Review: Great combination of spirituality and science.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 11 15, 2013
I was impressed with Tibb's ability to create both a spiritual yet scientific book that both keeps a good pace for a novel while simultaneously exploring some of the deeper aspects of the human experience. Granted I did not do any research on the science behind the story, but having a basic scientific background myself, I was at least on board with the energy measuring concepts and able to leave my skepticism, that usually overrides my ability to suspend belief, behind. Add that to the fact that I was able to read the Christian elements to it without any eye-rolling, and some actual empathy, and she had me.This novel is both engaging and deep. It manages to take a serious matter of our current fear-based society and offer some hope, all while wrapping it up in the guise of a story. This type of writing is the noblest, it both teaches and asks, it doesn't judge and it draws the reader into a discussion, offering different perspectives without a black and white agenda.I wasn't exactly keen on the way it ended, nor the way the Dmitri character played out, or for that matter the first person POV for Kai, but none of these small dislikes mattered in the end. I was in it the whole way through, wondering about the characters' relationships, hoping for a happy ending to their immense world-ending problem, wanting to believe the concepts behind their experiments were real.My one serious critique would be, the prose did not quite make me emotionally react as strongly as I would like. The book appealed to my intellect, to my curiosity, to my logic, but it did not quite appeal to my emotions, which would be the only thing keeping it from landing a place amongst the greats such as Steinbeck and Hesse.I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in the exploration of the combination of spirituality and science.