Julie and Sammi are identical twins, who are estranged and seem to care little for each other. Sammi is an artist, bohemian and involved with a dangerous arsonist terrorist Liam. Julie is a neurophysicist Tragedy starts in their live at 5yo when a fire destroys their house and kills their parents, then they go to England to live with their uncle eathan. More tragedy ensues when Sammi goes into a coma. So Julie takes her expertise to use her research to go into sammi's mind and memories. Then Julie must put the subconscious memory clues together to save sammi's and then her own life.I really liked this book, and it sucked me in. About the middle of the book, I felt like the pace picked up and went faster and faster. However, I sorta guessed what was up before the protagonist, and wanted her to catch up to me. I just couldn't figure out how.Seems many readers were bothered by the change of tense throughout the book, this did not bother me at all. My mother notes these kind of things, but not me.
Sam and Julie are identical twins. One is an artist and the other a scientist. Julie has been doing research into looking into memories and people's mindscapes while Sam is living in Paris, painting and living impulsively. They lost their parents early and were brought up by their uncle.Sam is found in her apartment in Paris, unconscious and her rooms ransacked. There's no obvious reason for the unconsciousness and Julie decides to investigate the only way she knows how.What she finds could shatter her life.It's interesting, the characters are different and the tech isn't explored in depth but assumed, meaning that it doesn't come across quite as dated as some descriptions of virtual worlds from the 90's. Enjoyable but somehow lacking a bit, the ending felt a bit of a letdown, I did guess some of the mysteries quite early on.
What do You think about Mirage (1997)?
I read this book eons ago but it's one of my favorites that I still re-read. Though the book was written a little over 10 years ago, I still think the idea of being able to go into someone's mind and see it as a virtual reality is intriguing. To the best of my knowledge, it is still impossible. Some books that write about possible technology become obsolete or laughable when the technology becomes a reality, but Mirage is still an exciting thriller. I would especially recommend this book for any fans of the show VR5 that ran on Fox back in the 90s.
—P.Sannie
