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Jan. 08, 2016
Sabrina Massey
Smashwords book reviews by Sabrina Massey
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Your Consciousness is an Alien
on Jan. 08, 2016
An Intellectual Treat for the Scifi lover in all of us...anything is possible in books... I adore a book that can challenge me, make no mistake I love an easy read too. The author of this novel is clearly on a different plane of thought than the majority. The concepts of the novel are complex, twisted and challenging - most people would struggle with understanding it, at least this is my summation. I particularly liked the way the consciousness was explained of the blackness, which we know as the Bubonic Plague, or the Black Death. I liked the aggressiveness of it, as well as the nature of it, as horrible as it may be, it isn't every day that you get to pretend to know what a virus or airborne illness might "think". I love a writer who challenges me on many levels, it's invigorating. I won't pretend some portions of this narrative didn't turn my stomach here and there, because it did. But there is a thought process I would compare it to; those of us that live a straight laced life, wondering how it is to be someone who lives on the fringes and still seemingly does fine - to be able to walk that deviant path without danger of consequences; our reward, just a higher plane of understanding, well, it's remarkable - as well as immensely entertaining. The title of the book was intriguing and by the first few pages, I was deeply intrigued by the style of writing, it reminded me much of trilogies that save the beginning for the last part of the storyline. The interesting thing about books of this nature, is that I have issues with comprehension. At times, I have to re-read a page multiple times to understand a concept, which I did as well with this book. Ironically it has become a bit of a litmus test, if I comprehend on first read, and that's how an entire book goes, I typically decide it's simple, and while easy, I typically don't gain A LOT from those books. That's not to say I don't learn something, it's just not nearly as much as those that take me a bit to get through and understand. I would recommend this book to most of my friends, this reads like a time hop with the Doctor, it's fun and intelligent and challenging to our preconceived notions about life, and what the "pursuit of happiness" should be. I look forward to reading more from this author, my read of this book could only have been better if I could have read it non stop for a few days, rather than with that annoying interruption called "work".