In the Community, there is no more pain or war. Implanted computer chips have wiped humanity clean of destructive emotions, and thoughts are replaced by a feed from the Link network. When Zoe starts to malfunction (or "glitch"), she suddenly begins having her own thoughts, feelings, and identity. Any anomalies must be immediately reported and repaired, but Zoe has a secret so dark it will mean certain deactivation if she is caught: her glitches have given her uncontrollable telekinetic powers. As Zoe struggles to control her abilities and stay hidden, she meets other glitchers including Max, who can disguise his appearance, and Adrien, who has visions of the future. Together, this growing band of glitchers must find a way to free themselves from the controlling hands of the Community before they’re caught and deactivated, or worse. In Heather Anastasiu's action-packed debut, Glitch begins an exciting new young adult trilogy.
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"A taut and twisty novel." --Publishers Weekly
"An instantly involving page-turner...sure to have readers clamoring for the next book." --Booklist
"A taut, irresistible novel, Glitch delivers a pitch-perfect blend of action, romance, and twists that take your breath away." —Andrea Cremer, New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade series
“GLITCH kept me up long past bedtime with its quick pace, wonderfully creepy technology, and a frighteningly believable world. Fans of dystopian novels will love this delightful debut.”–Jodi Meadows, author of Incarnate
"An instantly involving page-turner...sure to have readers clamoring for the next book." --Booklist
"A taut, irresistible novel, Glitch delivers a pitch-perfect blend of action, romance, and twists that take your breath away." —Andrea Cremer, New York Times bestselling author of the Nightshade series
“GLITCH kept me up long past bedtime with its quick pace, wonderfully creepy technology, and a frighteningly believable world. Fans of dystopian novels will love this delightful debut.”–Jodi Meadows, author of Incarnate
"Glitch is full of twists that will make you think right is wrong and up is down, not to mention keep you guessing until the very last page. A thoroughly enjoyable read, with a world that is both frightening and intriguing, and a romance that will leave readers breathless." --Elana Johnson, author of Possession
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HEATHER ANASTASIU grew up in Texas and now lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota with her husband and young son. She spends most days most days writing at a coffee shop or daydreaming about getting a new tattoo.
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Heather Anastasiu recently moved to Minneapolis with her family, and when she's not busy getting lost exploring the new city, she spends most days writing at a café or daydreaming about getting a new tattoo.
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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Nikki Wang
Format:Paperback
Starting with the bad and ending in the good, Glitch had horrible, horrible, romance qualities. It seemed insta-love-ish because of the fact that after only what? A few hours she met Adrien, they were already making out. Good lord, spare me. She seemed to feel a "connection" despite the fact that she had barely known him. Honestly, I wanted to strangle some sense into her. And then, afterwards when her memory's gone (totally not a spoiler. You'll see when you read it) she's suddenly the apple of another guy's eye who loves her. *cough* AWKWARD. And she goes along with it, never mind the fact that it feels...wrong. So, you guessed it. LOVE TRIANGLE.
But while the romance really irked me, I actually liked Glitch! It, honestly, would've been so much better without the romance, but the world-building, the characters, the plot--they were all things I enjoyed reading about. The world-building was amazing and the way that each hard drive was wired in and how the Link controlled the people were amazing. The descriptions didn't confuse me (much. Trust me, I'm totally lost on all this tech stuff). And I loved that the Link would hold of your emotions and that it made all color gray. I'm not sure if that symbolized anything...? But still. Love the world.
The characters! I can say I related to Zoe a lot. I mean, can you imagine not being able to feel anything? Not being able to see color? I could definitely relate to craving all that, despite being told all my life that it was wrong and abominable. Adrien was as great a character as Zoe and I think they were perfect together! Smiles...definitely. Characters were one of my favorite things about Glitch!
