Review: Eh? What Can I Say?
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 04 27, 2014
While this abduction event might actually have taken place, there are parts of the book that appeared contrived. For instance, how Mr. Hartman learned the alien language is hard to accept by a linguist such as myself. To learn a new language, one has to read, write, speak and hear the sounds of the new language.. And it needs to be translated in the student's native tongue for meanings of the foreign language. Otherwise, it'll just be a jumble of sounds going back and forth with a lot of gesturing and guessing. According to book's preface, Dr. Paul, the mental health therapist, allegedly compiled Mr. Hartman's experiences using hypnotherapy. I do not subscribe to this method as the most accurate way of gleaning memories from the mind of a patient as imagination, to some degree, plays a part of what the patient reveals. I would have preferred Mr. Hartman to have been more in doubt or clueless when attempting to recall his missing year on earth. This book reads more like science-fiction, as Dr. Paul is allegedly fond of, rather than an actual abduction essay. .