I seem to be reading a number of odd books. Eva is one of those odd books, the kind that I'm not sure whether I like until I'm finished.
At any rate, Dickinson is a deft author and does a brilliant job with Eva's story, something which I was rather skeptical about at first, since it is a rare author who can write animal thoughts without making the animals too stupid or completely anthropomorphizing them. But Dickinson walks this fine line with finesse and I applaud his skills.
My one complaint is the end - he sets up some brilliant ideas and then just leaves them for the chimps. And while I can't fault him for avoiding some very tricky concepts, I'm disappointed that he does not address those philosophical ideas in any detail.
Still, I'm glad I read it and it is one of the more thoughtful books I have read, YA or adult, in a long while.