Plot? The plot was so...twisty. I mean, you had absolutely no idea who to trust. The good guys were bad, the bad guys were good. It was just AGH. But it made Glitch so much better! It's like, you knew someone would stab Zoe in the back, but with all these people involved, you had no idea who! And the plot twists. Oh My God, the plot twists! I had to (well, in my literary mind) run to catch up with them! I was like, plo twist after plot twist which , usually, would be annoying. And yet, for some reason, I enjoyed it in Glitch!
But while the romance really irked me, I actually liked Glitch! It, honestly, would've been so much better without the romance, but the world-building, the characters, the plot--they were all things I enjoyed reading about. The world-building was amazing and the way that each hard drive was wired in and how the Link controlled the people were amazing. The descriptions didn't confuse me (much. Trust me, I'm totally lost on all this tech stuff). And I loved that the Link would hold of your emotions and that it made all color gray. I'm not sure if that symbolized anything...? But still. Love the world.
The characters! I can say I related to Zoe a lot. I mean, can you imagine not being able to feel anything? Not being able to see color? I could definitely relate to craving all that, despite being told all my life that it was wrong and abominable. Adrien was as great a character as Zoe and I think they were perfect together! Smiles...definitely. Characters were one of my favorite things about Glitch!
Plot? The plot was so...twisty. I mean, you had absolutely no idea who to trust. The good guys were bad, the bad guys were good. It was just AGH. But it made Glitch so much better! It's like, you knew someone would stab Zoe in the back, but with all these people involved, you had no idea who! And the plot twists. Oh My God, the plot twists! I had to (well, in my literary mind) run to catch up with them! I was like, plo twist after plot twist which , usually, would be annoying. And yet, for some reason, I enjoyed it in Glitch!
8 of 9 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars
Romace so ridiculous and creepy I can't get through this without spoilers
August 7, 2012
Format:Paperback
~This review is based of an eARC received from NetGalley~
Oh YA romance, you have struck again.
If you have read many of my reviews, then you know I hate insta-love. I literally headdesk every time I read a book where it happens, especially when there is a love triangle involved. Glitch is no exception to what seems to be a YA norm these days. But as if that wasn't enough, then it got strange. Really strange.
But I am getting ahead of myself.
When I began reading this book, I thought it was really awesome. The world of Glitch is excellently laid out. I have trouble remembering the shortcuts for copy and paste on my computer, but I easily understood the ins and outs of this entire population who basically has USB like ports connected to their brains. That, ladies and gents, is no small feat. The descriptions of Zoe's first glitches in the book were also excellent; I really felt what it was like for her to all of a sudden feel all these emotions and see all these colors that she had no name for. I was freakishly excited for that to continue.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
I hate putting spoilers in my reviews, but this is one I just have to mention. I was actually really digging a plot twist that happened about a third of the way through. In a nutshell, Zoe gets caught and Adrien saves her by taking her to the surface. He takes her home, tells her he's been having visions of her being the leader of the resistance and then they fall in love with a snap of the fingers.
But there's a problem. The whole time, Zoe had a memory jammer in her port. When they send her back into the Community, they have to take the memory jammer out and she forgets everything.
I had many applause for that, until it started being handled strangely. The plot reset doesn't have the impact it could have if it had focused only on Adrian and Zoe. Instead, they bring Max into the picture.
And Max creeped me out.
He is the other point of our love triangle, but I have no idea why. His glitching turns him into the randiest teenage boy ever. He is instantly creepy possessive of Zoe, and also has severe anger management issues. I believe this was supposed to make a point about the impact of glitching and having emotions or whatever, but he just creeped me out. Especially when he was trying to get into Zoe's pants. That was the most awkward thing ever.
But not to worry, folks! Because-even though the time Adrien saved her has been wiped from her memory, Zoe is still fantastically sure that he's her one and only and they are meant to be together forever. Because she's known him for a few days and he isn't trying to get into her pants OR have anger management issues. At least that's a good choice.
