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545 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 23, 2012
“Tell me what you see. Because I don't know what's real and what isn't or what's new or different and I can't trust myself, but I trust you.”
“You will love him to ruins.”
“I was falling apart, and all my pieces were scattering to the wind.”
“This was the boy I loved. A little bit messy. A little bit ruined. A beautiful disaster. Just like me.”
“I can't slay the dragon because I can't find him, so for now I stay close.
It's not enough.”
“If I were to live a thousand years, I would belong to you for all of them. If we were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one.”
“You can't hurt me the way you think you can. But even if you could? I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue than live and never touch you again. I'm in love with you, Mara. I love you. No matter what you do.”
“I’m afraid– I’m afraid I’m losing control.” I’m afraid I’m losing myself. The idea was a splinter in my mind. Always there, always stinging, even when I wasn’t conscious of it. Even when I wasn’t thinking about it.
Mara Dyer once believed she could run from her past.
She can’t.
She used to think her problems were all in her head.
They aren’t.
She couldn’t imagine that after everything she’s been through, the boy she loves would still be keeping secrets.
She’s wrong.
In this gripping sequel to The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer, the truth evolves and choices prove deadly. What will become of Mara Dyer next?
I was falling apart and all my pieces were scattering to the wind.
. . . no one could protect me from myself.
She isn't the only one changing. Every day she shapes me into something else.
“I must be made of nothing to feels so much nothing.”
“I’m too selfish to leave you,” I said. Noah pulled back so I could see his smile. “I’m too selfish to let you.”
“If I were to live a thousand years, I would belong to you for all of them. If we were to live a thousand years, I would want you mine in each one.”
Noah acted like he felt nothing because he felt everything. He seemed not to care because he cared too much.
My hair was plastered to my face, and I was pale. But I looked okay. Maybe a little thin. A little tired. But normal.
Then my reflection winked. Even though I didn't.
“Everyone’s a little crazy. The only difference between us and them is that they hide it better.”
They rattled my cage to see if I'd bite. When they released me, they'd see that the answer was yes.
THE SCIENTIFIC THEORY: aka I’ve scoured the net, and yet none have mentioned the following theory pertaining to The Retribution of Mara Dyer(edited to include A Clockwork Orange--found at the bottom.) (October: edited to include the Daniel Myer theory)
This all links back to Biotechnology. Otherwise known as David Shaw, Noah Shaw’s father.
“any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use”
“There were some federal indictments handed down a year ago for the executives of one of his megacorporation’s subsidiaries—Aurora Biotech? Euphrates International […]”
“A euphemism for ‘playing God,’ according to the religious and environmental groups that hate his subsidiaries.”
“ ‘What about your family?...
‘Claire was my family.’ Jude’s voice was different now. Less harsh.”
“I’m afraid David’s in New York at the moment”
“ ‘Can you ask your dad? Maybe he remembers this.’ …
‘He won’t talk about her.’ Noah’s voice went voice went flat. “
“She was in school for her PHD, but she never finished. I think that always bothered her.”
“…when she went inside to pay, a man asked me for directions…And just as he got back in his car and drove away, your grandmother ran out. She wanted to know everything—what he wanted, what he said—she was wild”
“He thinks I’m a fool”
“ ‘It’s science—‘
‘It’s madness,’ he said.
“ ‘Why do you keep reaching for science?’
‘Why do you keep reaching for magic?’”
The first of many forthcoming edits: A Clockwork Orange edition
“By definition, a human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and evil. If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange—meaning he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil or (since this is increasingly replacing both) the Almighty State. It is as inhumane to be totally good as it is to be to ally evil. The important thing is moral choice. Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Life is sustained by the grinding opposition of moral entities.”
Oh hey, I didn't forget about this. I've been thinking in the AMs lately and I've deduced something fishy about Daniel Dyer. So have this edit.
“I wish Mara knew that I’m jealous of her.”
“...but as Daniel entered the room he expertly masked his concern.”
“I said, unable to help my smile. Daniel flashed one of his own—a real one, this time.”
“Daniel had kept a big-brotherly eye on me ever since”
This was the boy I loved. A little bit messy. A little bit ruined. A beautiful disaster.
Just like me.
"You can’t hurt me the way you think you can. But even if you could? I would rather die with the taste of you on my tongue than live and never touch you again. I’m in love with you, Mara. I love you. No matter what you do.”
My breath caught in my throat. No matter what. The words were a promise, a promise I didn’t know if anyone could keep.
“We’re only seventeen,” I said quietly.
“Fuck seventeen.” His eyes and voice were defiant. “If I were to live a thousand years, I would belong to you for all of them. If we were to live a thousand lives, I would want to make you mine in each one.”