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A review by bluefairybug
The Second Life of Jonathan Sendel by Jeffery Ashkin
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
5.0
Can you imagine waking up and not knowing what's going on, and then realising that you're not really you but a clone of your former self who was murdered! Oh yeah, and you still only be allowed to continue to live as a clone of you help the police solve your murder! Well, that's what happens to Jonathan in this fast paced futuristic thriller.
This book somehow seems so impossibly futuristic that I can't see it ever becoming a reality; and yet at the same time feeling incredibly possible. The characters were all well rounded, believable and realistic. The writing was exciting and engaging, with short chapters that I raced my way through.
This book threw up some ethical dilemmas for me. Would I support cloning if it were possible? Would I support the temporary cloning of murder victims to catch their killers? I think the answer is ultimately "no" but it's an interesting thought experiment!
This book somehow seems so impossibly futuristic that I can't see it ever becoming a reality; and yet at the same time feeling incredibly possible. The characters were all well rounded, believable and realistic. The writing was exciting and engaging, with short chapters that I raced my way through.
This book threw up some ethical dilemmas for me. Would I support cloning if it were possible? Would I support the temporary cloning of murder victims to catch their killers? I think the answer is ultimately "no" but it's an interesting thought experiment!