*END SPOILERS*
I almost wish that the ending had been longer. So many exciting things REALLY started happening, but I felt that they weren't fleshed out enough. The plot points made a vague amount of sense, but not enough time was spent on them to really get the impact they should have. That said, there was certainly nonstop action going on, which always makes me happy, so I'm willing to excuse that as long as maybe we'll get some retrospective insight into what was really going.
All and all, Glitch was an interesting book. It suffered pretty badly from cliché YA romance, but the action and the world building tried to make up for it. The glitcher powers were pretty fantastic-especially Zoe's-and I really loved the description of how she uses that power. Now that Max is out of the picture (at least for a little bit), I think the story can only go up from here. The story really does have potential, and now that the romance nonsense is out of the way I'm excited for what will happen next.
Oh YA romance, you have struck again.
If you have read many of my reviews, then you know I hate insta-love. I literally headdesk every time I read a book where it happens, especially when there is a love triangle involved. Glitch is no exception to what seems to be a YA norm these days. But as if that wasn't enough, then it got strange. Really strange.
But I am getting ahead of myself.
When I began reading this book, I thought it was really awesome. The world of Glitch is excellently laid out. I have trouble remembering the shortcuts for copy and paste on my computer, but I easily understood the ins and outs of this entire population who basically has USB like ports connected to their brains. That, ladies and gents, is no small feat. The descriptions of Zoe's first glitches in the book were also excellent; I really felt what it was like for her to all of a sudden feel all these emotions and see all these colors that she had no name for. I was freakishly excited for that to continue.
*SPOILERS AHEAD*
I hate putting spoilers in my reviews, but this is one I just have to mention. I was actually really digging a plot twist that happened about a third of the way through. In a nutshell, Zoe gets caught and Adrien saves her by taking her to the surface. He takes her home, tells her he's been having visions of her being the leader of the resistance and then they fall in love with a snap of the fingers.
But there's a problem. The whole time, Zoe had a memory jammer in her port. When they send her back into the Community, they have to take the memory jammer out and she forgets everything.
I had many applause for that, until it started being handled strangely. The plot reset doesn't have the impact it could have if it had focused only on Adrian and Zoe. Instead, they bring Max into the picture.
And Max creeped me out.
He is the other point of our love triangle, but I have no idea why. His glitching turns him into the randiest teenage boy ever. He is instantly creepy possessive of Zoe, and also has severe anger management issues. I believe this was supposed to make a point about the impact of glitching and having emotions or whatever, but he just creeped me out. Especially when he was trying to get into Zoe's pants. That was the most awkward thing ever.
But not to worry, folks! Because-even though the time Adrien saved her has been wiped from her memory, Zoe is still fantastically sure that he's her one and only and they are meant to be together forever. Because she's known him for a few days and he isn't trying to get into her pants OR have anger management issues. At least that's a good choice.
*END SPOILERS*
I almost wish that the ending had been longer. So many exciting things REALLY started happening, but I felt that they weren't fleshed out enough. The plot points made a vague amount of sense, but not enough time was spent on them to really get the impact they should have. That said, there was certainly nonstop action going on, which always makes me happy, so I'm willing to excuse that as long as maybe we'll get some retrospective insight into what was really going.
All and all, Glitch was an interesting book. It suffered pretty badly from cliché YA romance, but the action and the world building tried to make up for it. The glitcher powers were pretty fantastic-especially Zoe's-and I really loved the description of how she uses that power. Now that Max is out of the picture (at least for a little bit), I think the story can only go up from here. The story really does have potential, and now that the romance nonsense is out of the way I'm excited for what will happen next.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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MY THOUGHTS
ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT
Zoel lives in a controlled environment, where brains are reprogrammed and people are essentially worker bees, doing nothing but following orders and barely existing. In a post apocalyptic United States, people have been told that the world is unsafe and they must exist in a bunker like world, underground and never seeing anything but their own small little space. They are fitted with computer chips that override emotions as well as desire and violence. Much like communist China, the world they live in revolves around "self reporting" their glitches so their brains can be repaired or decommissioned.
