"Coincidence", by David Ambrose
This is an odd book, it starts off quite slowly, gains momentum and interest in the middle, and then flies off into fruitloop territory in the last third. Based on Jung's theory of synchronicity, which relates to seemingly connected events that can have no possible actual connection, it goes further to suggest that by thinking about these coincidences, you can cause them to happen, and the consequences this might have on reality. By the end, the main character has so many questions - who am I, am I really here, are any of us really here, am I going mad - for pages - that you want to slap him, and sadly the book has no answers for the reader either, which leaves you at the end going 'gah!'Having said all that, it's very readable and worth a look if you're bored and it's raining. Which, lets face it, is quite likely.
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