Review of The Party Line

[dennisbragra]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Party Line" by Dennis D. Gagnon.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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I read this weird psychological quote that said that if you have a dream while having sex with someone, they are probably thinking about you. At first, it did strike me as funny and a way for the dreamers of love to hold on to something that gives them hope. However, after reading The Party Line by Dennis D. Gagnon the possibility of what that statement meant was made probable.

The author starts with an introduction to his childhood. From early on him and his best friend, D., loved exploring the psychological boundaries of society. They achieved this by experimenting with their theories on people. One example was how they used the power of suggestion to trick their fellow kids to look down a drain and pretend to see something (page 5). During his time in Junior High, he started developing the party line theory of consciousness and experimenting with the same. His experiments bore fruit and he was able to cross over to the aethereal realm, a void in which unconscious extrasensory conversations from the mundane world exist. But, his excursion into the aethereal isn't as rosy as he expected. He encounters a monster that is hell-bent on harvesting his will. Will the monster succeed? Will he be able to defeat the monster? What are will the reader take home from this book?

One of the things I liked about the book was the knowledge the author spews to the reader. The author uses other works such as Einstein's theory of relativity, metaphysics, Greek mythology, and many more to advance the party line theory of consciousness. Reading the different views the author had on these other works made the book intriguing. The author calls this book an autobiography science fiction novel but I call it a nerd book.

What I did not like about the book was the overindulgence of these supporting theories making the plot lag for too long. In my opinion, the author would have summarized them, only including the important parts, or created a sequel to the book to accommodate all those theories.

The plot is well developed and well organized, and the theory is well established with supporting theories to back it up. The book is also well edited and for those reasons, I gave the book a rating of four out of four stars.

I would recommend this book to young adults and mature audiences, especially ones with an inclination to all things nerdy this book is for you.

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The Party Line
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