DON’T
UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF THOUGHTS.
Martin’s
life as he knows it has turned upside-down, and he decides to embark
on a trip to give sense to his existence. Via coincidences and
fabricated non-coincidences, he finds a group of people that helps
him enhance the power of his thoughts to modify the physical world
around him.
In
a journey within a journey, Martin discovers the powers of
visualisation and its pull. And
he acknowledges why he’s flooded by negative feelings when he’s
close to certain people.
DON’T
UNDERESTIMATE THE ENEMIES.
Unless
Martin finds the strength within himself to fight, he and everyone
around him will cease to exist.
What did I think?
I have always said that I read anything except sci-fi but I was intrigued by the synopsis of The Red Book, which is officially in the science fiction genre. I have to change that statement now as I rather enjoyed The Red Book and, it being the first in a trilogy, I'm looking forward to reading more. The Red Book concludes very nicely though, as there's no cliffhanger ending which often leaves me unsatisfied until the next book comes along.
The main character is a young man from London called Martin Cloud who is given a red book by Professor Conti, one of his customers in the coffee shop where he works. After a devastating event, Martin decides to go travelling and takes the red book with him. When he begins his journey his eye catches a girl at the station and he glimpses her several times during his journey. I love this twist of fate; how two unrelated people take the same journey and run into each other several times. On his travels he meets an American named Chuck and he finally catches up with Maria, the girl that fate has chosen for him.
Unbeknown to him, or perhaps more unacknowledged by him, Martin has a gift of visualisation and can turn his thoughts into reality. He is drawn to a similar group of people led by Caesar, who reminded me of a cross between Yoda and Professor X, where he is taught to control his gift. Martin has to undergo some rigorous training as a group of Sinisters are intent on destroying Caesar's group and a fight between good and evil must begin.
The Red Book is a very well written book, especially considering that English is not Davide Cortellucci's first language. There are a few hints that this is so, coincidentally with 'a few' being one of them as Davide uses 'few' instead. This isn't a criticism at all, more of a quirk, and for it to be the only one I noticed is remarkable.
I loved reading about how we are affected by our thoughts and how people can get inside our head and change our mood, although this was in a sci-fi setting you can easily relate this to things that happen in real life. The Red Book is a really good introduction to the sci-fi genre for me, I think more so because I consider Star Wars and X-Men among my favourite films. With the visualisation reminding me of Yoda and the gifted group fighting evil reminiscent of the X-Men, this book really was more my kind of thing than I expected.
Real life challenges mixed with super-human powers make The Red Book an action packed thrill a minute. Real life makes it sad at times but where there is negative there is positive so it is also hopeful; ultimately, The Red Book is extremely thought-provoking. Thanks to Davide Cortellucci's The Red Book, the sci-fi genre can consider my head officially turned.
My rating:
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About the author:
Davide
Cortellucci is a writer and the author of The Red Book. He has spent
the last few years working on an unnamed trilogy, friendly referred
by him as Little Yellow Rubber Duck. The Red Book is the first book
in the trilogy. He was born on the 25th of July 1978 in Belgium, to
Italian immigrant parents. He grew up in Belgium, Italy, and in
London, UK. Davide has done several jobs, from waiter to inventories,
from sound engineering in shows to events manager, and many more.
Davide is a college dropout with a couple of creative writing courses
on his back. He has spent many years travelling around Europe,
learning about cultures, and keeping an interest in the power of the
mind. Davide loves writing stories that awaken the epic feeling
within the reader. He now lives in South East London with his
partner, he's curious about life, and he also makes a great pasta
sauce.
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