Gene Kindle Edition

Gene is a fantastic, genre-bending, thought-provoking, heart-pounding work of art. The story winds through 3,000 years, and I love the way Stel Pavlou's prose changes to suit the time period. I especially enjoyed the grizzly gore of gladiators and of trip through Hades. As I was reading this book, I came across studies in epigenetic memory, which only served to heighten my enjoyment of the book's concept of immortality through the genetic transference of memory from generation to generation.Fantastic!

Following the main character was quite difficult because the author kept switching back-and-forth and you never knew who the main character was until he was halfway through the book. That is well written as his first book

Maybe my brain is just too old but this was rather confusing. Jumping around from times in the past to now. Sometimes I had no idea who was speaking. Good writing, I just couldn't keep up.

I didn't get halfway into this book before deciding that it was too gruesome for me. The flash back in particular, I just didn't enjoy much.

Thank You for a good read!

Fabulous.

Parents should read this to their kids.

Enjoy this book.

A well written novel, but left me with more questions than answers. Where Decipher had me gripped and made sense at the end, I felt a bit robbed by Gene, never did work out who these characters were in present or past form and the ending left me with a huh? I do like books that switch between past and present, Wilbur Smiths Sunbird and Kate Mosse' Labyrinth to name a couple, are fine examples. It hasn't put me off Stel's work it could have been better though.

I chose this book purely on the basis of his excellent first book "Decipher" which I thoroughly enjoyed. This one however, was a huge disappointment in every respect. The story line was disjointed and character development non existent. A very dull book indeed.

Perhaps I was expecting too much. I really loved his previous work, Decipher, but Gene left me feeling something was lacking. Whereas Decipher was grounded (for the first part of the book) in science and actual history, too much of Gene is direct, straight-forward stuff with no room at all for interpretation on the reader's part. OK, Decipher goes off on a real tangent with Golems etc, but Gene starts that way and maintains the same throughout with little deviation from the outset.A decent story, and I'd say it was a good read. Just disappointed me a little, probably the anticipation I felt when I saw it had been released.

Good book.

A book my other half had been wanting to read for a long time and so she was very happy