3 out of 4 stars
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The book 30th Century: Escape (General Audience Edition) by Mark Kingston Levin Ph.D., is one of the first books of a trilogy which features the main character Jennifer Hero. Jennifer is a female scientist and researcher in the 30th Century who is leading a mission to rescue humankind from the artificial race called Syndos. To complete the mission together with her team they need to time travel from 30th Century back to the 27th Century. However, she abandoned her team and did not come with them. She escaped using a one way ticket time machine bringing her to the 21st century. Here, she has to survive and put up a cover of a girl who has amnesia to adopt and begin a life. As she begins to have a new reality in the 21st century, mysteries of her past - the future, began to unfold hunting her. Her supposed to be cover, owning a missing person’s life and identity happens to become her own as every piece of evidence of this missing person’s existence points apparently to her. Wondering how can this be possible since she knows that she came from the future and lived all her life in the 30th Century?
At first, I thought that this was just a typical time travel science fiction story that I usually know but this story comes with an unexpected twist. And, the detailed in-depth scientific explanations on physics and mathematics made it a bit realistic. It will make you wonder if time-travel really will be possible in the future. The way it was written in a very straightforward manner between the characters, also contribute to one of the reasons why I like the book. Along with the pictures in the pages of some chapters, it's quite interactive in a sense.
However, what I dislike about the book is the disturbing sexual relationship of the main character, Jennifer, in the story. Though having been identified herself as bisexual. It’s still quite confusing and weird to understand how making love to a third person could make your existing relationship healthier and happier.
I rate this book 3 out of 4 stars because the expectation that I have from the beginning of the book did not meet my expectations in the end. I was expecting more action and thriller as the story progresses, but instead, what I got are mostly about how Jennifer is exploring her sexuality. And one thing that stuck in my mind after reading the book is understanding and accepting different sexual preferences, which I also think became a diversion from the main plot of the story from how it begins. However, in general, it was excellent in terms of grammar and well written literary work.
As mentioned above, of course, I do not recommend this book to the conservative audience, and most especially to young readers below 18. I think the book would appeal and recommend most to those mature adults who are interested in story-lines about scientific research, family mysteries, and adventures. Also, I think it will be appealing too to readers with unique sexual preferences.
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30th Century: Escape (General Audience Edition)
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