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Infinion #1
Regression
Fourteen-year-old Adya Jordan is too good to be true. Her skills with people, information, and technology make her the perfect new intern at megacorp Three Eleven, the company which covertly controls the world in an alternate 1985. Could this be because this is not her first lifetime? Or even her second? Or does it have more to do with the strange sequence of DNA in her cells?
Find out what makes Adya tick as she and a group of elite scientists strive to prevent a global disaster.
Find out what makes Adya tick as she and a group of elite scientists strive to prevent a global disaster.
352 pages, Paperback
First published July 1, 2009
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Kathy Bell
10 books59 followersBorn in 1971, I've called the Georgian Bay and Lake Huron area home for my entire life - minus the years at university. Even so, I found books a wonderful way to travel through time and around the world.
I live in my dream house on 60 acres with an amazing view of the city skyline in one direction and the sheer cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment in the other. I was only able to start writing after checking off most other things on the to-do list of my life: marry high school sweetheart (check); get an awesome career as a high school teacher(check); have four wonderful kids (check); build my dream home (check); be a successful entrepreneur (check); breed Canada's top winning bulldog (check); get a herd of horses (check). Suddenly, I found myself inspired to begin writing after a break of more than twenty years - when I was in high school I wrote short stories which never made it past my journal binders. I still have both.
Regression was conceived in the middle of the night, one hand cradling a fussy baby while the other pecked at the keyboard - you can only surf the internet for so long! I feel it is a reflection of the many roles I have had in my life, and the observations of human nature accumulated through those roles.
I live in my dream house on 60 acres with an amazing view of the city skyline in one direction and the sheer cliffs of the Niagara Escarpment in the other. I was only able to start writing after checking off most other things on the to-do list of my life: marry high school sweetheart (check); get an awesome career as a high school teacher(check); have four wonderful kids (check); build my dream home (check); be a successful entrepreneur (check); breed Canada's top winning bulldog (check); get a herd of horses (check). Suddenly, I found myself inspired to begin writing after a break of more than twenty years - when I was in high school I wrote short stories which never made it past my journal binders. I still have both.
Regression was conceived in the middle of the night, one hand cradling a fussy baby while the other pecked at the keyboard - you can only surf the internet for so long! I feel it is a reflection of the many roles I have had in my life, and the observations of human nature accumulated through those roles.
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January 18, 2010
There were a few good things this book had going for it. The beginning drew me in right away, and I liked the use of Dr. Weaver's journal entries to reveal what was happening in the future. There were some good ideas in this book, which made me enthusiastic to continue reading it. Unfortunately, there were several big distractions from the premise of the novel, which was in large part given over to rants against men, particularly those who looked down on stay-at-home mothers. Adya spent a lot of time justifying her right to be amongst them, and it got tiring after very long. It seemed she was constantly telling other men that she wasn't less intelligent for being a housewife. Or that she had done more for society by having children than they ever had. Many arguments might have been avoided had Adya simply presented her academic credentials up front in addition to introducing herself as a mother, but then a third of the chapters would have been cut out.
Adya herself is another of those characters that are created without flaws. She's a genius on the IQ scale with multiple degrees in various fields of study. She wins every major confrontation she's in, and she wins all of her male detractors over to her side...predictably by first giving them a tongue lashing for their prejudice against her, then by impressing them with her grasp of scientific concepts. She also happens to be in the body of a beautiful fourteen year old who's oozing pheromones, so she spends a good part of her time gently turning down advances by the same men she just won over.
There were other issues I had with the story as it went along, but I pressed through to the end to find out what happened to Dr. Weaver, whose plight was one of the most intriguing tales in the novel.
Adya herself is another of those characters that are created without flaws. She's a genius on the IQ scale with multiple degrees in various fields of study. She wins every major confrontation she's in, and she wins all of her male detractors over to her side...predictably by first giving them a tongue lashing for their prejudice against her, then by impressing them with her grasp of scientific concepts. She also happens to be in the body of a beautiful fourteen year old who's oozing pheromones, so she spends a good part of her time gently turning down advances by the same men she just won over.
There were other issues I had with the story as it went along, but I pressed through to the end to find out what happened to Dr. Weaver, whose plight was one of the most intriguing tales in the novel.
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October 22, 2010
Regression by Kathy Bell
40 year old Adya Davies has it all: a loving husband, six healthy and happy children, a Doctorate in Child Development, and the ability to stay at home and raise her children full-time. When she and her infant daughter Hope leave her parent’s house to run a quick errand on November 11, 2011, disaster strikes in the form of an out-of-control SUV aiming straight for their vehicle. When Adya wakes up in the hospital, her whole world is changed.
Adya finds herself 14 year old Adya Jordan again, in the year 1985. Nobody knows anything about her husband and children, and everyone believes her memories of her adult life are just side effects of her head injury. But Adya knows she is no normal 14 year old. She still has the knowledge and memories of her 40 year old self, and she is determined to figure out what has happened to her. She begins to keep a journal to record her memories and to give her a place to vent her frustration and confusion.
On her first day of high school, Adya is asked a question in her technology class that points her in the right direction for finding the answers she seeks: What does “11, 11, 11” mean to you? To everyone else around her, Three Eleven is the name of the largest technology company in the world. To Adya, Three Eleven is the date that her old life abruptly ended, 11/11/11. A quick phone call to the toll-free number she is given in response to her answer heralds the beginning of Adya’s new life as a Three Eleven intern, and the start of her real quest to discover what happened to her and the reasons behind its happening. She meets others like herself who have been “regressed” and have now devoted their lives to finding out why. Little do any of them know that 14 year old Adya, the only female to regress, not only holds the key to unraveling the whole mystery but is also the solution to their ultimate plight.
I really enjoyed this book. I’ve read many other time-travel books, but the story line of this one is unique. Although the book started out a bit slowly for me, I soon found myself captivated with the story, unwilling to put it down, and even wondering about it and forming conjectures of what would happen next when I was not reading it. Anyone who enjoys reading science fiction and time travel stories will find this book to be enthralling and full of surprises. It'a a great beginning to a promising trilogy, and I, for one, am eager to get my hands on Book 2, Evolussion! I give Regression 4 stars.
40 year old Adya Davies has it all: a loving husband, six healthy and happy children, a Doctorate in Child Development, and the ability to stay at home and raise her children full-time. When she and her infant daughter Hope leave her parent’s house to run a quick errand on November 11, 2011, disaster strikes in the form of an out-of-control SUV aiming straight for their vehicle. When Adya wakes up in the hospital, her whole world is changed.
Adya finds herself 14 year old Adya Jordan again, in the year 1985. Nobody knows anything about her husband and children, and everyone believes her memories of her adult life are just side effects of her head injury. But Adya knows she is no normal 14 year old. She still has the knowledge and memories of her 40 year old self, and she is determined to figure out what has happened to her. She begins to keep a journal to record her memories and to give her a place to vent her frustration and confusion.
