Review of The Party Line
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Review of The Party Line
The Party Line by Dennis D. Gagnon is a science fiction novel with some of the author's real-life experiences interwoven into the story. The author described the book as autobiographical science fiction. He explained before he began the story that the book is a fictional account of musings that shaped his early life and mind.
The book is based on a theory of consciousness called “the party line theory of consciousness”. The author, who is the protagonist in the story, in his search for the meaning of existence, reality, and consciousness and his attempt to communicate with aliens through extrasensory means, stumbles upon a mysterious realm that he calls ”the aethereal realm”. In a bid to let us understand how he discovered the realm, he begins by telling us the story of his childhood friend, D, and how their adventures and discussions helped shape his life and mindset. Fascinated by the realm, he uses his friend, D, for experiments that he thought were harmless. However, it resulted in the loss of D's life, and also set an evil monster after him. With the help of D's ghost and Percy, D's mysterious girlfriend while he was alive, they seek a way to kill the monster while protecting their loved ones.
I picked this book to review because of my interest in philosophy, and I totally enjoyed reading this book. It was filled with so much information that it held my attention from the beginning till the end. Even when I was not reading the book, I was thinking of the theories that were discussed in the book and wondering how true they could be. The author did a great job with the plot development by starting the book with a major event and then taking us back to how it all started. That beginning immediately captivated me. The pacing of the story was wonderful. It is a thought-provoking book. I feel it is important to note this for subsequent readers so that they will know that one needs basic knowledge of philosophy and science to be able to grasp some of the information contained in the book. I do not dislike this fact as I already had some basic knowledge of some of the philosophical theories in the book. For me, it was a mind-blowing experience. I appreciate the fact that the author explained every scientific and philosophical concept and theory that he mentioned in the book.
The only thing I disliked about the book was the use of complex words, whose meaning may not be familiar to the average reader. Several times, I had to reread some pages and also look for the meaning of some words for me to understand what the author was talking about. While such complex words could help to grow one's vocabulary, too many of them disrupt the smooth reading of the book.
While reading, I noticed the novel was professionally edited as I found no grammatical or typographical errors while reading the book. It was mind-blowing to read, informative and captivating till the end. Because of this, I gladly give this book a 4 out of 4 stars.
I recommend The Party Line to lovers of philosophy, science, and science fiction. I would also recommend it to anyone who simply wants to read a good book with lots of philosophical knowledge. However, there are scenes of mild violence. Anyone who gets triggered by the slightest violence should not read this book.
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