Welcome to this week’s post, fellow readers! At least I have managed to finish a book this week in my restricted reading time. Mind you, I am way behind my target for this year on Goodreads. Perhaps our circumstances will change soon and I will be able to have more opportunities to read!

Here it is:

My choice this week was Upgrade by Blake Crouch. It was one of those totally random selections from the library’s ebook catalogue. For once, there was a lengthy blurb. This is it:

“Logan Ramsay is about to get the brain he always dreamed of. But will he be transformed into something more than human… or something less?

When the SWAT team gives the all-clear and Logan Ramsay steps into the basement, he has no idea that everything’s about to change.

Then there’s the hiss of aerosol. The explosion. The shrapnel that punctures his hazmat gear. Logan wakes up to find himself in a hospital bed, attended by doctors in their own hazmat suits, his wife and daughter looking on from behind the glass.

The doctors say he’s been infected by a virus – one designed not to make him sick, but to modify his very genetic structure. In a world where the next-generation gene-editing tool known as Scythe is widely available – and has already reaped disastrous consequences – the possibilities are too many and terrifying to count.

Except that after the fever, the pain, the fear… the virus is gone. And according to his government bosses, Logan’s got a clean bill of health.

But the truth is that with each day that passes, Logan’s getting smarter. Seeing things more clearly. He’s realizing that he’s been upgraded in ways that go beyond even Scythe’s capabilities – and that he’s been given these abilities for a reason.

Because a holy grail of genetic engineering – one that could change our very definitions of humanity – has just been unearthed. And now it’s up to him to stop it from falling into the wrong hands.

Logan’s becoming something more. Something better. Even with the whole world hunting for him, he might be able to outthink his opponents and win the war that’s coming.

But what if it’s at the cost of being himself?”

Well, that certainly intrigued me and was a nice change from the previous book.

This is my response on Goodreads:

Upgrade by Blake Crouch
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was an interesting and absorbing read. All of the scientific stuff went over my head at times, but that didn’t really matter. The exploration of how a human being might behave with a drastically enhanced body and mind was cleverly written. The way that Logan’s behaviour and thinking developed was also very thought provoking. The book also stands up well as a thriller as Logan works out how he is going to use his enhancements for the good of humanity. There were certainly many exciting passages in the tale.

I will definitely look for more books by Blake Crouch.

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Yes, I have already reserved some more books by Blake Crouch. This one was a great piece of escapism, which was just what I needed in our present situation!

Happy Reading to you all!

Love and best wishes,

Anne

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