Dying to Live

The concept was amazing, and I really had high hopes for this when I saw the synopsis and read the first chapter. Unfortunately, the concept was very poorly executed and the entire story felt insanely rushed. There could have been 2 books with the details of Dying to Live being fleshed out significa......more

Thank you Barbara Macpherson Reyelts, Netgalley and Atmosphere Press for this ARC. I had to remove three stars because this novel tells instead of showing, and also because there is plenty of poor grammar. There are multiple instances of fragments of sentences moved to the wrong place, and 3-6 words......more

2.5 Stars This novel is an interesting exploration into human potential. The protagonist is a ninety-two year old Nobel Laureate in medical research who goes to sleep in her nursing home bed and wakes up in an infant body only minutes after being born. Incredibly, her consciousness of the details of......more

This is a totally different and unique book. The whole idea of reincarnation and if you could remember what you did in a past life could you continue on and complete your life's work. The idea of the institute is not new and reminded me somewhat of The X Men but this is different in so many ways. The......more