On her first day of high school, Adya is asked a question in her technology class that points her in the right direction for finding the answers she seeks: What does “11, 11, 11” mean to you? To everyone else around her, Three Eleven is the name of the largest technology company in the world. To Adya, Three Eleven is the date that her old life abruptly ended, 11/11/11. A quick phone call to the toll-free number she is given in response to her answer heralds the beginning of Adya’s new life as a Three Eleven intern, and the start of her real quest to discover what happened to her and the reasons behind its happening. She meets others like herself who have been “regressed” and have now devoted their lives to finding out why. Little do any of them know that 14 year old Adya, the only female to regress, not only holds the key to unraveling the whole mystery but is also the solution to their ultimate plight.
I really enjoyed this book. I’ve read many other time-travel books, but the story line of this one is unique. Although the book started out a bit slowly for me, I soon found myself captivated with the story, unwilling to put it down, and even wondering about it and forming conjectures of what would happen next when I was not reading it. Anyone who enjoys reading science fiction and time travel stories will find this book to be enthralling and full of surprises. It'a a great beginning to a promising trilogy, and I, for one, am eager to get my hands on Book 2, Evolussion! I give Regression 4 stars.
January 15, 2011
I've given it one star - it could probably have earned 1.5 stars if that rating was possible.
I wouldn't have bothered to read the whole story if it wasn't for the fact that the premise was so intriguing. I was immediately drawn in by the concept of regression, and as we met more and more regressees (and found out more about why Adya had been regressed) I found myself more interested.
The big problem with this book, other than the poor grammar and punctuation, was that the characters were all completely one-dimensional. Every single character in the story was there to pay homage to Adya. Sure, some of them doubted her brilliance in the beginning, but because she was the most intelligent, most beautiful, most fascinating, and most likeable person on this earth, they all fell under her spell. Insert multiple eye rolls here.
I also had issues with the rape. She's raped, never says a word to anyone, and keeps the clothes she wore bundled up and carries them around with her. Are you kidding me? I know that everyone reacts to such an experience differently, but this reaction, and the fact that even after the event she rarely seems to think about it, blows my mind. Then there's the fact that she never once thinks about the possibility that she might be pregnant, even though she hasn't had a period for...what...eight weeks? And the comment about how she ought to be working towards forgiveness for her attacker had me wanting to puke.
If anyone out there wants to read a REALLY good book that explores the concept of regression, but is MUCH better written, with three-dimensional characters and an equally intriguing plot, check out Replay by Ken Grimwood. You won't be disappointed.
I wouldn't have bothered to read the whole story if it wasn't for the fact that the premise was so intriguing. I was immediately drawn in by the concept of regression, and as we met more and more regressees (and found out more about why Adya had been regressed) I found myself more interested.
The big problem with this book, other than the poor grammar and punctuation, was that the characters were all completely one-dimensional. Every single character in the story was there to pay homage to Adya. Sure, some of them doubted her brilliance in the beginning, but because she was the most intelligent, most beautiful, most fascinating, and most likeable person on this earth, they all fell under her spell. Insert multiple eye rolls here.
I also had issues with the rape. She's raped, never says a word to anyone, and keeps the clothes she wore bundled up and carries them around with her. Are you kidding me? I know that everyone reacts to such an experience differently, but this reaction, and the fact that even after the event she rarely seems to think about it, blows my mind. Then there's the fact that she never once thinks about the possibility that she might be pregnant, even though she hasn't had a period for...what...eight weeks? And the comment about how she ought to be working towards forgiveness for her attacker had me wanting to puke.
If anyone out there wants to read a REALLY good book that explores the concept of regression, but is MUCH better written, with three-dimensional characters and an equally intriguing plot, check out Replay by Ken Grimwood. You won't be disappointed.
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April 6, 2010
Regression is definitely a book not to be judged by its cover. The story was interesting, and while the characters were almost too perfect, they still had a lot to offer.
I think I'll start with the things that weren't so stellar. Adya was always stepping up on her soap box.Everytime she would meet one of her fellow regressees she would give this whole speach about how her being a woman isn't a mistake and how she has just as much to offer as the rest of the group. And then the man/men recieving this monolouge would immediatly apologize and they would be chummy afterwards. The first couple of times it was okay, but it just started to get a little trying around the third time. I found myself asking how many lectures is she going to give?
On to what I did like: The story was really intriuging. Every couple of chapters or so a journal entry from the man who sent Adya and the others back in time would offer a little more insight into exactly why they were being sent back. Giving hints about the global catastrophe that made him want to do this in the first place. I found myself flying through the book because I wanted to see what would happen. How would the three-eleven company move forward? Is Adya's theory right about why they was sent back? How are her children going to be effected? It ended in such a way that left me hanging with a lot of questions. In this case I think that is a good thing though because it has me definitely looking forwad to more.
I think I'll start with the things that weren't so stellar. Adya was always stepping up on her soap box.Everytime she would meet one of her fellow regressees she would give this whole speach about how her being a woman isn't a mistake and how she has just as much to offer as the rest of the group. And then the man/men recieving this monolouge would immediatly apologize and they would be chummy afterwards. The first couple of times it was okay, but it just started to get a little trying around the third time. I found myself asking how many lectures is she going to give?
On to what I did like: The story was really intriuging. Every couple of chapters or so a journal entry from the man who sent Adya and the others back in time would offer a little more insight into exactly why they were being sent back. Giving hints about the global catastrophe that made him want to do this in the first place. I found myself flying through the book because I wanted to see what would happen. How would the three-eleven company move forward? Is Adya's theory right about why they was sent back? How are her children going to be effected? It ended in such a way that left me hanging with a lot of questions. In this case I think that is a good thing though because it has me definitely looking forwad to more.
January 12, 2010
This is science fiction with a lot of science. Be prepared for lots of discussion of DNA,genetics, etc. The main character, a 40 year old mom has a car crash and wakes up in her own 14 year old body in 1985. She's been regressed to another timeline, with the goal of saving the world. She teams up with the scientists at megacorporation 3Eleven, to take her role as mitachondrial Eve. Very interesting to me from the science level. Although it did have one of my pet peeves, a main character with a name I'm not sure how to pronounce -ADYA. This is the first in a series, which I discovered at the end when very few answers were revealed (disappointing, because I don't think the other books are written yet) So maybe this should be 3.5 stars.
November 10, 2010
As a reader who finds both time travel and alternate realities fascinating, Regression fit my literary bill with an absolutely fantastic (and slightly unnerving) premise. The original idea explored by author Kathy Bell did not disappoint and I was thrilled with the idea of the forty year old central character awakening in a hospital in 1985, as a 14 year old. You see, I too was a teen of the 1980s and I rapidly flipped through the pages, hoping to find references to that decade of excess that would make me grin and laugh and think "I remember that!"
This is where Ms. Bell threw her first curve ball. The 1980s aren't totally as I (or central character Adya) remember them. Instead of the video game/television/me-me-me overload, the world has become a more utopian society. Technology has advanced by twenty years and once devastating diseases such as AIDS have been eradicated or supremely controlled, with the superhuman Three Eleven Corporation controlling much of the world's progress and employing some of the greatest, once individual, minds.
