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    Forever
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    Forever

    By T. Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper

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    In this series finale “the suspense is high, the plot is irresistible . . . fast-paced and wonderfully, forcefully loud about privilege” (Kirkus Reviews).
     
    When we left Kim Cruz in Changers Book Three, she’d just come out to her best friend. In Changers Book Four: Forever, Kim discovers that this is only one small part of understanding who she is and where she belongs. Soon enough, she changes again, into the body and social status of her dreams. What she does with her newfound power will come to haunt her.
     
    In this “bang-up ending to the series,” our hero learns what it means to be the person everybody loves without actually being known at all; what it’s like to be given the benefit of the doubt when you don’t deserve it; and how easily opportunity comes when you look the part (Books YA Love). Changers Book Four explores what it means to find yourself—even as your self keeps changing—and how in the end we become the person whose story we want to finish.
     
    Praise for the Changers series

    “Changers should appeal to a broad demographic. Teenagers, after all, are the world’s leading experts on trying on, and then promptly discarding, new identities.”—The New York Times Book Review

    “Something unique and exciting . . . I would highly recommend Changers to anyone looking for something a little different to read, as well as to anyone who is interested in a really cool discussion about gender and sexuality.”—The Guardian
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAkashic Books
    Release dateSep 4, 2018
    ISBN9781617756788
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    • 5/5
      I'm shamefully late with this review because it's taken me months to straighten out my thoughts. Until now, my review was basically, "OMG I LOVE THIS WANT MORE NOW," which, while enthusiastic, doesn't tell any more than my 5 star rating, so I've waited until I calmed down a bit. There are going to be spoilers ahead so read on at your own peril (and, honestly, don't read on if you haven't read the book cos it's so incredibly wonderful & surprising).I thought this volume was more "literary" than the other three, with it's foreshadowing and allusion that at times seemed heavy handed. It may be that I just noticed it more than I did in the other books because it was pretty predictable who our protagonist would be this year, and thus the whole year was kind of predictable, so I was able to pick apart the structure rather than just hurry through the plot. Within those limits, though, I continued to adore being in our protagonist's head. The secondary characters were wonderful and the new side of our familiar antagonist was revealing, while still revolting. I thought the authors went a little too easy on the Dad, but I almost always think authors go too easy on Dads, so that's probably my issue, not the book's. The thing with Chase and the grandmother was never really developed, which was disappointing. This was probably the weakest book of the 4.But what transformed this from a very good read into a great read: the always-smart meditations on gender, race, body.Our protagonist's voice.The ending!!!!! Oh my god, the ending!!!!!!!!!!!!! There aren't enough exclamation points!!!!!!!! I actually had a dream that Cooper & Glock-Cooper were going to continue this series -- that's how much I love these books. I don't know what I'll do now without a Changers book to look forward to. Thank you so much, T Cooper & Allison Glock-Cooper for writing these. When each new volume came out, I'd reread the ones that came before just so I could make sure the story was fresh in my mind, so now I've read Volume 1 four times. My partner is about to start the series & I'm about to pick up Volume 1 again, too, that's how much I love these books. Thank you both so, so much -- and get writing!
    • 5/5
      My rating:☆☆☆☆☆Review: I received Forever (Changers Book 4) from LibraryThing to read and review. I have not read books 1 - 3 yet but this little novel is such a hidden gem! The beginning was basically a recap of what happened in the first three books and the authors do such an amazing job with the writing that I was able to read Forever (Changers Book 4) with no problem. So, just because this is the fourth book in the installment doesn't mean that you can't read it as a stand-alone as well.There is LGBTQ+ representation along with ethnic representation throughout the entirety of the novel. This was seriously a jackpot of a book to get. I enjoyed every second of it and my attention was grabbed and never let go until I put the novel down. As I was reading, I couldn't and didn't want to stop reading. I ended up devouring it in a matter of a 3 day period.I loved how this was a middle-school grade, young adult, contemporary fantasy but also had hints of sci-fi. Due to the fact that some people changed each year into new individuals. It makes me want to get books 1 - 3 and reread the entire series.Reasons why I rated it 5 stars:1. Amazing read!2. Multiple of different representations.3. My attention was maintained on the entirety of the novel.4. Writing was well-done, no grammatical or spelling errors that I saw.
    • 3/5
      The end is finally nigh for Ethan/Drew/Oryon/Kim/? (I'm not going to give away anything about his/her final identity). S/he has one more year to go before s/he can choose his/her final identity. Who will s/he be this time? What choice will s/he ultimately make? These are the questions that made me want to read the last book in this series, and kept me reading until the end of the book. I have to admit, though, that it was sort of tough going. First of all, the plot holes are back and better than ever! Secondly, slang vomited all over this book. It definitely helped the character have a voice, but it got grating.And then. Oh, and then. For the first quarter or so of the book, we're still with Kim as she wraps up her affairs, particularly with Audrey, with whom she swears undying love and devotion, no matter what the next identity is. Until it's time for said identity when s/he totally bails. Good reason? Maybe. But not big enough to close the plot hole. And made most of the second half of the book aggravating.But, it's all over now. Ethan/Drew/Oryon/Kim/? has made his/her decision and started the rest of his/her life. And I will say that the ending was quite lovely.
    • 4/5
      I received a copy of this book through Early Reviewers. The basic premise of the series is that a group of people called Changers love each year of high school as a different person in order to help humanity become more empathetic. The narrator of this book is in the final year of school and is living as the 4th version of himself, a guy named Kyle. As Kyle he navigates the expectations that come with being a good looking, white male. I enjoyed this a book quite a bit. It is rare to find a book where a white male admits to having an advantage in life simply because he is white and male. I also appreciated the twists in what I expected to happen in the overarching world and in the narrator’s personal world. I’d recommend it to high school students or adults who work with high school students because it gives a nice look back into high school and how it interacts with the world at large in teenagers minds.
    • 4/5
      In the Changers series by T. Cooper and Allison Glock-Cooper Ethan is an unexceptional skateboarding videogame-playing teenager about to enter high school. Then he wakes up as a girl. Cue the freakout. It turns out he's a special kind of person called a Changer, and that he will start each year of high school with a different type of outer form. At the end, he gets to choose which one to be for the rest of his/her life. The already-existing Changers hope to change the world by spreading their acquired empathy. Ethan mainly wants to mentally survive the viciousness and intolerance of high school.What a fascinating premise! I received Changers Book Four as an ER copy. My wife had loved and recommended the series, so I proceeded to read the first three and then this one. I loved the series, too. This is a YA book, so you're not getting Richard Powers level writing, but you are getting a page-turning and thought-provoking story.We get to experience gender and race and other changes through Ethan, and it's cleverly done by a husband and wife author team, one of whom is transgender. We get male perspectives on everyday female issues, female on male, and so on. Pretty addictive. Meanwhile, Than experiences romance each school year despite the changes. Since Changers are supposed to keep their nature hidden, this makes for some tricky maneuvers. Ethan in his manifestations is very likeable and (if you accept the premise) believable. He was fine with being Ethan, and at times resists the changes. But, as his mother says, "Who hasn't fantasized about being someone else?"
    • 3/5
      This one was okay. I wish I would have read books 1-3 first and then maybe it would have made more sense. Without reading the three previous books I was still able to figure out the plot and the characters in the book. Overall it was an okay book but the concept of changing who you are for four years was a bit too bazaar for me.

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