Review: Illusion Of Truth - Questions From the Soul Is a Better Title
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 09 28, 2013
When I read, "the Illusion of Truth is a collection of short stories meant to invoke personal response to situational dramas and moral dilemmas that could relate, on some levels, to real life experiences", I was tempted to keep on scrolling. I mean really who needs another book that debunks everything we hold near and dear. Fortunately I did not go with that feeling. Thought provoking is too light a statement to truly do justice to the emotional revelations that will unfold when you read the latest offering from R. K. Sidler.Sidler truly has a way with words, he puts us in hypothetical scenarios, scenarios where we get to ask ourselves the tough questions without fear of censorship or embarrassment. Take the The Apocalyptic Lifeboat", it asks us to think about what would happen if we were one of the last 18 people on earth as it is being obliterated. You are chosen to be the one to who decides what 8 people out of the 18 get to ride a space shuttle to safety. The power of life and death for these people rests on your shoulders.My one regret is that these short stories were not independent releases of full novels. They are just that good. If you are skeptical let me assure you that once you have read this book you will never be the same. It will help you evolve and look at the world through new eyes. That is a tall claim for a fiction novel but hey, it did happen for me, it could happen for you.