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 4.5 STARS 
 Now THIS is how you write multiple perspectives. I had thought that Jodi Picoult had it down to an art, but then Stephen P. Kiernan came into my life, and spoke to me through different characters in a way that I've never before experienced. I literally FELT the change in character, I would have been able to tell you who was speaking even if it wasn't indicated at the beginning of each chapter. So distinct was each voice, so absolutely STRIKING their thoughts were. 
 I've never read anything like 
 The Curiosity 
 . The review blurb on the front cover describes it as Michael Crichton meets 
 The Time Traveler's Wife 
 -I've never read a Michael Crichton book, but how I wish they would stop combining literary works in this way. 
 The Curiosity 
 didn't need convincing, once you started reading, you already knew it was going to be a powerful force all on it's own 448 pages. Jeremiah Rice was found frozen solid in an iceberg in the Arctic Ocean. His body is discovered by a team of scientists, who's unorthodox experiments will use him as their newest lab rat. Jeremiah is brought back to life, back to a living, breathing, thinking, functioning state. A hundred years have passed, and it's as if he's awoken from a coma. It's a strange new world for Jeremiah, and as he begins to gain intelligence about his surroundings, he realizes that only a few people can be trusted, and freedom, as he remembers it, will have to be fought for. 
 My HEART. Guys, my entire, entire HEART. I cried as though Jeremiah's injustice was my own, I felt things that a book hasn't allowed me to feel in a long time. That's not to say I haven't read some spectacular books recently, but as a blogger, sometimes it's hard to remember that reading was something I did for pure pleasure, at random, to pass the time. Now it's deadlines and huge TBR lists, scheduled posts, and late night cramming. 
 The Curiosity 
 reminded me of every.single.thing I love about reading, why reading became such an important presence in my life. Stephen P. Kiernan was majestic, and so versatile, in his writing. There was scientific lingo, and historical facts, and beautiful..oh my god 
 absolutely beautiful 
 emotion. His switch in characters from malicious to kind was breathtaking-I experienced every possible feeling. My fury with Erastus Carthage's character would reach a dangerous boiling point, and then switch to complete empathy and heartbreak when Jeremiah's chapters came around. 
 The Curiosity 
 was a poignant delve into what it means to be human, how painfully different and hostile our world may seem to someone who is accustomed to a world that was calmer, and less intrusive. 20th Century Fox has already bought the rights to the book, and I can't wait to see these scenes played out in film. These characters deserve a louder voice, to have their personalities molded into 3D lifeforms. If the movie is anything close to what the book was, I'm going to be an absolute WRECK. 
 Recommended for Fans of: Literary Fiction, Science Fiction, Flowers for Algernon, and 
 The Time Traveler's Wife.