, and I'm looking forward to the next in the series.