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Saturday, April 23, 2016

Book Review: Evidence of Things Not Seen

Parallel Universes?! Yes, please!

Evidence of Things Not Seen
by Lindsey Lane
Evidence of Things Not Seen

Summary from Goodreads:
When high school junior Tommy Smythe goes missing, everyone has a theory about what happened to him. Tommy was adopted, so maybe he ran away to find his birth parents. He was an odd kid, often deeply involved in his own thoughts about particle physics, so maybe he just got distracted and wandered off. He was last seen at a pull-out off the highway, so maybe someone drove up and snatched him. Or maybe he slipped into a parallel universe. Tommy believes that everything is possible, and that until something can be proven false, it is possibly true. So as long as Tommy’s whereabouts are undetermined, he could literally be anywhere.

Told in a series of first-person narratives from people who knew Tommy and third-person chapters about people who find the things Tommy left behind—his red motorbike, his driving goggles, pages from his notebook—Particles explores themes of loneliness, connectedness, and the role we play in creating our own realities.

What a wild ride! Not only does this story deal with a missing person (Tommy), but parallel universes, and Tommy's explanation of them in his notebook.  I love that this book is all over the place, because when you think about it...parallel universes are so vast and abstract and all over the place that it fits perfectly.

You get to meet all the people that knew Tommy, and their self-awareness as to their purpose on Earth, and the choices they make.  This book is definitely A+ and I highly suggest you get it ASAP.

There ARE some sexual situations and language, to keep in mind.

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