Review: Plausible supernatural plot, a real mystery full of super twists
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 01 3, 2012
I really enjoyed this read. It starts off by immediately grabbing you into Sam's first painful catalyst moment. I've read a number of the other reviews and disagree with many of the points.I don't find the character's flat. I loved that Sam hears voices, worries constantly, gets excited over the changes he's going through and challenging himself all the time. If I was a teenager with super powers I'd be the same. I thought it was realistically portrayed in every aspect.The author gives a solid sense of place and surroundings, you are drawn into Sam's world and relieved for him when he meets Leesha. Getting the answers from the future valedictorian had to be so cool. I'm not a teenager but have read YA books many a time, and found this one a really engaging read. I loved the plot and genre. I'm a fan of Fringe and X-men and although I know this book was written before either of those hit our screens, I still think it falls into the similarity genre (especially the military aspect of the plot).The man behind it all gives me the sinister heebie-jeebies. This is definitely Fringe for teenagers, something to fire up imaginations. More than this what I like about this book is that it reaches developing minds. Who knows what our full potential is? I'd like to think reading about telekinesis would encourage a teenager to at least try and move something (the power of our will and word and all that). Also, 90% of every atom is empty, so scientifically what Sam can do is perfectly plausible. A book like this opens a developing mind to the world of quantum physics in the most exciting way.I found it a gripping read, saturated in human potential, exciting, oddly realistic and a great read for any teenager.