There were elements to Parallax that I thoroughly enjoyed - characters, style, plot twists & the whole concept of the psychic bond is great. The characters were well connected & credit where it's due to Merz, that psychic bond was very believable & well scripted.But I did have a problem with some of the side characters that I didn't feel were genuine or written from the heart. One particular twist I found so far fetched that I nearly quit reading. And something I tried to get beyond, but it kept bugging me, was Stahl doing a hit to pay for his son's healthcare.... in Germany... which has a universal health system & healthcare is free for kids. Sorry, picky I know but it was mentioned frequently in the book so it kept hitting me in the head.
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