Review of Chloe The Clone
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Review of Chloe The Clone
[Following is a volunteer review of "Chloe The Clone" by William E. Mason.]
Two weeks before 56-year-old Sam Turner's clone was ready for his heart transplant, "The Control and Isolation of Cloned Transplanting Act of 2020" was signed into law, putting small clone farms like Clonal Transplants, Inc. out of business. Demetri Andropov was able to hide Sam's clone before the FBI raided his facility, looking for unlawful clones. He gives the clone he named Chloe Turner to Sam and tells him to take her to Mexico to have his transplant performed. Sam begins to question his decision to get a heart from a clone after finding out his clone was a 10-year-old female, which was not an exact match for his transplant because of her age and gender. But Chloe was his best chance for survival. Despite his health condition, Sam decides to drive 2,000 miles to Mexico. Things take an unexpected turn when Chloe wakes up and calls Sam "Grandpa." Read Chloe The Clone by William E. Mason to learn how things turn out for Sam and Chloe. Will they both survive?
William E. Mason gave me a lot to think about in this fascinating book. For example, is cloning a person for only some of their body parts being used in transplants the same as reproductive techniques that produce embryos? After all, only a few of the harvested embryos are used, and the rest are discarded. This comparison brings up a lot of moral and ethical questions about both of these processes that I had never thought of before. I was amazed at how much a person can learn about our society and its behavior from watching TV continuously. Mason did an excellent job of tying Marxism, communism, drug dealing, spousal abuse, gangs, corruption, and romance together in this novel. All of these different topics flowed smoothly throughout the storyline. The characters and demographics were fully developed, which allowed me to visualize the characters' distinct personalities, the countryside on the route to and within Mexico, and the poverty and dangers in Mexico.
My only complaint about this book was the lack of professional editing. I encountered multiple punctuation errors, misspelled words, and capitalization discrepancies, to name a few. A professional editor would have noticed them, especially when writing "God" and "god." Deducting one star for the lack of professional editing, I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. The suspense and mystery that resulted in a surprising ending and the positive aspects discussed above justify my reason for not deducting more stars.
This book best suits mature crime, mystery, and suspense thriller fans, as it never has a dull moment. Sensitive and younger readers are unsuitable for this book because of the non-borderline profanity content. Although there is some religious content, nothing promotes a particular religious belief or non-belief, and the characters are both believers and non-believers, which makes this book suitable for all beliefs.
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Chloe The Clone
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Two weeks before 56-year-old Sam Turner's clone was ready for his heart transplant, "The Control and Isolation of Cloned Transplanting Act of 2020" was signed into law, putting small clone farms like Clonal Transplants, Inc. out of business. Demetri Andropov was able to hide Sam's clone before the FBI raided his facility, looking for unlawful clones. He gives the clone he named Chloe Turner to Sam and tells him to take her to Mexico to have his transplant performed. Sam begins to question his decision to get a heart from a clone after finding out his clone was a 10-year-old female, which was not an exact match for his transplant because of her age and gender. But Chloe was his best chance for survival. Despite his health condition, Sam decides to drive 2,000 miles to Mexico. Things take an unexpected turn when Chloe wakes up and calls Sam "Grandpa." Read Chloe The Clone by William E. Mason to learn how things turn out for Sam and Chloe. Will they both survive?
William E. Mason gave me a lot to think about in this fascinating book. For example, is cloning a person for only some of their body parts being used in transplants the same as reproductive techniques that produce embryos? After all, only a few of the harvested embryos are used, and the rest are discarded. This comparison brings up a lot of moral and ethical questions about both of these processes that I had never thought of before. I was amazed at how much a person can learn about our society and its behavior from watching TV continuously. Mason did an excellent job of tying Marxism, communism, drug dealing, spousal abuse, gangs, corruption, and romance together in this novel. All of these different topics flowed smoothly throughout the storyline. The characters and demographics were fully developed, which allowed me to visualize the characters' distinct personalities, the countryside on the route to and within Mexico, and the poverty and dangers in Mexico.
My only complaint about this book was the lack of professional editing. I encountered multiple punctuation errors, misspelled words, and capitalization discrepancies, to name a few. A professional editor would have noticed them, especially when writing "God" and "god." Deducting one star for the lack of professional editing, I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars. The suspense and mystery that resulted in a surprising ending and the positive aspects discussed above justify my reason for not deducting more stars.
This book best suits mature crime, mystery, and suspense thriller fans, as it never has a dull moment. Sensitive and younger readers are unsuitable for this book because of the non-borderline profanity content. Although there is some religious content, nothing promotes a particular religious belief or non-belief, and the characters are both believers and non-believers, which makes this book suitable for all beliefs.
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Chloe The Clone
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Bertha R. Jackson 
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