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Review by jbug0918 -- Worldlines by Adam Guest
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Wordlines: A Many Worlds Novel written by Adam Guest, is a unique and engaging book that enters into the world up multiple realities. The story begins from the perspective of Gary Jackson, a physics student who escaped a near death experience and is living life as a normal person. As a student, Gary attends lectures given by the very inquisitive Professor Buzzard, and learns about various physics theories. The most intriguing being worldlines, a theory where other realities and versions of oneself are branched out from different choices and experiences in life. This theory soon comes into play as Gary attends a party with his girlfriend, and an unfortunate incident occurs that forever alters the course of his life. An incident that he is accused of, but has no memory committing.
In a separate worldline, we are introduced to another version of Gary that has suffered an injury in his past and is now disabled. In his boredom, Gary learns how to lucid dream which enables him to experience life outside of his current state. During a dream, he commits a horrible atrocity towards a woman who rejected him in his youth. It was just a dream right? However, an acquaintance of his who suffers from dementia claims to have witnessed him committing the very acts of his dream. How is this possible? His dream wasn’t real, or was it?
Adam Guest does a fantastic job writing an original novel which introduces alternate realities in the form of worldlines. My favorite part of the book was how engaging the discussion of physics theory was. Professor Buzzard was my favorite character from this novel, because the dialogue that took place from his encounters were very thought provoking. I am someone who likes to be brought into a new world and have my brain work through the complexities of it. The dialogue between each character is relatable as well, and it was easy to put yourself in the shoes of the characters.
One aspect of the book I disliked was that the story felt a bit rushed towards the end. At times it felt like the characters from other realities were all too willing to accept the outcome of their discoveries as fact. There was no real answer to how dreams made it possible for someone from one worldline, to physically take over the body of a person in a different worldline. There was only a couple instances toward the end where this came up, but it was passed over quickly and just accepted as the answer. This caused the characters in the book to accept everything as truth instead of experimenting more to find out how their ideas worked. However, the book was still engaging in the sense that you could feel the tension of the unknown, and feel the fear some characters had of their bodies possibly being taken over.
I would rate this book a 3 out of 4, because it is an interesting take on a concept of writing that is vastly overused in today’s storytelling. I didn’t give it a four, because I wanted the book to be slightly longer to add more depth to the concepts presented, and to keep the conclusion of the story from feeling rushed. The book felt professionally edited, having very few typos and errors. I would recommend this book to young adults who like thought provoking books centered in the realm of science fiction. There is no sexual content, only instances where it was implied. There is one use of profanity, and only borderline language commonly used within the setting of the story. Outside of that, Worldlines: A Many Worlds Novel is a good read and a great new story if you have some downtime and need a good fiction.
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Worldlines
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Wordlines: A Many Worlds Novel written by Adam Guest, is a unique and engaging book that enters into the world up multiple realities. The story begins from the perspective of Gary Jackson, a physics student who escaped a near death experience and is living life as a normal person. As a student, Gary attends lectures given by the very inquisitive Professor Buzzard, and learns about various physics theories. The most intriguing being worldlines, a theory where other realities and versions of oneself are branched out from different choices and experiences in life. This theory soon comes into play as Gary attends a party with his girlfriend, and an unfortunate incident occurs that forever alters the course of his life. An incident that he is accused of, but has no memory committing.
In a separate worldline, we are introduced to another version of Gary that has suffered an injury in his past and is now disabled. In his boredom, Gary learns how to lucid dream which enables him to experience life outside of his current state. During a dream, he commits a horrible atrocity towards a woman who rejected him in his youth. It was just a dream right? However, an acquaintance of his who suffers from dementia claims to have witnessed him committing the very acts of his dream. How is this possible? His dream wasn’t real, or was it?
Adam Guest does a fantastic job writing an original novel which introduces alternate realities in the form of worldlines. My favorite part of the book was how engaging the discussion of physics theory was. Professor Buzzard was my favorite character from this novel, because the dialogue that took place from his encounters were very thought provoking. I am someone who likes to be brought into a new world and have my brain work through the complexities of it. The dialogue between each character is relatable as well, and it was easy to put yourself in the shoes of the characters.
One aspect of the book I disliked was that the story felt a bit rushed towards the end. At times it felt like the characters from other realities were all too willing to accept the outcome of their discoveries as fact. There was no real answer to how dreams made it possible for someone from one worldline, to physically take over the body of a person in a different worldline. There was only a couple instances toward the end where this came up, but it was passed over quickly and just accepted as the answer. This caused the characters in the book to accept everything as truth instead of experimenting more to find out how their ideas worked. However, the book was still engaging in the sense that you could feel the tension of the unknown, and feel the fear some characters had of their bodies possibly being taken over.
I would rate this book a 3 out of 4, because it is an interesting take on a concept of writing that is vastly overused in today’s storytelling. I didn’t give it a four, because I wanted the book to be slightly longer to add more depth to the concepts presented, and to keep the conclusion of the story from feeling rushed. The book felt professionally edited, having very few typos and errors. I would recommend this book to young adults who like thought provoking books centered in the realm of science fiction. There is no sexual content, only instances where it was implied. There is one use of profanity, and only borderline language commonly used within the setting of the story. Outside of that, Worldlines: A Many Worlds Novel is a good read and a great new story if you have some downtime and need a good fiction.
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