I was impressed by the alternate past and the revised future and believe it's one of Regression's strongest points. However, I felt the book lost some steam and began to flounder after the first half. Regression is steeped in genetics and scientific study and by the second half of the book, I found some of the references almost overwhelming, as if I was back in high school or college classes. For a lover of science and physics, this may not be an issue but for this reader it became somewhat taxing. Additionally, there was an event about forty pages into the book that was a major deviation from her original timeline that was life changing in every aspect and yet I felt the occurrence was rushed and neither the author nor Adya gave the event the appropriate reaction.
The character of Adya also began to lose me as the book progressed. I wanted to like her character but in general I found her grating and borderline annoying. For someone who began a day as a mother of six only to awaken as a teenager she seemed to have very little difficulties or emotional conflict. I do understand that while physically she was a teenager, she still retained the mind and memories of her adult self but I would have appreciated more inner and external struggle at having to relive what can be some of the most difficult years of life. Rather than being confused and humbled, Adya came across as self-righteous, superior and all knowing. Furthermore, nearly every male crossing Adya's path instantly and inexplicably fell in love with her, even if they were physically adults and she remained (physically) a teenager. Mental adult or not, I found it disturbing and creepy. It also reinforced my opinion that Adya was an unrelatable and unpleasant character.
I also found a few supporting characters lacking in full development which is a shame as it could have been a fertile ground for harvesting and I would rather have learned more about them rather than the continual fluffing of Adya.
I found the grammatical and typographical errors throughout the book distracting although I will admit that I am a grammatical and spelling snob and readers who aren't as particular about these things may not find them a hindrance. Some of the dialogue felt a bit forced but I can chalk part of that up to the fact that this is Ms. Bell's first book and I hope that subsequent works by the author will be more fluid.
As a reader beware, Regression is the first book in a trilogy and would not be fully satisfying as a stand alone book as the conclusion leaves many questions unanswered.
Overall, while Regression didn't fully measure up to the high hopes I held for it, the story was appealing enough to keep me motivated in turning the pages until the end and most sci-fi readers will thrill with the time travel/apocalypse/alternate reality aspects and author Kathy Bell does hold promise as an entertaining storyteller.
This is where Ms. Bell threw her first curve ball. The 1980s aren't totally as I (or central character Adya) remember them. Instead of the video game/television/me-me-me overload, the world has become a more utopian society. Technology has advanced by twenty years and once devastating diseases such as AIDS have been eradicated or supremely controlled, with the superhuman Three Eleven Corporation controlling much of the world's progress and employing some of the greatest, once individual, minds.
I was impressed by the alternate past and the revised future and believe it's one of Regression's strongest points. However, I felt the book lost some steam and began to flounder after the first half. Regression is steeped in genetics and scientific study and by the second half of the book, I found some of the references almost overwhelming, as if I was back in high school or college classes. For a lover of science and physics, this may not be an issue but for this reader it became somewhat taxing. Additionally, there was an event about forty pages into the book that was a major deviation from her original timeline that was life changing in every aspect and yet I felt the occurrence was rushed and neither the author nor Adya gave the event the appropriate reaction.
The character of Adya also began to lose me as the book progressed. I wanted to like her character but in general I found her grating and borderline annoying. For someone who began a day as a mother of six only to awaken as a teenager she seemed to have very little difficulties or emotional conflict. I do understand that while physically she was a teenager, she still retained the mind and memories of her adult self but I would have appreciated more inner and external struggle at having to relive what can be some of the most difficult years of life. Rather than being confused and humbled, Adya came across as self-righteous, superior and all knowing. Furthermore, nearly every male crossing Adya's path instantly and inexplicably fell in love with her, even if they were physically adults and she remained (physically) a teenager. Mental adult or not, I found it disturbing and creepy. It also reinforced my opinion that Adya was an unrelatable and unpleasant character.
I also found a few supporting characters lacking in full development which is a shame as it could have been a fertile ground for harvesting and I would rather have learned more about them rather than the continual fluffing of Adya.
I found the grammatical and typographical errors throughout the book distracting although I will admit that I am a grammatical and spelling snob and readers who aren't as particular about these things may not find them a hindrance. Some of the dialogue felt a bit forced but I can chalk part of that up to the fact that this is Ms. Bell's first book and I hope that subsequent works by the author will be more fluid.
As a reader beware, Regression is the first book in a trilogy and would not be fully satisfying as a stand alone book as the conclusion leaves many questions unanswered.
Overall, while Regression didn't fully measure up to the high hopes I held for it, the story was appealing enough to keep me motivated in turning the pages until the end and most sci-fi readers will thrill with the time travel/apocalypse/alternate reality aspects and author Kathy Bell does hold promise as an entertaining storyteller.
November 7, 2010
In this first book of the Infinion series, Adya Jordan, a forty year old woman and the mother of six children, wakes from a coma to find herself in her former fourteen year old body, her husband and children a far-off memory. She discovers to her dismay that she is in a different `timeline' and woke from an accident that she has no memory of. No one around her is aware of her regression except for the elite from the mysterious Three Eleven Corporation.
I was immediately taken with this novel when I read the blurb for it. This is the sort of science fiction that appeals to me. Part of that appeal stems from the `what if' factor. There are all sorts of questions that can't be answered, but are fun to ask anyway: What if I'd been born earlier than the year I was born in? Later? What if my parents hadn't met the day they had? Would they have gotten to know each other if they'd met another day? What if I hadn't gone to the same school as my husband? I might have met him regardless since I already knew him slightly through a mutual friend. Regression asks all of those questions plus many others I've never thought of before. The plot of this novel starts almost at the first page and the action doesn't stop. I enjoyed how the Three Eleven Company is portrayed almost as a living, breathing character and has a sinister, foreboding feeling to it. The author did a great job drawing the reader into the atmosphere of Three Eleven.
Adya is a very likeable main character. I think part of her attraction is that she does not make poor choices or (for the most part and in my opinion!) does not exercise unusually bad judgment. Nothing ruins a book for me more than a character who continually frustrates! So, despite looking like a fourteen-year-old, Adya displays the life experience and maturity of an older woman. I kept that image in my head while reading and found it an interesting perspective. She deals with all sorts of new situations and people - but what stuck out the most was the patriarchal and condescending nature of the big corporation.
The plot, action and characters of this novel do not disappoint. However, I think that the book could have used more editing. For a finished book there were a few typos that should have been corrected. Other than that, I really enjoyed this novel and plan on reading the next book in the series, Evolussion. Anyone who enjoyed reading Replay by Ken Grimwood or The Children of Men by P. D. James would also enjoy Regression.
I was immediately taken with this novel when I read the blurb for it. This is the sort of science fiction that appeals to me. Part of that appeal stems from the `what if' factor. There are all sorts of questions that can't be answered, but are fun to ask anyway: What if I'd been born earlier than the year I was born in? Later? What if my parents hadn't met the day they had? Would they have gotten to know each other if they'd met another day? What if I hadn't gone to the same school as my husband? I might have met him regardless since I already knew him slightly through a mutual friend. Regression asks all of those questions plus many others I've never thought of before. The plot of this novel starts almost at the first page and the action doesn't stop. I enjoyed how the Three Eleven Company is portrayed almost as a living, breathing character and has a sinister, foreboding feeling to it. The author did a great job drawing the reader into the atmosphere of Three Eleven.
