Genre: Science
Fiction/Time Travel
Description:
“Chuck Burke dies surrounded by clutter, isolation, and the remains of
a life that never found its way—but Middle Falls, Oregon, offers the rarest
gift of all: a do-over.
Waking in his nineteen-year-old body with all his memories intact,
Chuck sets out to break the cycle of hoarding that has destroyed him. But as
the weight of old patterns bears down, it’s not just his life at stake—it’s his
chance to love, to connect, and to truly live.
In this quietly powerful tale of recovery and renewal, Chuck must
learn that real change isn’t about what he can keep—it’s about what he’s
willing to release.”
Author:
Former DJ, business consultant, and real estate agent, Shawn Inmon is
now a fulltime author. He can’t seem to decide whether to write fiction (Rock’n
Roll Heaven) or non-fiction (a couple travel memoirs) or something in
between (a couple books he wrote that were slightly fictionalized memoirs
mostly based on truth). He has a couple long running series, one of them the
Middle Falls Time Travel series.
Appraisal:
It’s been a while since I read one of the books in this series, and
decided it was time I dove into one. The premise of each book is an interesting
one. The protagonist typically makes some questionable decisions or choices in
life that eventually lead to his or her death. Then they wake up, but rather
than being dead they’re at some earlier point in their life before it headed
down that route with a bad ending. On the positive side, they remember that
first life and given a second chance can hopefully do better this time around.
But being human, the same impulses and tendencies have a way of making a
different route a struggle even when you know how bad the repercussions might
be. The result is often some improvement the second time around, but eventually
the character falls into the bad habits and dies again. And again. And …
continues to do so until they finally get things right.
As a reader we can often sympathize with the protagonist and while
hopefully things work out better for us than for them, we might see ourselves
in them and experiencing their lives will get us thinking about our own. In
Chuck Burke’s case, he’s an obsessive collector. A little of this is okay. I
tell myself it doesn’t matter how many books and CDs I have, but at some point
I’ll run out of space. Chuck’s numerous collections do exactly that leading to
fatal consequences. I really enjoyed watching him as he fought these urges and
figured out eventually how to control them. As with the other books in the
series, this was a fun, yet thought-provoking read.
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FYI:
While this book is the 23rd in the Middle Falls Time Travel series, each book stands alone.
Format/Typo
Issues:
No significant issues.
Rating: *****
Five Stars
Reviewed
by: BigAl
Approximate word count: 85-90,000 words
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