Flashforward

Just a heads up: The book differs significantly from the TV show. So, do yourself a favor; don't start reading this book expecting it to mirror the TV show, and then come here and give it a bad rating because it deviated from your expectations.

Sometimes the book gets a little too technical. However, I see this as a quality since it provides two things:

- Pushes the book more into the Hard Sci-Fi genre;
- I got to learn some pretty interesting things about physics (explained in an accessible way) while reading a literary book;

Bearing this in mind, my biggest problem with this book was its third part Two scenes dragged a little bit too much: The description of Simcoe's vision for the second FlashForward and Theo's pursuit inside CERN. Also, I kind of wished that it would be impossible to have a second FlashForward. Nonetheless, I've appreciated that the writer didn't use the same formula as before. Making some humans immortal and taking them almost to the end of time was another way to add even more philosophical questions to the book, focusing once more on how relative time is for the human race. Recalling two characters from the past that didn't seem all that important at the time was also a nice gesture.

All in all, I do recommend this book. Certainly, it is not for everyone, and people with no interest in science whatsoever may not see the its appeal.