Of Half a Mind by Bruce M. PerrinMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
I was provided a copy to review by the author. What follows are my own thoughts.
Is it possible to expand your mind, truly. Can we train the mind to be able to remember things we thought we could not. When we use one side of the brain, what happens to the other. These are questions this book explores while delving into a murder mystery. A team is investigating for the VA to see if a technology could actually remove phantom limb pain, and help rewire the brain. The company head seems not to co-operate and is actually quite paranoid.
Most of the book is viewed from one of two people. Sam, who is being asked to determine if this technology is possible, and the experimenter, who appears to be continuing the experiments, even after the person who is trying to get grant money to continue is killed. There are a few chapters where we hear other people's thought but they are not major character, so they are more one offs.
The author has done a good job of keeping then story interesting. Every time I thought I had it figured out, it turned out it was not that person. The clues are there to show you who the experimenter is, you just have to take notice of them. It is a little heavy on scientific jargon, but that cannot be helped. In order to explain the murder, the way the brain functions must be told.
Does the technology exist today, in some form or fashion it does. Could it be used this way. I do not think so, but it could and that makes it that much more of a scare.
I recommend to any. Mid teens or older would be the starting line, I doubt children would want to read it as it is technical in many places. It may even be to much for young teens. There is no sex in it, though there are some jokes that are of that nature. The small amounts of violence seem to be done tastefully.
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