Review of The Party Line

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[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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The party line is an autobiographical science fiction, by Dennis D. Gagnon. It tells the story of a young philosopher and his journey into the occult, in his search for the meaning of existence, reality, and consciousness. He tells the story of his childhood friend, D. Their adventures, philosophical debates, how they shaped his life, and the perspective with which he saw the world. In a bid to communicate with aliens, through extrasensory means, he stumbles upon a mysterious realm he called, the aether. Fascinated by the realm, he carelessly uses his friend, D, for experiments that result in the loss of D's life, and an evil monster hot on his trails. To defeat the monster, he will need to learn more about the aetherial realm and its inhabitants, but even that proves to be a problem, as every answer leads to more questions. Together with D's ghost, and Percy, a strong and mysterious woman who dated D while he was alive, he'll have to figure out a way around this problem, while simultaneously protecting those he cares about, and discerning the meaning of life and consciousness.

I loved reading this book, it held my attention from start to finish. The author does a great job of conceptualizing abstract objects and entities. His ability to constantly explain scientific and philosophical concepts like, Einstein's theory of relativity, the concept of wave-particle duality, and the birthday cake fallacy, in three or more sentences, shows the amount of research that went into writing this book. The pacing of the story was superb and every character had a role to play. It was a thought-provoking book, as it compels the reader to think alongside the character's monologues and discussions.

The only problem I found with the book was the use of difficult words, whose meaning may not be familiar to the average reader. Several times, I had to pause and check the meaning of certain words like, trite and aphorism. While such pauses do help to increase 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 mistakes, grammatical or otherwise, within it. It was fulfilling to read, and captivating till the end therefore I rate it four out of four stars.

This book does not discriminate against any religion, race, or age despite instances of mild violence. I recommend it to lovers of philosophy, science, or science fiction.

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[Regard003]

A thought provoking book. An Awesome review. I haven't seen this book before but I'm definitely going to search for it after reading this review

[Mileylex112]

Wow, been thinking of a book to read next, and with this review, I would love to read this book. Quiet an interesting review.

[Stella Aniemeka]

His ability to constantly explain scientific and philosophical concepts like, Einstein's theory of relativity, the concept of wave-particle duality, and the birthday cake fallacy, in three or more sentences, shows the amount of research that went into writing this book.

You caught me here, I'm not a fan of science fiction because I feel it'll be boring but I'd like to how he explains all this in just three sentences. Nice review.

[Akangbe Opeyemi]

This seems adventurous. From trying to communicate with aliens, to been chased by a monster. This is something interesting to read about. Nice review.

[IamPeculiar01]

"His ability to constantly explain scientific and philosophical concepts like, Einstein's theory of relativity, the concept of wave-particle duality, and the birthday cake fallacy." That got me and I would give the book a try. Good review! Well done!

[Themmie10]

I would like to give this book a try. I'm a fan of science experiments so I think this book will be worth it.

[DekuSHUN]

This book sounds extremely thought provoking especially since i can already see a life lesson about caution and value because what sort of friend carelessly uses another for experiments, I also love the way you talked about Percy, it shows there's a lot more to her than he wrote, just enough to catch the readers attention, all in all, this book sounds extremely well written as well as educative in philosophy, scientifical theories and the English vocabulary, i would be love to read it. Thanks for the review.

[Ghrey Thel]

I am undoubtedly intrigued by this book and I love your review

[Oyedele Tomijane]

Oh my God, I would love to read this book. The blend of science, philosophy and adventure would be intriguing to read. Thanks for the lovely review.

[Rita Nuncia]

"Autobiographical" and "Fiction" seem like an odd combo but the book seems intriguing. Nice work!

[Ikeoluwa 02]

This book is definitely going to be an intriguing and interesting one for me. I like how detailed your review is.

[Ekanem Onyinye Uduak-Abasi]

'Autobiographical Science Fiction' wow, that's a first for me. Sounds intriguing. I would love to read it sometime

[Novel Freak]

This book always seemed like an Interesting read to me, thanks to your review I now know what to expect. As a lover of science and fantasy I'll definitely give this book a try

[Edet Joy]

This book has caught my eye and I am definitely trying it out!