Adya is a very likeable main character. I think part of her attraction is that she does not make poor choices or (for the most part and in my opinion!) does not exercise unusually bad judgment. Nothing ruins a book for me more than a character who continually frustrates! So, despite looking like a fourteen-year-old, Adya displays the life experience and maturity of an older woman. I kept that image in my head while reading and found it an interesting perspective. She deals with all sorts of new situations and people - but what stuck out the most was the patriarchal and condescending nature of the big corporation.
The plot, action and characters of this novel do not disappoint. However, I think that the book could have used more editing. For a finished book there were a few typos that should have been corrected. Other than that, I really enjoyed this novel and plan on reading the next book in the series, Evolussion. Anyone who enjoyed reading Replay by Ken Grimwood or The Children of Men by P. D. James would also enjoy Regression.
May 14, 2010
A strong female lead, real science mixed in with speculation and a mysterious voice in the form of a journal from the future kept my interest in Regression, book one of a time-travel, alternate reality trilogy by new author Kathy Bell.
The story opens in November, 2011. Adya, a 40 year old wife and mother is in a car accident. She wakes up in the hospital suffering from a head injury to find that the year is 1985 and she is 14 years old. Her memories of 2011 are so vivid she can't believe she has imagined the future. Has her consciousness traveled back in time, or is this all a dream?
Adya soon realizes that things are not the same in this 1985 timeline. Some of the differences are subtle and some are striking. Computer technology and transportation have advanced significantly. Is she in an alternate reality or had someone altered the timeline and for what purpose? She is determined to find answers but it will not be easy to disguise the experiences of a 40 year old mind in a 14 year old body.
Every few chapters we read the diary entries of Nicholas Weaver, written from the future. In his cryptic messages we learn that there will be some type of global disaster which will be devastating to the human race and that he is responsible for Adya being sent back in time.
This is a great story with an original concept and a twist in the time-travel genre. It's not a typical time machine story and avoids the paradoxes and traps that time travel stories often fall into. The use of hard science such as DNA and genetics added realism to the story while the journal entries gave it a touch of mystery.
It's refreshing to read science fiction with a strong female lead character. At times Adya can be a bit too strong and preachy causing some parts of the book to drag a little while she makes her point, but this is part of the person she is. Overall I found her character to be well developed, possibly at the expense of the other characters, a few of which I would have liked to get to know a little better. The dialog got a little choppy at times and didn't always flow well but don't let the author's style stop you from giving this book a chance.
The ending resolved a few of the plot lines but left many questions unanswered for part two of the trilogy. The next book, Evolussion, will be published later this year and I am looking forward to reading it.
The story opens in November, 2011. Adya, a 40 year old wife and mother is in a car accident. She wakes up in the hospital suffering from a head injury to find that the year is 1985 and she is 14 years old. Her memories of 2011 are so vivid she can't believe she has imagined the future. Has her consciousness traveled back in time, or is this all a dream?
Adya soon realizes that things are not the same in this 1985 timeline. Some of the differences are subtle and some are striking. Computer technology and transportation have advanced significantly. Is she in an alternate reality or had someone altered the timeline and for what purpose? She is determined to find answers but it will not be easy to disguise the experiences of a 40 year old mind in a 14 year old body.
Every few chapters we read the diary entries of Nicholas Weaver, written from the future. In his cryptic messages we learn that there will be some type of global disaster which will be devastating to the human race and that he is responsible for Adya being sent back in time.
This is a great story with an original concept and a twist in the time-travel genre. It's not a typical time machine story and avoids the paradoxes and traps that time travel stories often fall into. The use of hard science such as DNA and genetics added realism to the story while the journal entries gave it a touch of mystery.
It's refreshing to read science fiction with a strong female lead character. At times Adya can be a bit too strong and preachy causing some parts of the book to drag a little while she makes her point, but this is part of the person she is. Overall I found her character to be well developed, possibly at the expense of the other characters, a few of which I would have liked to get to know a little better. The dialog got a little choppy at times and didn't always flow well but don't let the author's style stop you from giving this book a chance.
The ending resolved a few of the plot lines but left many questions unanswered for part two of the trilogy. The next book, Evolussion, will be published later this year and I am looking forward to reading it.
November 20, 2009
I received this ebook through the Member Giveaway on LibraryThing. I was very excited because the premise seemed so interesting: 40 year old Adya wakes up in 1985 as her 14 year old self. Adya manages to connect with the Three Eleven Corporation, run by fellow "regressees" who have taken it upon themselves to save society from what they believe is their impending doom.
The story and the concept itself was amazing - Kathy Bell did a great job of incorporating the science behind the concept. I would have really enjoyed this book, except for the fact that I found the writing itself slightly amateur, and some of the characters could use more solid development. As Adya is the only female regressee, she faces a lot of discrimination and doubt from the males. Miraculously, they all seemed to come around to her fairly quickly, and it didn't seem natural that she could convince them to accept her so automatically. I also felt Kathy Bell could have been a bit more creative in the way she reveals certain details. Adya constantly speaks her thoughts out loud, and quite redundantly at points, so the reader feels as if they are merely being told how the character feels, rather than experiencing it first-hand.
Though I was slightly frustrated with the writing style, I did still enjoy the book for the plot and other aspects and will be looking forward to Evolussion, however I would definitely like to see the writing and characterization have a little more depth in the sequel.
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The story and the concept itself was amazing - Kathy Bell did a great job of incorporating the science behind the concept. I would have really enjoyed this book, except for the fact that I found the writing itself slightly amateur, and some of the characters could use more solid development. As Adya is the only female regressee, she faces a lot of discrimination and doubt from the males. Miraculously, they all seemed to come around to her fairly quickly, and it didn't seem natural that she could convince them to accept her so automatically. I also felt Kathy Bell could have been a bit more creative in the way she reveals certain details. Adya constantly speaks her thoughts out loud, and quite redundantly at points, so the reader feels as if they are merely being told how the character feels, rather than experiencing it first-hand.
Though I was slightly frustrated with the writing style, I did still enjoy the book for the plot and other aspects and will be looking forward to Evolussion, however I would definitely like to see the writing and characterization have a little more depth in the sequel.
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October 16, 2010
Despite a couple of problems with the writing and editing, I really enjoyed this sf/time-travel novel and really didn't want to put it down. Usually problems of that nature are the kiss of death for me with any book, but this one was so, I don't know, intriguing, I just ignored them so I could finish it. And to tell the truth, I had trouble putting it down to sleep and read it pretty fast, even with all the looking up of definitions of scientific and mathematical terms.
Regression is the first of a three-part (I think) series and a first novel for the author, so I am in great hopes that the writing & editing improve with the second, but, either way, I'm going to be reading part 2 when it comes out.
I would have given it a 3-1/2 star rating if allowed.
This was a free eBook that I got from Pump Up Your Book in exchange for a review, but I'd buy it at what it's going for (don't recall exactly, but under $5) if I hadn't.
