Review: Suparnatural or religious? Take your pick.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Date: 02 24, 2013
Two stars for this book. Initially, I wanted to give it one star but I changed my mind.There are several only loosely related stories in the book. The main one is based on 'cellular memory', a 100% figment of imagination. I never heard of it before but Google helped: it is a scientifically preposterous claim that not only our brains but our DNA provide storage for our personal memories. Furthermore, any organ transplant (brains cannot be transplanted, yet) can pass these memories from the donor DNA to the recipient brain. A slight alternative is also mentioned in the book: somehow the 'souls' of the donor and the recipient can merge. The second one, of course, is completely outside the realm of science but may be acceptable to religious people.However, once you accept this fantasy as reality, you may be able to enjoy the book, somewhat. I did not personally enjoy it at all but I forced myself to read it anyway just to evaluate the author's skills as a narrator. Hence not a complete rejection of the book - they guy knows how to write in a language bit 'alien' to someone fluent in US English but understandable enough.So two stars, more like one and half.The 'official' description warns about 'explicit language' but says nothing about the 'supernatural'. On the contrary, it says "a true medical mystery that scientists and doctors do not yet understand". True? I do not think so although, apparently, movies and TV shows about this fictitious phenomenon (cellular memory) have been already made.Not recommended to anyone who prefers reality to total fantasy. It is even not a good science fiction.