4 out of 4 stars
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Let me take a different approach to this review. I expect you to read this introductory paragraph with patience. I felt really compelled to include this in my review, and please pardon me if it is not much palatable.
There is a game called “Assassins Creed”. In this game, the memories of the ancestors of the player are extracted from the player’s DNA, and they are replayed, as the gamer playing as that particular ancestor. Through that process, many of the untold stories of the history are revealed. I cannot say The Traveler’s Best Seller by Rick Incorvia is inspired by this. But the similarity is undeniable.
Tim Peregrine, a history teacher in a school in Cleveland, Ohio, is diagnosed with stage four lung cancer (A cancer which has gone beyond the lungs and has affected other organs as well. It is usually incurable.). Desperately he searches for anything in the internet, and by chance he comes to know of a place that offers simulations of historical events. He joins the programme and gets first-hand experiences of lives of historical characters like Cleopatra, Mozart, etc. He uses this experience to adapt to an attractive teaching style, which becomes a real success. But what comes next is the least expected by Mr. Peregrine, as well as the reader.
This is quite a small book with only 294 pages. Out of that, the story is in first 255 pages and the rest includes first few pages of some other books of the author. The whole book is divided into 16 chapters. It is written in first-person view. Though the book is officially categorized under the genre of “historical fiction”, it can be taken as a science fiction as well. The author has included some spiritual teachings as well in certain occasions.
The story was captive from the beginning to the end. The author has an elegant way of writing. It facilitated a quick read as well. He has taken great effort in researching the historical facts and has gone to the extent of including relevant maps as well in his book. I felt more like watching a movie rather than reading a book, with the lively descriptions of the scenes as well as the surroundings.
The only thing that I disliked about this book was that it ended too soon. The spiritual lessons could have made me bored, but the author has made them short. The book was professionally edited. I found only a handful of errors, and they did not interfere with my reading experience.
I would like to recommend this to anyone who loves historical fictions. Science fiction lovers can try this one, but I must say, that this is not a typical science fiction. I would not recommend this to younger readers because of the sexually explicit content.
In a nutshell, The Traveler’s Best Seller by Rick Incorvia is a lovely historical science fiction that deserves nothing less than 4 out of 4 stars.
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