Review of Yesterday
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Review of Yesterday
[Following is a volunteer review of "Yesterday" by Samyann.]
At first glance, the book title Yesterday seemed rather unassuming but as you flip the pages and begin reading, the author Samyaan takes you on a captivating journey in search of the answer to a simple question asked by the characters Mark and Amanda when they meet accidentally after a Train accident. " I know you. Where have we met before?" Amanda a beautiful young lady and Mark Callahan a handsome young Chicago mounted Police officer meet face to face when Amanda rescues Mark as he lies in the direct path of a crashing train. Amanda falls and gets injured but manages to pull Mark out of danger. Mark after regaining his composure pulls her to safety. As Mark gets a close look at Amanda's striking blue eyes, he realizes that he knows her but couldn't recall from where. Ed Morgan, the owner of the antique shop where Mark and Amanda had fallen, ushered them in. In moments of consciousness, Amanda had a glimpse of a grandfather clock before she passed away. When meeting Mark in the hospital, Amanda also gets the feeling that she knows him from somewhere. At home, while Mary, Amanda’s godmother and a renowned psychologist was asking Amanda about her experience, Amanda remembered the grandfather clock. Amanda was so fascinated by the clock that she later bought it. Amanda and Mark get closer in their relationship, each wondering where and how they had known each other. While Mark attempted to convince Amanda of his love for her, Amanda who had lost her parents, an elder brother, and her fiancé in bizarre accidents, resists Mark lest he also loses his life. The clock somehow has a connection with Amanda's past and becomes a pivot around which the search for the answer to questions revolves. Mary takes Amanda and Mark on a regression trip into the past across centuries through the civil war and the Great Chicago fire. Amanda blends herself with the characters therein, she goes through the horrifying experience of losing her loved ones in the past and emerges in the real world broken and miserable ready to give up on Mark. The last final regression trip of Amanda and Mark answers the ultimate questions and a new chapter opens up in their lives.
The subtitle of the book caught my eye “ A novel of Reincarnation”. I am not a believer in reincarnation but I do believe that as per law in Physics,” Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change its form”. I was always interested in mysticism but not as a believer. I love pondering on the mystic happenings in the world. Religious myths always have that curious aspect to them which is never answered to our satisfaction and end up as a big question mark. During our lives, we come across many situations which we recognize without recall. We experience Deja Vous. We look for faces and actions through selective perception and associate ourselves with them and then of course the genetic aspects. He or she has his father's nose and mother's eyes and” look he is running away with his Grandpa's teeth”. The book is fun to read because it generates a controversial debate and at least I began googling reincarnation more vigorously. Samyaan discretely and very intelligently diverts the attention of the reader by indulging in history through the American Civil war, and the Great Chicago fire. The narration of a reincarnated scenario with almost duplicate actors over centuries and the tracking of ancestral heritage is interesting and the reader skims pages to cut down on the time consumed in identifying relationships. I finished the 400-page book in a flash in my hurry to find answers to who is who, when, where, and how it ends.
As I pondered over reincarnation, I also wondered why a soul has to roam around for centuries before it finds the perfect match to the form it had. Does reincarnation mean the second life form has to be the exact match as before? Descriptions of Bonnie and Daniel are obvious in their comparison to Amanda and Mark. The suspense is broken as the reader guesses the match. Even the cats Oprah and Electra seem to be duplicated.
Yesterday is a professionally edited book that engrosses the reader to plunge into Romance, History, and answers to the reincarnation belief. I rate the book 4 out of 4.. stars.
Yesterday is recommended to readers of not only Romance and History but to those who love mysticism.
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Yesterday
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At first glance, the book title Yesterday seemed rather unassuming but as you flip the pages and begin reading, the author Samyaan takes you on a captivating journey in search of the answer to a simple question asked by the characters Mark and Amanda when they meet accidentally after a Train accident. " I know you. Where have we met before?" Amanda a beautiful young lady and Mark Callahan a handsome young Chicago mounted Police officer meet face to face when Amanda rescues Mark as he lies in the direct path of a crashing train. Amanda falls and gets injured but manages to pull Mark out of danger. Mark after regaining his composure pulls her to safety. As Mark gets a close look at Amanda's striking blue eyes, he realizes that he knows her but couldn't recall from where. Ed Morgan, the owner of the antique shop where Mark and Amanda had fallen, ushered them in. In moments of consciousness, Amanda had a glimpse of a grandfather clock before she passed away. When meeting Mark in the hospital, Amanda also gets the feeling that she knows him from somewhere. At home, while Mary, Amanda’s godmother and a renowned psychologist was asking Amanda about her experience, Amanda remembered the grandfather clock. Amanda was so fascinated by the clock that she later bought it. Amanda and Mark get closer in their relationship, each wondering where and how they had known each other. While Mark attempted to convince Amanda of his love for her, Amanda who had lost her parents, an elder brother, and her fiancé in bizarre accidents, resists Mark lest he also loses his life. The clock somehow has a connection with Amanda's past and becomes a pivot around which the search for the answer to questions revolves. Mary takes Amanda and Mark on a regression trip into the past across centuries through the civil war and the Great Chicago fire. Amanda blends herself with the characters therein, she goes through the horrifying experience of losing her loved ones in the past and emerges in the real world broken and miserable ready to give up on Mark. The last final regression trip of Amanda and Mark answers the ultimate questions and a new chapter opens up in their lives.
The subtitle of the book caught my eye “ A novel of Reincarnation”. I am not a believer in reincarnation but I do believe that as per law in Physics,” Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, it can only change its form”. I was always interested in mysticism but not as a believer. I love pondering on the mystic happenings in the world. Religious myths always have that curious aspect to them which is never answered to our satisfaction and end up as a big question mark. During our lives, we come across many situations which we recognize without recall. We experience Deja Vous. We look for faces and actions through selective perception and associate ourselves with them and then of course the genetic aspects. He or she has his father's nose and mother's eyes and” look he is running away with his Grandpa's teeth”. The book is fun to read because it generates a controversial debate and at least I began googling reincarnation more vigorously. Samyaan discretely and very intelligently diverts the attention of the reader by indulging in history through the American Civil war, and the Great Chicago fire. The narration of a reincarnated scenario with almost duplicate actors over centuries and the tracking of ancestral heritage is interesting and the reader skims pages to cut down on the time consumed in identifying relationships. I finished the 400-page book in a flash in my hurry to find answers to who is who, when, where, and how it ends.
As I pondered over reincarnation, I also wondered why a soul has to roam around for centuries before it finds the perfect match to the form it had. Does reincarnation mean the second life form has to be the exact match as before? Descriptions of Bonnie and Daniel are obvious in their comparison to Amanda and Mark. The suspense is broken as the reader guesses the match. Even the cats Oprah and Electra seem to be duplicated.
Yesterday is a professionally edited book that engrosses the reader to plunge into Romance, History, and answers to the reincarnation belief. I rate the book 4 out of 4.. stars.
Yesterday is recommended to readers of not only Romance and History but to those who love mysticism.
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Yesterday
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon
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