Book Review

Basic Details:

Book Title: The Passing of Each Perfect Moment

Subtitle:

Author: Kenneth Preston

Genre: Science Fiction

Part of a series? Yes

Order in series: 1

Best read after earlier books in series? N/A

Available: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/26132054-the-passing-of-each-perfect-moment

Overall score:

I scored this book 5/5

⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️

Short Summary of the book:

This book tells the story of Emily who wakes to find the world changed and empty. There is no sound, no other person or even animal around and the trees don’t move. In a panic she searches the student accommodation to find it empty. She drives to her father’s home to not find anyone present there either. On her return to the dorm she finds things unchanged and investigates further. Slowly, she starts to hear things happening around her and shadows popping up. She finds herself awakening to a new world and needs to learn to cope in a futuristic situation.

What I liked about the book:

I liked the author’s style of writing. The story flowed well and had some interesting twists and turns. I also liked the positive outlook Emily had on life.

What I didn’t like about the book:

There was not really anything I did not like about this book.

My favourite bits in the book:

I loved when Emily met her family again after waking up in the futuristic world. Having familiar people around her was important for her.

My least favourite bits in the book:

I liked the entire book.

Any further books in the series? Any more planned by this author?

I understand this book is the first in a trilogy. Although it is the first, the book is able to read as a stand-alone.

What books could this be compared to and why?

This book contains some of the common things in other science fiction books, freezing people to preserve them for later life, bio-engineering and prolonging lifespans, travelling to far-away planets.

Recommendation:

Children No

Young Adult Yes

Adult Yes

If you like Science Fiction this book may be the book for you.

I look forward to reading more books by this author.

Book Description by Author:

Nineteen-year-old Emily Díaz is lost, left to wander in a familiar landscape devoid of life. She is lost in a world in which her friends, her loved ones, the entire human race has moved into the future without her. Racing to catch up, she finds herself in a shocking new world, a futuristic world of incredible advancements. Medicine is extending human life, giving scientists reason to believe that immortality will one day be a reality. Famine and poverty have been eradicated. World peace has been achieved. Humanity is reaching deep into the cosmos. It is all so perfect...perhaps too perfect. Emily is skeptical. She begins asking questions. As she finds cracks in the utopian facade, a powerful force from a distant world begins to call to her, begins to beckon her. It wants her, and it will not give up until it has her. She finds herself torn, both terrified and entranced by this mysterious force. She wants to run from it but is inexplicably drawn to it. She doesn't know what it wants or why it only wants her, but as time marches on, her compulsion to face it begins to take precedence over her fear. Her determination to face the mysterious force sets her on the path toward an unexplored planet sixteen light-years away...where it waits for her...waits to answer the questions she has been asking...waits to show her what it has in store for her...waits to fulfill her destiny. Emily Díaz has a date with destiny. It is a destiny that will have a monumental impact on the fate of humanity.

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