Regression is the first of a three-part (I think) series and a first novel for the author, so I am in great hopes that the writing & editing improve with the second, but, either way, I'm going to be reading part 2 when it comes out.
I would have given it a 3-1/2 star rating if allowed.
This was a free eBook that I got from Pump Up Your Book in exchange for a review, but I'd buy it at what it's going for (don't recall exactly, but under $5) if I hadn't.
December 7, 2009
have so far only made it to paige nine but I felt that I had to write something already. It is an extremely emotional mind twist and I have enjoyed every word of it... I am so far highly impressed and already recommend it to anyone who loves science fiction books.
I meant Chapter Nine... I will make at least one more recommendation once I see if the ending impresses me as much as the beginning and towards the middle has.
I have finished the book and have enjoyed it so much that I highly recommend it as a read. It brought me tears, laughter, and excitement for the next book. I am honored to be able to have read the book and look forward to the next, I want to cry and laugh some more and Hope everything turns out well.
I meant Chapter Nine... I will make at least one more recommendation once I see if the ending impresses me as much as the beginning and towards the middle has.
I have finished the book and have enjoyed it so much that I highly recommend it as a read. It brought me tears, laughter, and excitement for the next book. I am honored to be able to have read the book and look forward to the next, I want to cry and laugh some more and Hope everything turns out well.
March 29, 2010
Regression is not your typical time travel novel. The usage here is to send back in time, select individuals so that they can work together to stop/prevent a catastrophic event and to ensure the survival of the human race. The individuals just don't know what the catastrophic event is or what they are exactly suppose to do. The novel pulls you in from page one until the end. And, then you are left waiting for the next story in the series to be released!
The story is told in a limited first person manner from Adya Davies perspective as she awakes in a hospital bed as her fourteen year old self again. And, begins her journey of Regression. Added to this, you are given snippets from Dr Weaver's journals that outline his responsibility in this search to prevent disaster.
The story is told in a limited first person manner from Adya Davies perspective as she awakes in a hospital bed as her fourteen year old self again. And, begins her journey of Regression. Added to this, you are given snippets from Dr Weaver's journals that outline his responsibility in this search to prevent disaster.
January 25, 2011
What a unique and intriguing story! I could not put this down, and was so tempted to pick up the sequel and stay up all night reading it. Ms. Bell is a skillful writer, and unwinds her story at just the right pace. Book one ends with a sense of resolution, but enough unanswered questions to make the sequel a necessity: a perfect balance. Only two things kept this from being a perfect 5-star rating: 1) There were a few too many editing errors that occassionally disrupted the flow of the story. 2) The sexual content felt gratuitous and uncomfortable (luckily, it was also short and not very explicit). Overall, it was a great book. :)
Thank you First Reads and Ms. Bell for the free copy!
Thank you First Reads and Ms. Bell for the free copy!
February 2, 2010
This started out with such promise, but before long became bogged down in never ending detail that did nothing to move the story along. I found the main character over the top (I am hearing Helen Reddy sing "I am Woman Hear Me -)
The sci-fi part could have been so much more interesting, but was repressed in endless tours of secret labs that did ended with nothing accomplished. I found out this is part of a series - I will be skipping the rest.
I did not win this as a goodreads book. Had I done so, I would have passed it along asap - but will return to the library - asap.
PS A book by Ken Grimwood, Replay, was a much better story along this same line.
The sci-fi part could have been so much more interesting, but was repressed in endless tours of secret labs that did ended with nothing accomplished. I found out this is part of a series - I will be skipping the rest.
I did not win this as a goodreads book. Had I done so, I would have passed it along asap - but will return to the library - asap.
PS A book by Ken Grimwood, Replay, was a much better story along this same line.
October 9, 2010
The first title in the Infinion trilogy, it is off to a fine start. Forty year old Adya Jordan awakes to find that she has regressed into her fourteen year old body. Her memories of her life are intact, the question is what has happened and why. She soon learns that she is not the only person this has happened to, but she is the only woman. What skill set has she brought from the future to ensure the survival of the human race past the date November 11, 2011?
This title explains what, I'm hoping the second explains how, and maybe the third will be why?
This title explains what, I'm hoping the second explains how, and maybe the third will be why?
April 10, 2010
I really enjoyed this book. I usually don't read time travel books but I found this book different from other books of the genre. I liked the mixing of scienific and the human interest plot lines. I am looking forward to the next book!! For the critics of the book who think there is too much "man bashing" I feel that it is part of the character developement of Adya to show why she makes the chooses she does.
November 18, 2019
This is book one of a series. Don't get it unless you are planning on getting the rest of the series.
March 6, 2021
Loved reading this book again (I actually suspect I've read it 3 times, once when I first got it, and again just before I read book 2, and then now) I love her story, and I can't wait to read the whole series and see how it ends!
*Second Read 2010*
Loved rereading this book, and I need to know what's going to happen next, I have to read Evolussion next now!
*First Read 2009*
This was such a fantastic read, I loved the science and technology, and I can't wait to see where this series goes from here!
*Second Read 2010*
Loved rereading this book, and I need to know what's going to happen next, I have to read Evolussion next now!
*First Read 2009*
This was such a fantastic read, I loved the science and technology, and I can't wait to see where this series goes from here!
February 6, 2011
This book was much better than I expected. Regression is part of a trilogy. I "purchased" the Kindle for free off Amazon.com as they will often offer with a series in hopes that you will purchase the other books in the series
Regression is a story about time travel as a result of science and an astronomical Armageddon. The lead character is a 40-something year old woman who finds herself pushed back into time into 1986. While she is trying to determine if this is real, and if so, why this has occurred she discovers that she is not alone.
The author was successfully able to paint a realistic picture of the main character's journey in time. She faces challenges while attempting to determine why she has gone back in time - what it is like for a 40 year old to live in the body (and home) of a 14 year old, the psychological torments of attempting to grasp the concept of a life lost wile attempting to reclaim that same life.
I was able to relate to the main character because I am exactly the same age. Some of her experiences as both a teen and as a mother correlated to my own. As a mother I could understand the struggles with wanting to repeat history, mistakes and all, to ultimately have my own children back in my life. I could also understand the challenges of facing the reality of this occurring - an adult will have a different perspective on life than a teen and the choices as a result could lead to a different path.
The strong aspect of this book was the unique plot and the science behind it. The author presented an interesting concept of time travel. A great deal of emphasis was placed on bringing scientific facts and theories into the novel and support the story line.
Where this story was lacking was in some of the writing. The science would be very detailed. For the most part the story flowed and was interesting but there were also times when the flow would be broken.
Anagrams were disappointingly obvious and were casually placed here and there throughout the storyline. I would think "Oh,an anagram...." and then go to google to decipher it. A more subtle approach would have meshed better with the rest of the novel and provided more of a wow-factor at the end.
The writing was for the most part solid- the story would flow and suddenly a new twist would be introduced out of the blue and just as quickly end. This was a sloppy approach to building an otherwise solid storyline.
Of course Sci-Fi will have a fantastical element but some of these quick turns were just silly and unnecessary. More attention to these parts would have added some depth versus corniness. On the flip-side, this gave a fun read and I am interested in reading the rest of the story.
