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Title: Interesting; however the ending is too convenient
Review: I like psychological thrillers and this is an exceedingly interesting concept. To take a drug that releases the memory of your ancestors embedded within your DNA seems a compelling premise and this section of the book is handled expremely well. The characters themselves are not particularly well drawn, and the book feels more like a screenplay to me. (This is not surprising as the the author is a scriptwriter) The ending is a major let down. Every single loose end is ticked off by the last paragraph but the coincidences are just too convenient for my liking. With a re-jigged ending this might make a cracking modern film noir; apparently it has been made into a film. It will be interesting to see what they did with it.
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