Official Review: The Futility of Vengeance by Adam Guest

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Re: Official Review: The Futility of Vengeance by Adam Guest

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I've read Many Worlds and it's amazing. So I do expect that this will be amazing as well. Great review. I felt Gary's desperation between the lines.
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Beautiful concept. Very well written. Great plot. Even the title is captivating. I would read this book to the end. I love the idea of Gary trying to dish out justice himself. Nice job by the author. Congratulations on the BOTD.
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Great review, this makes me wanting to start reading the prequel worldlines. I'm so excited.
Thanks for the great review.
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What really grabbed my attention and kept me interested was the idea of multiple timelines. Not only the idea multiple timelines, but that we can essentially possess our other selves in each time line when we lucid dream. I found it a fascinating idea that our other selves could murder or commit any actions in the bodies of our other selves. Was very interesting.
I really like the way it is written as well. The characters point of view never obscures what the author is trying to portray.
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Great review, I always love the twist and turns when the story involves multiverses or traveling in time, the different scenarios when we make different choices and the fact that at the end it always ends the same way.
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This story seems quite intriguing. I can't wait to find out how Gary will prove his innocence in prison. I appreciate your insightful review.
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To create a believable written multiverse has to be a challenge, but it seems though that the author succeeded. I'm looking forward to reading this book. Great review!
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This book sounds intriguing with an unusual and mysterious plot! Poor Gary. Excellent review!
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The intrigue and twists on multiverses are some of my favorite things in books. Seems like an intriguing story. Thanks for the great review!
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I really liked the premise of the first book and have been meaning to read it for quite some time now. While I think I could follow this one well enough without having read it, I'd rather read the first book first.

I don't think I would enjoy reading the same scene multiple times unless it was very dramatically altered or truncated. Still, I think I'll check this out.

Thanks for a great review!
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A sequel to Worldlines, that's all I wanted to hear! I will get this book after I complete Worldlines. Thanks for the detailed review!
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Post by Fleurine_t92 »

Interesting review about this book. Thanks for your detail review. I was sampling the worldlines at first and second I got this sample. The story is interesting because multiverse. I like parallel worlds theory.
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I liked Guest's "Worldlines" book, so I'm sure I'll like this one too. It sounds silly that Gary would want revenge on himself, but I must say it makes for an interesting read.
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Post by todwyer01 »

From a sampling, this seems like an interesting science fiction thriller story sequel to Worldlines, following Gary after his trial and his coping with the murder he did not commit. Will he prove his innocence? It might be worth a second look. Well done.
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Thank you for your review. I found the sample to be easy to follow also but this just isn't the type of book I enjoy.
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