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No Time To Die (Book) Review

 
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Page Count: 440
 
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5/ 5


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A thrilling read that keeps you guessing from one page to the next.

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Lots of science talk, which may be confusing to some (although an understanding of the science involved is not necessary to the story line).


Final Fiendish Findings?

Zoe Kincaid holds the key to immortality in her undersized body. Unfortunately, that’s the sort of key a whole lot of people are “dying” to get their hands on. No Time To Die is a thriller of a book that keeps you guessing and gasping throughout the entire 440 pages. It’s an interesting premise built […]

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Zoe Kincaid holds the key to immortality in her undersized body. Unfortunately, that’s the sort of key a whole lot of people are “dying” to get their hands on.

No Time To Die is a thriller of a book that keeps you guessing and gasping throughout the entire 440 pages. It’s an interesting premise built on top of another truly intriguing premise that melds together well to create a story that is both unexpected and completely believable at the same time. The characters are well developed and quite relatable, and the whole thing just really pulls you in.

The book is told in first person style, but in a number of different voices. We have Natalie, a brilliant scientist who struggles to reconcile her singleminded dedication to studying aging with providing a good home life for her teenaged son. Though she may feel guilty that Theo doesn’t get enough attention, enough money, just “enough” in general, losing herself in science is as natural as breathing to her. Unfortunately, she often feels constricted by both the rules and politics involved in working at a university where quantity is often valued over quality, and the lawyers have the final say on what can and cannot be studied.

That’s where Galileo comes in. This mysterious figure has created a large “network” of scientists who live, work, and experiment in secret labs hidden around the country. Imagine the freedom involved in working without the constraints of the FBI or public opinion – it’s a scientist’s dream to be sure, but is this just another case of “if it looks to good to be true…”? Agent Les Mahler certainly doesn’t think the network is a thing to be celebrated. In fact, he likens it to a cult, and he’s made it his personal mission to bring down both the Network and Galileo himself.

Finally, we have young Zoe Kincaid, who is a bona fide genetic mystery. At twenty years of age, Zoe literally has the body of a fourteen year old. For some reason, her body completely stopped aging at the age of fourteen. Somewhere within her DNA holds the key to mystery of why we age. That’s the sort of information people would kill for, but Zoe just wants to live a normal life – something she cannot do whilst stuck permanently on the edge of puberty. In her quest to find the answer, she’ll need to reach inside herself for every last vestige of courage she possesses in order to evade those who wish her harm – even when it isn’t all that clear who the good guys really are.

No Time To Die is a great read – fast paced, action packed, and quite unique in both the plot and its execution. The frequent plot twists are unexpected but believable, and make for a book that is not in the least bit predictable.


Amy

 
U.S. Senior Editor & Deputy EIC, @averyzoe on Twitter, mother of 5, gamer, reader, wife to @macanthony, and all-around bad-ass (no, not really)


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