Review: There is no such thing as coincidence...
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 03 28, 2013
... why, you may ask?About a week ago, I was trying to explain to my husband why I believe in reincarnation. He doesn't really believe in God, so that was a tough nut to crack, but in the end, we agreed that it wouldn't be such an out-there idea that there might be higher, more evolved entities in the universe who use our planet and our bodies as a kind of playground or learning institute in order to evolve even more (by facing the challenges of the material world). Of course, they wouldn't remember their higher origins because that would take away the challenge. Some people, like Buddha or Jesus, were more connected to the 'source' and would therefore be enlightened humans amongst a billion others who wouldn't remember anything about their true nature. In other words, he said he'd believe in those entities being aliens, and I said I believe in those entities being souls... our souls. Nothing alien about it :)Cue to a few days later, when the author of this book contacted me to review it. I looked at the blurb and thought it looked funny and interesting, so I said yes. I couldn't believe my eyes when the first chapter was dealing with the EXACT same topic I discussed with my husband a few days earlier!Needless to say I was immediately hooked. I loved reading this book, I thought it was funny AND spiritual AND philosophical AND sci-fi... all of which I enjoy. The only thing I had a gripe with was the fact that none of the characters really managed to grab me, because they were all dealt with in such short chapters that I didn't feel their emotions. It had a kind of 'floaty' feeling about it. I personally think this story could have worked better in the form of a novella or short story, because despite the interesting ideas & angles used to look at the state of affairs on Earth, it ran a bit out of steam at some point.I can't really compare this book to anything I have read before, but I'm sure fans of Ray Bradbury-style sci-fi will love this. Very original!