Beyond Parallel
Author: Matthew Turner
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Synopsis: One boy. One girl. One insignificant
moment that changes their lives forever.
Bella and Clark are two young twenty-somethings, finding themselves in a chaotic and crazy world. One craves love; the other avoids it. Will they find one another, or will a single what-if moment send them down different paths?
In the same mould as Sliding Doors, Uncertainty, and Smoking/No-Smoking, Beyond Parallel flips between two parallel tales. One follows Bella and Clark as a couple, the other as if they never meet.
Friendships, careers, dreams, fantasies...their lives are no different to yours or mine.
Follow their journey over a fast paced, mazy two-years. Highflying careers, book tours, teaching teenagers, hipster warehouses, coffee shop hangouts, a despicable salesman...they're all confronted.
It's incredible how a small, everyday decision can affect how you look, where you live, the people you love, and who you become. We could all live a billion lives, but we're only given one.
Is it all a game of chance, or are Bella
and Clark meant to be?
Brought to
you by TeamNerd Reviewer Bridget Strahin
Review: I really enjoyed Beyond Parallel. Have you ever
wondered: what if? Have you
ever decided to take the short way home and wondered what would have happened
if you took the long way? Or what would have happened if you talked to the
stranger sitting next to you instead of ignoring him? I know I have. Decisions
are always difficult for me because I'm constantly plagued by the "what if." So when I saw Beyond Parallel
sitting in our inbox, I jumped on it.
The story started out slow and a
little confusing because of the way the book is set up. In the beginning of every chapter it is either labled WITH or WITHOUT meaning: WITH Bella and Clark's knowledge of eachother and WITHOUT their knowledge of eachother, but I am still embarrassed to
say, that I had to read the first four chapters three times before everything
clicked and I was able to move forward. But once I got moving, it was easy to
navigate and I enjoyed reading Bella and Clark's journey as a couple and apart.
It all starts with an innocent bus
ride. In one realm, Bella and her best friend Alex are together and Bella
doesn't meet Clark and in the other realm, Bella's friend is sick with food
poisoning and Bella gets on the bus by herself and meets Clark. They get along
quite well and I enjoyed reading their budding romance and journey. Both main
characters have their own reasons for traveling and being on their own and I loved
Turner's writing style. All the characters were well rounded and easily
relatable to. It’s part of what made this read as enjoyable as it was.
This book is definitely a thought
provoker. As you will see with Bella and Clark, every action has a reaction and
every choice has a consequence. I recommend this read to everyone who enjoys
reading New Adult Contemporary and for those who are looking for something that
doesn’t fit into the cookie cutter cutouts that are taking up the literary
world at the moment.
About the
Author: Matthew Turner is a storyteller, nomad, and coffee loving
fiend. He sees life as one gigantic tale, and it's the role of the creator in
which he has taken. Be it Fiction, Non-Fiction, or Day-to-Day Musings. Each new
day brings a beginning, middle and end.
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