Review of Ditching The Ugly Suit

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[Following is an official OnlineBookClub.org review of "Ditching The Ugly Suit" by Ed Christiano.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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Winslow is a successful businessman who has just recently gone through a divorce. He comes across a company called Avaclon, one day. They claim they can transfer an individual’s soul into another human body. That individual is then able to continue their life through that person. Intrigued by the whole thing, Winslow decides to become part of this mysterious company. Currently, the public doesn’t know about the company, but what happens when they find out? Things start to get a little crazy as everyone wants a piece of the technology. Can something like this really be good for humanity? Read Ditching the Ugly Suit by Ed Christiano to find out.

When I first chose this book, I didn’t know what to expect. I found the story to be unique and interesting. I think Christiano did a great job of setting the scene. I could picture every transfusion as if it was happening before me. The first time it happened, the scene was very tense and exciting. This really got me hooked on the book. I also liked Christiano’s writing style. I thought it was easy to follow and understand. As for the characters, I think Christiano developed them well, to an extent, but their personalities could have been explored further. Due to this, I was unable to connect to any of the characters.

There were some things I didn’t like. Firstly, the story was fast-paced, and things were happening left and right very quickly. Normally, this is something I would like. However, for this book, I would have preferred it if Christiano slowed down and fleshed out the story more.

Secondly, I didn’t understand where the story was going. I felt like the story was all over the place and too many things were happening at once. Furthermore, I didn’t like that the book kept repeating the same events over and over again. For example, the process of transfusion was repeated to each new person that tried it. Reading it a couple of times was fine, but after a while, it got boring. The story also contained no build-up to a climax. To me, it didn’t feel like there was one. I would have liked some twists and turns, but there were none.

One of the main problems with this book is that there are no important lessons that could be taken away from it. I thought Christiano was going to show us that looks aren’t everything and that we all should embrace ourselves because we all are unique. Unfortunately, this was not mentioned. The book ends on a cliffhanger and I was left with many unanswered questions.

Overall, I would rate this book 2 out of 4 stars because of the reasons I mentioned above. This book has the potential to be great with improvements. I did not find any mistakes, so that is great. I recommend this book to adults who enjoy reading science fiction.

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[Ghuddie]

A lot of soul transfers will take place once this technology becomes a reality. However, if it'll generally make the world a better place by giving humans access to the kind of life they need to be happy, then I don't mind.

[QualityAndQuantity]

Man i have not come across a plot as intriguing as this one in this site yet. This seems like a pretty good pick for me as I'm really into ghosts and paranormal stuff. Thanks for the review

[Nwadinso Okoro]

Wow! I love the plot of this book. Winslow has gotten himself into something that isn't quite known to the public. I would really want to know the mechanism behind their soul transfer. This book would definitely be a good read for me. Thanks for your review.

[Aisha Yakub]

Thanks for your honest feedback. There really are moments when readers need to savour every piece of information given, especially when they are technical. Thanks for the review.

[Raymonda onwuka]

Thanks for the wonderful review. The technology mentioned in the story sounds fansinating and amazing.

[Adaeze Joan]

Everything about this book spells out uniqueness. The storyline is an intriguing one and I loved that the author gave this book quite an interesting title. Thanks for the review.

[Vidhi Adhikari]

This seems like a interesting concept. Of choosing to live a life in someone else's body. Would love to know what happens in the story. Thanks for writing a review on this one.

[Walter R]

Have always found science fiction to be quite intriguing and able to stir my imagination. This book certainly seems to possess such quality. Will love to try it out.

[NetMassimo]

The author picked an interesting concept but seems like he had some problems in developing it properly. A professional editor might help him in that task. I wonder if there will be a sequel to bring the story to some kind of ending. Thank you for your honest review!

[Pauls_]

The author didn't quite elaborate on the themes in the book. Cliffhangers are a no-no for me. Thanks for the honest review.

[Sam Oghae]

The plot of this book is unique but the author failed to write a book that would make the readers stick with it. It could have been a great book.
Thanks for the review