I\u2019d never heard of this author but he writes a good thriller. This is the kind of book you pick up at the airport before boarding a plane: fast paced, semi-intellectual but also full of action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This book has a lot of references to the near future (and it is looking bleak), and if it causes a little introspection for some readers I\u2019d say it wouldn\u2019t be so bad. The focus here is on gene-editing, and despite a sort of preposterous setup, it comes close enough to plausibility without getting bogged down in science babble. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The main character gets an upgrade, and so he turns out like some sort of super Jack Reacher character – analyzing statistics and doing deep thinking on the fly. It is surprisingly fun to read – kind of like a superhero origin story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
That\u2019s all the reading for a short while – I want to focus on our trip to America. I\u2019m not sure what I\u2019ll read next but you\u2019ll see it posted here when I finish it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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