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A review by jentidders
Body Tourists by Jane Rogers
2.0
In a small, private clinic poor teenagers from northern estates are paid ten thousand pounds so that memories can be downloaded to their brains and the wealthy dead can inhabit their bodies for fourteen days. Predictably, things go awry.
Although I liked the concept of this book, it somehow fell a bit flat in the execution. The narrative switches between characters' viewpoints and some voices didn't feel very authentic or their stories seemed rushed. I know it's sci-fi and you need to suspend disbelief to a certain extent, but I wasn't convinced by the science behind the procedure or some of the characters' actions. It felt as if maybe Rogers had several short stories that she adapted to be linked by a common theme?
Although I liked the concept of this book, it somehow fell a bit flat in the execution. The narrative switches between characters' viewpoints and some voices didn't feel very authentic or their stories seemed rushed. I know it's sci-fi and you need to suspend disbelief to a certain extent, but I wasn't convinced by the science behind the procedure or some of the characters' actions. It felt as if maybe Rogers had several short stories that she adapted to be linked by a common theme?