The people are told this is to keep them safe and Zoel, believes it all until she starts to have episodes where reality shines through and she feels things and has thoughts. She thinks she is alone until she meets Max and others who also are "glitching". Now, nicknamed Zoe by the others, she learns that glitchers have powers, hers being telekinesis. The story revolves around Zoe becoming a resistance fighter and taking on the government who rules with an iron fist when she learns about how corrupt their system is.
This is a fresh take on a dystopian theme that has become a base for a lot of young adult books lately. Kids find they are being abused / used, rise up to fight the power with some sort of paranormal help and try to win back control to become human again. I really enjoyed all of the characters and their struggles and look forward to the next in the series. This should be fine for even the youngest of teens with a bit of violence, a teen pregnancy, some kissing but nothing graphic. If you enjoyed Under the Never Sky or The Selection, this should be on your list!
ABSOLUTELY LOVED IT
Zoel lives in a controlled environment, where brains are reprogrammed and people are essentially worker bees, doing nothing but following orders and barely existing. In a post apocalyptic United States, people have been told that the world is unsafe and they must exist in a bunker like world, underground and never seeing anything but their own small little space. They are fitted with computer chips that override emotions as well as desire and violence. Much like communist China, the world they live in revolves around "self reporting" their glitches so their brains can be repaired or decommissioned.
The people are told this is to keep them safe and Zoel, believes it all until she starts to have episodes where reality shines through and she feels things and has thoughts. She thinks she is alone until she meets Max and others who also are "glitching". Now, nicknamed Zoe by the others, she learns that glitchers have powers, hers being telekinesis. The story revolves around Zoe becoming a resistance fighter and taking on the government who rules with an iron fist when she learns about how corrupt their system is.
This is a fresh take on a dystopian theme that has become a base for a lot of young adult books lately. Kids find they are being abused / used, rise up to fight the power with some sort of paranormal help and try to win back control to become human again. I really enjoyed all of the characters and their struggles and look forward to the next in the series. This should be fine for even the youngest of teens with a bit of violence, a teen pregnancy, some kissing but nothing graphic. If you enjoyed Under the Never Sky or The Selection, this should be on your list!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
My daughter loved it!
My 12 year old daughter loved this book enough to do a school report on it. She is a voracious reader, so I trust her judgment.
Published 9 days ago by Amanda L. Goldberg
1.0 out of 5 stars
Not great
...Not even good, really.
I couldn't even finish this book. There was absolutely nothing likable about it. I didn't like the heroine. I didn't like the love triangle. Read more
I couldn't even finish this book. There was absolutely nothing likable about it. I didn't like the heroine. I didn't like the love triangle. Read more
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This book had me on the edge of my seat in suspense, and I absolutely loved it! I would recommend this book any day
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3.0 out of 5 stars
clever but not the most original
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Published 1 month ago by Miss Print
5.0 out of 5 stars
no glitch in the writing
I saw book2 of this series at B&n and thought I should really read the first on. And OMG! i'm glad I did! Read more
Published 1 month ago by heather patrick
4.0 out of 5 stars
Unique
I think it’s hard to come up with a unique dystopia novel because the concept is that in some way the world has crumbled and more common than not there is an oppressive government. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Jennifer Stasi
1.0 out of 5 stars
Bleck
OK, I read it but surely did not enjoy this mishmash of words and ideas. I originally got this to share with my great-niece and did not pass it along to her. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Darla Mcgranaghan
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great, I want more
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Published 3 months ago by Daniel Murillo
3.0 out of 5 stars
cool world building but a cliche plot
I loved the way the author introduced us to the world. She does a great job of showing instead of telling and revealing little bits of information at a time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by K. Wilkins
3.0 out of 5 stars
good concept but in dire need of development
I gave a 3 stars review to this book because I thought the idea behind it was good, the writing decent and I believe this author has potential but it was just an ok read with quite... Read more
Published 3 months ago by e-bookish
