Reviews - You Have Arrived at Your Destination

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You Have Arrived at Your Destination

Vitek is a company that can determine the personality n traits of your unborn child through assessment of the family’s genomes and life patterns. Sam is there to view 3 different versions of his unborn son that his wife has picked out. Each version show his child with different traits, each has a life defining second act that has been a result of their character flaws to go on to achieve something different in their life’s ‘third act’. Sam questions if life is really split up into acts and where he is on that journey. The doctor says he is in his third act of life.

Cool story that I’d definitely want to see more of.

margaret721's review

2.0

mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

readingistravel's review against another edition

5.0

Satisfactory

This was an interesting read and liked the conclusion the main character came up with. Although I wasn't sure how the story would end at first, I'd say it was a satisfactory ending.

raoulgonzo's review

3.75

reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

freesien's review against another edition

3.0

3,5 stars

This story about genetic engineering went into a different direction than I thought. Very interesting and thought-provoking, though.

bamboopanda's review against another edition

4.0

challenging sad fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

schnoebs13's review against another edition

4.0

Though I wasn't fully in love with the story, I loved what the author did with it. In such a short format, they were able to touch on a very interesting topic that can quickly become extremely controversial. IVF is an amazing healthcare service that helps so many couples across the country and globe to overcome their fertility issues and become new parents. We now have technology that helps prevent passing certain diseases and genes from being passed down to our children to help "improve" their quality of life. This story pushes that concept even further and askes what would happen if we had to technology to determine the general outcome of our children's lives and we could choose what type of person we'd want to bring into our family. It then becomes a question of how far is too far when pushing the boundaries of science. What gave me the creeps but also heightened the story was how the IVF facility gave off the feel of a new car dealership. The way the manager was trying to sell the different lives of this person's potential child felt so wrong but also extremely plausible. I wasn't sure what I'd get from this because I've only read A Gentleman in Moscow by this author and that was historical fiction, but this really surprised me and made me even more intrigued to see more from their work as well as the rest of this stories in this collection from the other authors.