I think as the writer matures as a novelist, some of the weaker areas will fade. Bigger points for the creativity of the writer and for an overall good story.
Regression is a story about time travel as a result of science and an astronomical Armageddon. The lead character is a 40-something year old woman who finds herself pushed back into time into 1986. While she is trying to determine if this is real, and if so, why this has occurred she discovers that she is not alone.
The author was successfully able to paint a realistic picture of the main character's journey in time. She faces challenges while attempting to determine why she has gone back in time - what it is like for a 40 year old to live in the body (and home) of a 14 year old, the psychological torments of attempting to grasp the concept of a life lost wile attempting to reclaim that same life.
I was able to relate to the main character because I am exactly the same age. Some of her experiences as both a teen and as a mother correlated to my own. As a mother I could understand the struggles with wanting to repeat history, mistakes and all, to ultimately have my own children back in my life. I could also understand the challenges of facing the reality of this occurring - an adult will have a different perspective on life than a teen and the choices as a result could lead to a different path.
The strong aspect of this book was the unique plot and the science behind it. The author presented an interesting concept of time travel. A great deal of emphasis was placed on bringing scientific facts and theories into the novel and support the story line.
Where this story was lacking was in some of the writing. The science would be very detailed. For the most part the story flowed and was interesting but there were also times when the flow would be broken.
Anagrams were disappointingly obvious and were casually placed here and there throughout the storyline. I would think "Oh,an anagram...." and then go to google to decipher it. A more subtle approach would have meshed better with the rest of the novel and provided more of a wow-factor at the end.
The writing was for the most part solid- the story would flow and suddenly a new twist would be introduced out of the blue and just as quickly end. This was a sloppy approach to building an otherwise solid storyline.
Of course Sci-Fi will have a fantastical element but some of these quick turns were just silly and unnecessary. More attention to these parts would have added some depth versus corniness. On the flip-side, this gave a fun read and I am interested in reading the rest of the story.
I think as the writer matures as a novelist, some of the weaker areas will fade. Bigger points for the creativity of the writer and for an overall good story.
January 16, 2012
Mystery surrounds Adya Jordan. She may look like a forty-year-old wife and mother, but her past holds a deeper, and much longer story. This story begins its revelations when her car is struck by another in a traffic accident and she awakens in the hospital. But she finds that she is now fourteen years old. Struggling to discover why she is young again, catapulted back to her younger days, she explores her world and journals her memories.
Telling all of her experiences would ruin the surprise! Suffice it to say that she finds a home in a company called Three Eleven. The leaders of this company are just like her, sent back from the end of a different lifetime, but all male. The company, nonexistent in the reality she remembers, is bent on discovering a great and cataclysmic mystery, occurring on November 11, 2011, unless they can all find out what it is and prevent it.
This story took me less than two days to read because it was so well-written! Events flowed seamlessly and one adventure lead to the next. I was always wondering what would happen on the next page. The concept of the cataclysm and its solution was fascinating, and Kathy Bell thought a lot about every aspect of the scientific approach to preventing the end of the world. She also threw in a dash of magic with the supernatural occurrences witch drove Adya toward salvation.
The character of Adya was loving and emotionally real, but I think it was a mistake for the author to create her with no flaws. Adya never made a gross error. She had no idiosyncrasies. Not only that, but she always knew everything and was always right. If it weren't for her warmth, I would have disliked the character for being a preachy know-it-all. The only thing that saved her for me was her fervor for humanity, her fellowmen, and her own children. She would have been one of my favorite characters ever if she had managed to get dressed down or say the wrong thing. Heck, if she hadn't known everything about everything all the time that would have done it. She didn't even burn the steaks at her barbecue! Toward the middle of the book I wanted to put a frog in her bed or tie her shoelaces together or something. A feeling of sympathy for her faults and a sense of shared humiliation would have made me love Adya Jordan.
That was really the only thing I would change about this book! Adya was still a pretty awesome lady and the story was a super-duper page-turner! I really appreciated the classiness with which Kathy treated the more intimate moments of the plot, too. Sexiness was preserved but trashiness was not included.The action was well-timed and the plot was smooth as butter.
Now I really need to get the next book, Evolussion! You will too if you read Regression. Just do it. You know you want to!
Telling all of her experiences would ruin the surprise! Suffice it to say that she finds a home in a company called Three Eleven. The leaders of this company are just like her, sent back from the end of a different lifetime, but all male. The company, nonexistent in the reality she remembers, is bent on discovering a great and cataclysmic mystery, occurring on November 11, 2011, unless they can all find out what it is and prevent it.
This story took me less than two days to read because it was so well-written! Events flowed seamlessly and one adventure lead to the next. I was always wondering what would happen on the next page. The concept of the cataclysm and its solution was fascinating, and Kathy Bell thought a lot about every aspect of the scientific approach to preventing the end of the world. She also threw in a dash of magic with the supernatural occurrences witch drove Adya toward salvation.
The character of Adya was loving and emotionally real, but I think it was a mistake for the author to create her with no flaws. Adya never made a gross error. She had no idiosyncrasies. Not only that, but she always knew everything and was always right. If it weren't for her warmth, I would have disliked the character for being a preachy know-it-all. The only thing that saved her for me was her fervor for humanity, her fellowmen, and her own children. She would have been one of my favorite characters ever if she had managed to get dressed down or say the wrong thing. Heck, if she hadn't known everything about everything all the time that would have done it. She didn't even burn the steaks at her barbecue! Toward the middle of the book I wanted to put a frog in her bed or tie her shoelaces together or something. A feeling of sympathy for her faults and a sense of shared humiliation would have made me love Adya Jordan.
That was really the only thing I would change about this book! Adya was still a pretty awesome lady and the story was a super-duper page-turner! I really appreciated the classiness with which Kathy treated the more intimate moments of the plot, too. Sexiness was preserved but trashiness was not included.The action was well-timed and the plot was smooth as butter.
Now I really need to get the next book, Evolussion! You will too if you read Regression. Just do it. You know you want to!
November 10, 2010
This book draws you in from the beginning. For me is was different from most anything I had really read. A 40 yr old mom wakes up as her 14 year old self. That alone draws your attention. Adya is of coarse a very mature 14 year old and it was weird that her parents didn't quite pick up on it after Adya came out of her coma. No one believed she had regressed. However, early on Adya finds where she is suppose to go and its with a corporation called Three Eleven, which basically stems from the date 11/11/11. In this book, this is the date that something is going to happen to man kind. Adya and 26 men are suppose to figure out what it is they are suppose to do to save man kind. The 26 men have also regressed are on on what they call their second timeline. Seeing as though this book is set in the 1980's, these men were able to recreate a lot of the technology that we have nowadays. This book really doesn't take you back to the 80's. It felt a lot like reading a book set in modern time, except for when Adya first woke up as a 14 year old. Her parents where very lenient with her and letting her go out. That just doesn't happen now a days.
