Redemption- Jacklyn A. Lo
This has elements from a mix of genres;
including supernatural, spiritual, romance, sci-fi, and speculative fiction.
Overall, it is well written and very entertaining. I particularly enjoyed
reading this as a series of short-stories, being only disappointed with the lack
of connect between the science fiction, the regressive themes, and the end of
the book.
The past lives are all exciting reads, though
saddled with my common complaint that it is funny how more often than not past
life memories are of infamous and famous events and times, rather than of
ordinary lives. This makes for good entertainment, whilst reducing plot 'credibility'.
A-Lo, if this is 'future biography',
certainly gets the Halo. However, the bar to reaching redemption is set so high
that I'm quite sure I'd be stuck in Limbo, or Clapham, or Mean Street forever.
Perhaps like most superb destinations the already resident wish to stop
'Heaven' getting too crowded. Only special friends of Michael may here enter.
So if you want to get into this exclusive club you had better be pretty damn superhuman
first.
This is a good read with a positive ending,
which probably tips the book more into the romance genre than any other. There
aren't any original plot elements here not that that is of much consequence except
to those that devour books. There are signs enough that Lo is capable of
writing more ambitious books, so she is an author I'll follow. I would like the
opening and closing elements to be integrated better- especially in tying in
the science fiction artificial soul, the strongest character in the book and
the real 'romantic' lead, with final death and arrival at station Nirvana. As
to the short-life stories, they are very entertaining both standing as
independent reads and as a part of the overall theme. Written in clear and
simple style, this is a very easy book to get into.
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