Review of The Futility of Vengeance
Posted: 28 Nov 2022, 02:19
[Following is a volunteer review of "The Futility of Vengeance" by Adam Guest.]
The Futility of Vengeance: A 'Many Worlds' Novel by author Adam Guest is the second book in the Many Worlds series. Gary Jackson is still trying to come to terms with the fact that he has been sentenced to life for the murder of the love of his life, Michelle Peyton. In some worldlines Gary won his case, in others, he lost. In some worldlines he never even wound up with Michelle, he was disabled when a lorry ran him over and wound up with his best-friend Sinead O'Conner instead. Sinead's mum has dementia and winds up passing away. Gary gets in touch with Michelle after an argument with Sinead, which just makes her even more adamant that she was right to break it off with Gary.
There are many different worldlines, and in each one, Gary's life is different in one way or another. One of the Garys that lost the case and is in prison wants nothing more than to lucid-dream his way into the Gary that forced him to kill Michelle's consciousness, so he can get revenge. He doesn't feel very good about it after it's done when his conscious decides to kick him while he is down. Will Gary ever find the peace and happiness he so desperately seeks? Or will he lose himself in his unhealthy obsession?
I have really enjoyed reading this book! The many different stories are all so well-written! I honestly don't know how the author was able to keep track of the characters' different stories in all the different worldlines. I had a hard time writing this review simply because it was so hard to summarize because of all the different stories. But the author accomplished this seamlessly, doing an amazing job of keeping everything in the right worldline.
This book was very well-written, I found no errors, which tells me that it has been exceptionally well-edited. The only thing I did not like was how Gary was a completely clueless jerk in some of the worldlines. That did not take away from my enjoyment of the book, because every story needs a bad-guy too. I am going to rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because I really enjoyed it, there were no errors, and it was so well-written!
I recommend this book to lovers of psychological-thrillers with a science-fiction twist. There was one instance where profanity was used, so I wouldn't recommend it to young teens, but young adults and up would enjoy it.
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The Futility of Vengeance
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The Futility of Vengeance: A 'Many Worlds' Novel by author Adam Guest is the second book in the Many Worlds series. Gary Jackson is still trying to come to terms with the fact that he has been sentenced to life for the murder of the love of his life, Michelle Peyton. In some worldlines Gary won his case, in others, he lost. In some worldlines he never even wound up with Michelle, he was disabled when a lorry ran him over and wound up with his best-friend Sinead O'Conner instead. Sinead's mum has dementia and winds up passing away. Gary gets in touch with Michelle after an argument with Sinead, which just makes her even more adamant that she was right to break it off with Gary.
There are many different worldlines, and in each one, Gary's life is different in one way or another. One of the Garys that lost the case and is in prison wants nothing more than to lucid-dream his way into the Gary that forced him to kill Michelle's consciousness, so he can get revenge. He doesn't feel very good about it after it's done when his conscious decides to kick him while he is down. Will Gary ever find the peace and happiness he so desperately seeks? Or will he lose himself in his unhealthy obsession?
I have really enjoyed reading this book! The many different stories are all so well-written! I honestly don't know how the author was able to keep track of the characters' different stories in all the different worldlines. I had a hard time writing this review simply because it was so hard to summarize because of all the different stories. But the author accomplished this seamlessly, doing an amazing job of keeping everything in the right worldline.
This book was very well-written, I found no errors, which tells me that it has been exceptionally well-edited. The only thing I did not like was how Gary was a completely clueless jerk in some of the worldlines. That did not take away from my enjoyment of the book, because every story needs a bad-guy too. I am going to rate this book 5 out of 5 stars because I really enjoyed it, there were no errors, and it was so well-written!
I recommend this book to lovers of psychological-thrillers with a science-fiction twist. There was one instance where profanity was used, so I wouldn't recommend it to young teens, but young adults and up would enjoy it.
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The Futility of Vengeance
View: on Bookshelves | on Amazon