This book being a sci-fi genre book, I think its a great book for someone curious about this genre. It wasn't too over to top but it was definitely different. It was a very enjoyable read and I look forward to finding the second book in the series Evolussion. The third book in the series is set to be released on 11/11/11. It will also be added to my TBR read list to look for in the future.
My only real complaint about this book, was that there were typos in this book. This is not the authors fault of coarse. It is one of those types of typos where is the word it misspelled once, it is through the whole book. Such as fetus in the book was spelt feotus during the entire book. So, if you can look past the few typos, then this book will be enjoyable.
This book being a sci-fi genre book, I think its a great book for someone curious about this genre. It wasn't too over to top but it was definitely different. It was a very enjoyable read and I look forward to finding the second book in the series Evolussion. The third book in the series is set to be released on 11/11/11. It will also be added to my TBR read list to look for in the future.
My only real complaint about this book, was that there were typos in this book. This is not the authors fault of coarse. It is one of those types of typos where is the word it misspelled once, it is through the whole book. Such as fetus in the book was spelt feotus during the entire book. So, if you can look past the few typos, then this book will be enjoyable.
September 6, 2011
This book started out with so much promise that I bought both it and the second in the eventual trilogy. That was a mistake!
Regression, by Kathy Bell, is a real disappointment. She started out with an interesting character and premise. Adya, a woman of 40, finds herself back in her 14-year-old body, missing her children and family. How did she get back here? Why did she get back here? Is there some big destiny awaiting her? Will her children be reborn in this timeline? For me, that is a great place to start.
But about a quarter of the way into the book, she starts taking Adya away from the beauty of the young girl trying to figure things out. And by two thirds of the way in Adya is just shy of a goddess. The girl can do no wrong.
For more than half of the book men dis her just because of her gender. Inevitably, each encounter with a male is one in which Adya must overcome male prejudice. By the end of the encounter, they are firm Adya supporters. At one point she lays out her background on the table, playing it as a trump card. But come on! Right up front she has been asked for her background; she simply fails to give it. Then she blames the men for assuming that she has nothing to offer. Has Kathy Bell really found that being a woman is hindering her so much in life?
How do you prepare for an event that you believe will happen, but don’t know its nature? That should be interesting. Instead, plot gives way to pedantic writing. In ways the book is about the formation of utopia. And that is done with little imagination.
Again, this book held great promise. I wish I could sell back the second in the series. It is doubtful that I will read it. I certainly don’t recommend this book despite other good reviews. Don’t waste your time.
Regression, by Kathy Bell, is a real disappointment. She started out with an interesting character and premise. Adya, a woman of 40, finds herself back in her 14-year-old body, missing her children and family. How did she get back here? Why did she get back here? Is there some big destiny awaiting her? Will her children be reborn in this timeline? For me, that is a great place to start.
But about a quarter of the way into the book, she starts taking Adya away from the beauty of the young girl trying to figure things out. And by two thirds of the way in Adya is just shy of a goddess. The girl can do no wrong.
For more than half of the book men dis her just because of her gender. Inevitably, each encounter with a male is one in which Adya must overcome male prejudice. By the end of the encounter, they are firm Adya supporters. At one point she lays out her background on the table, playing it as a trump card. But come on! Right up front she has been asked for her background; she simply fails to give it. Then she blames the men for assuming that she has nothing to offer. Has Kathy Bell really found that being a woman is hindering her so much in life?
How do you prepare for an event that you believe will happen, but don’t know its nature? That should be interesting. Instead, plot gives way to pedantic writing. In ways the book is about the formation of utopia. And that is done with little imagination.
Again, this book held great promise. I wish I could sell back the second in the series. It is doubtful that I will read it. I certainly don’t recommend this book despite other good reviews. Don’t waste your time.
May 2, 2010
I received this ebook free from the author and I thank her for the opportunity to have read her story.
The beginning hooked me. I liked the idea of a 40yr old mother of six regressing back to a 14yr old. But I have to admit, as the story when on I had to force myself through. I didn’t like any of the characters especially the main one, Adya. I thought she was self-centered. I hated that she was smarter and more important than any of the men who were to be her future mates. She won every argument, always putting everyone in their places. I hated that she was perfect and her yummy pheromones drove the men crazy. I know she was 40yrs old in a 14yr old body but I was a bit disturbed knowing all these men were lusting over her and she even had sex with one. I thought she really loved her husband and her children?? I would have liked her better if she didn’t give in to what was expected. I good fight would have been nice. The scientific dialogue of what was happening to Adya drug on. I felt a lot of that could have been cut out. If there was a climax, I guess I missed it. The book just didn’t climb and didn’t keep me interested.
On the positive side…I think the idea was wonderful. I’m sure the next book cleans up a lot of lose ends. I thought the entries from Dr. Weaver’s journal were cleaver. As a whole it was written pretty well.
The beginning hooked me. I liked the idea of a 40yr old mother of six regressing back to a 14yr old. But I have to admit, as the story when on I had to force myself through. I didn’t like any of the characters especially the main one, Adya. I thought she was self-centered. I hated that she was smarter and more important than any of the men who were to be her future mates. She won every argument, always putting everyone in their places. I hated that she was perfect and her yummy pheromones drove the men crazy. I know she was 40yrs old in a 14yr old body but I was a bit disturbed knowing all these men were lusting over her and she even had sex with one. I thought she really loved her husband and her children?? I would have liked her better if she didn’t give in to what was expected. I good fight would have been nice. The scientific dialogue of what was happening to Adya drug on. I felt a lot of that could have been cut out. If there was a climax, I guess I missed it. The book just didn’t climb and didn’t keep me interested.
On the positive side…I think the idea was wonderful. I’m sure the next book cleans up a lot of lose ends. I thought the entries from Dr. Weaver’s journal were cleaver. As a whole it was written pretty well.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 10, 2016
I was excited to read this book. The book confuses you and piques your interest at the same time. Regression starts out slow and I had to really pay attention to find out what was really going on. The story is like an end of the world type where some sort of disaster happens in 2011. The impact of the disaster is so powerful that it causes Adya to time travel. She goes back in time twenty six years and is forced to live her life over but has all of her memories from her future self.
As her fourteen year old self, Adya has to work hard to not do or say things that would make people think she was crazy. Having a forty year old mind in a teenage body isn’t easy especially when she doesn’t know how or why this has happened. This is what drew me to this story. The story was well written and it keep me turning pages. It was very interesting to see how Kathy Bell handled the mixing of past science and technology with that of current advancements.
The story raised lots of question and caused my imagination to run wild. If you could live your life over, would you change or add anything? Are you totally content with the way your life has turned out? And if you had information about the future that could mean life and death, how far would you go and what would you sacrifice to make sure that the life you knew continued to exist?
As her fourteen year old self, Adya has to work hard to not do or say things that would make people think she was crazy. Having a forty year old mind in a teenage body isn’t easy especially when she doesn’t know how or why this has happened. This is what drew me to this story. The story was well written and it keep me turning pages. It was very interesting to see how Kathy Bell handled the mixing of past science and technology with that of current advancements.
