Mental Contact

Unique sci-fi story with random twists and turns

I picked up this book as part of Indiecember and as a way to read more from my fellow indie writers. The story of Jake and Lola kept me intrigued as I constantly asked questions of who and why and how. Getting the background of Jake's childhood and how Lola was introduced into his life was nice to have and helped me to understand his connection to her. The book also left me pondering some moral questions on mental health and actual reality vs perceived.

There were a couple of things that left me either confused or dissatisfied, however. One was the mingling of the past with the present. In the same chapter, Jake would be speaking about class at the academy and then the very next section he would be an adult doing his assignments on the ship. Yet the switching back and forth doesn't continue throughout the entire book. I actually would have preferred to have the two timelines separate from each other by chapters with indicators such as “X years later.” There were also some choices by characters that didn't really make a lot of sense and no one really explained what happened or why. I felt that there were still some plot questions that are not answered by the end of the book.

While the execution of the tale was a bit hard to follow at times, overall, I enjoyed the story and the true science behind it.