Worldwide protests take place, the National Guard kills some protesters & eventually the ban is lifted, so most of humanity goes crazy as we are wont to do. If a cure for aging (but not death) is invented, it turns out that things will go down this way - first it's banned and fringe groups are blowing up the black market doctors who provide the "cure" anyway. I was tempted to give this fewer stars because it depressed me so badly. However another part of me is afraid of what I'd become if presented with the chance for immortality. Part of me is interested in seeing firsthand how we destroy ourselves and it would give me the opportunity to read all of the books I know I'll never get around to with my currently limited life span. It's hard to say whether I'd take the cure.
Within this disturbing, violent and doomed world we see that the story is a ultimately a search for meaning and morality. We are also lucky because the world Magary paints is alarmingly similar to how I'd imagine things would play out. Luckily for us, we don't have to seriously make decisions like this yet. Would you take the cure like I'd expect most people would, or would you oppose the cure at all costs? What would happen to our world when the cure for aging, and thus dying of old age, is commonly available?
So after three false starts let's see if I can get this thing reviewed. I usually start off with an idea for a review only to grow frustrated and switch into adjectival blabber.
I always have a number of false starts when trying to write reviews. I'm out of book reviewing shape (among other kinds of shape), and it's hard to get back into the swing of things (if there ever was a swing). :) The end is very bittersweet and perfectly in line with the main theme. (Apocryphal or not.)Įither way, it's a great novel. This is a novel to read when you want a serious "be careful what you wish for". It was like seeing cancer take over a loved one.īut it felt real as hell. I didn't hate this part, but it wasn't easy to read. It was delightful and often RATHER disturbing what we all got up to.Īnd then our MC had his change. It was disturbing and absolutely divine the way it explored the whole issue of what happens after we cure old age:Ī whole world full of fledgling immortals and those people ideologically opposed to it, gradually realizing that the s**t is about to hit the fan when resources run out and we're all stuck with each other. I really loved the first half of this novel.
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