The story raised lots of question and caused my imagination to run wild. If you could live your life over, would you change or add anything? Are you totally content with the way your life has turned out? And if you had information about the future that could mean life and death, how far would you go and what would you sacrifice to make sure that the life you knew continued to exist?
February 9, 2016
This is the first book I have ever read on the Kindle, which is a pretty neat device. You can carry literally hundreds of books in one spot, they take up no physical space in your home, and, best of all, they help the environment but cutting down the need for paper.
This is book one of a trilogy about a woman named Adya who is 40, married, and has three children. One day she's in a car accident and the next thing she knows she wakes up in the past as a 14-year-old girl. She writes down what she remembers of her 'other' life and tries to get on with her new one, but things don't go well.
Before long she finds herself pregnant, being hunted by a presumably evil group of some kind, and trying to fit in with a group of researchers who are old-time patriarchal guys who are working to save the world from some kind of future catastrophe that seems to wipe out the human race.
The terms 'presumably' and 'seems to' are necessary since the book is part of a trilogy and various questions are left in the realm of maybe.
I think it's a good book. It may get a little too techie for some readers, though.
This is book one of a trilogy about a woman named Adya who is 40, married, and has three children. One day she's in a car accident and the next thing she knows she wakes up in the past as a 14-year-old girl. She writes down what she remembers of her 'other' life and tries to get on with her new one, but things don't go well.
Before long she finds herself pregnant, being hunted by a presumably evil group of some kind, and trying to fit in with a group of researchers who are old-time patriarchal guys who are working to save the world from some kind of future catastrophe that seems to wipe out the human race.
The terms 'presumably' and 'seems to' are necessary since the book is part of a trilogy and various questions are left in the realm of maybe.
I think it's a good book. It may get a little too techie for some readers, though.
August 20, 2010
If Goodreads allowed half stars, my actual rating would be 4.5 stars rather than just 4. The only reason for not giving it 5 stars is because of various issues that I attribute to poor editing (as opposed to poor writing). For example, at several points, the author uses the word "discrete" (or a form thereof), when she really means "discreet." This is something that spellcheck wouldn't catch, but a good editor would. These types of errors bug me because this is the kind of book that you definitely get "immersed" in, and then it's quite jarring (at least for me) to be brought back to reality by a misused word or awkward sentence.
Besides those little nitpicks, though, this is a fantastic book. I'm not a huge science fiction fan, but I loved this new take on time travel. Overall, I found the story extremely intriguing and suspenseful, and Adya is an especially compelling character. I look forward to the next two installments in this trilogy, and hope that I don't have to wait too long for them!
Besides those little nitpicks, though, this is a fantastic book. I'm not a huge science fiction fan, but I loved this new take on time travel. Overall, I found the story extremely intriguing and suspenseful, and Adya is an especially compelling character. I look forward to the next two installments in this trilogy, and hope that I don't have to wait too long for them!
September 17, 2011
40-year old Adya is the mother of six children. She is involved in a car accident and awakens to find that she has travelled back in time and has regressed to her 14-year old body. TO further confuse matters, she still has all the memories and abilities of her 40-year old self. After a while she has the impression that her trip back in time was not an accident, but rather that she was sent with a specific purpose. The question is: what purpose?
The main storyline is interrupted every few chapters for the diary entries of Nicholas Weaver and it is from these cryptic entries that the reader gets to understand that her regression is no accident....
For the most part I enjoyed the book but there were some things I did not enjoy: Adya is constantly preaching about ethics and it gets tiresome. Adya constantly fighting with the men of the 3-11 Corporation -- same fight, different man.
I read the free eBook version downloaded from Smashwords but it is also available from other eBook suppliers like Amazon (Kindle) and Kobo.
The main storyline is interrupted every few chapters for the diary entries of Nicholas Weaver and it is from these cryptic entries that the reader gets to understand that her regression is no accident....
For the most part I enjoyed the book but there were some things I did not enjoy: Adya is constantly preaching about ethics and it gets tiresome. Adya constantly fighting with the men of the 3-11 Corporation -- same fight, different man.
I read the free eBook version downloaded from Smashwords but it is also available from other eBook suppliers like Amazon (Kindle) and Kobo.
January 16, 2016
Fourteen year old Adya Jones wakes up from a coma claiming to be a forty year old. She evidently believes that she is a mother of six children who has recently been in a car accident. The doctors in 1985 believe that Adya is suffering from severe head trauma and they keep her in hospital for most of the summer. Adya Davies is extremely frightened and confused when she wakes up in the hospital and the doctors won't let her see her daughter Hope. They claim that she is fourteen and unmarried, which Adya doesn't believe because she has clear memories of her life in 2011. A life which includes a husband and children and a career in child psychology that she loves.
As Adya tries to find out why she's reliving her teenage years, she discovers that there are some things that are subtly changed in her life in 1985 and sets out to find out more about the mysterious and almost omnipresent Three Eleven corporation. I truly enjoyed this book and give it an A!
As Adya tries to find out why she's reliving her teenage years, she discovers that there are some things that are subtly changed in her life in 1985 and sets out to find out more about the mysterious and almost omnipresent Three Eleven corporation. I truly enjoyed this book and give it an A!
January 26, 2011
A unique way TO time travel. It gave me something to think about. What if I have the chance to consciously go back to my younger self? What do I need to change? What do I need to improve? The things I need to say which I wasn't able to say in my original lifeline ...
The plot was good but as the story goes on I was a little bit annoyed by Adya. She was supposed to be a mature 40 year old woman only that she was entrapped in a teenager's body. What's with the teenager's emotional conflict? Well, it's just my thoughts over that premise. And the talk about genetics etc etc gave me a headache. ^^ I did google some stuffs just to get the story right.
All in all, I did enjoy reading the book. Looking forward to its sequel EVOLUSSION.
The plot was good but as the story goes on I was a little bit annoyed by Adya. She was supposed to be a mature 40 year old woman only that she was entrapped in a teenager's body. What's with the teenager's emotional conflict? Well, it's just my thoughts over that premise. And the talk about genetics etc etc gave me a headache. ^^ I did google some stuffs just to get the story right.
All in all, I did enjoy reading the book. Looking forward to its sequel EVOLUSSION.
October 14, 2011
Okay, I read this book because the author is a friend of one of my co-workers. Overall, it is an enjoyable read. This is the author's first novel, so some of the clunkiness in it I will write off as that.
The novel has two major flaws in my opinion. Adya is too perfect.
This character has almost no real flaws. It makes her a bit one dimensional due to this. The second flaw is that almost all the men start out as male chauvinists, that is until Adya sets them straight. This theme was played out more than once and to be honest got preachy after while.
While it does have these two flaws, there is a solid science fiction plot there. I'm curious to see where she's going with concept and just loaded the 2nd book into my Kindle to read.
The novel has two major flaws in my opinion. Adya is too perfect.
This character has almost no real flaws. It makes her a bit one dimensional due to this. The second flaw is that almost all the men start out as male chauvinists, that is until Adya sets them straight. This theme was played out more than once and to be honest got preachy after while.
While it does have these two flaws, there is a solid science fiction plot there. I'm curious to see where she's going with concept and just loaded the 2nd book into my Kindle to read.
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