"I'm sick of it. Of this whole futile existence. Wouldn't he be better off dead than living a pointless, artificially prolonged life with zero purpose for him or his country?"

✏️ Review ✏️

The Methuselah Project was quite a wild ride of suspense! (Let me just say that sci-fi is a genre that I don't typically read but this book was definitely worth reading.) Before I began reading it, I did have my doubts as to whether this story would be both engaging and realistic. But my doubts were soon blown away by the fresh winds of fascination and quickly replaced with a feeling of rapidly growing suspense as I kept frantically flipping page after page to find out what would happen next. Rick Barry artistically mixes WWII history and contemporary times with a good dose of sci-fi to create a story that is both very realistic and surprisingly believable. The plot itself proved to be highly absorbing and at times intense. Complementing the story well are the two protagonists: Roger and Katherine. Both of them feature accurate qualities and quirks from their different time periods. Their dynamic development throughout the story further adds another avenue of dimension to the plot. The ending... yeah, left me thinking both "Wow! That was intense" and "Oh, so relieved." The Methuselah Project is a great sci-fi novel that is realistic, engaging, and fascinating.... Hmmmm, now what about that sequel....