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Perfect People
Perfect People | Peter James
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In Peter James' Perfect People, when a young couple learn they are both carriers of a gene likely to give their children a rare genetic disease, they visit a secret clinic for a designer baby.' But it does not all work out as planned... After the death of their four-year-old son from a rare genetic disorder, John and Naomi Klaesson learn that if they have another baby there's a high risk the same thing will happen. Desperate to avoid going through the pain of losing another child, the couple visit a clinic located on a converted cruise ship in international waters, free from any legal restraints, run by a maverick geneticist, Dr. Leo Dettore. For $400,000, they can choose all the genes of their childliterally have a designer baby. However, they don't want half the choices on offer, they just want a healthy child. Dettore tells them that if they don't do all they can, they will risk their child being born in a genetic "underclass" because so many parents will be enhancing theirs... On returning home to LA, their first shock is that instead of being pregnant with the son they wanted, Naomi finds she is having twins. When John, drunk, admits to a journalist they are having a designer baby, it gets into the press and they start to be hunted by a group of religious fanatics who are violently against tampering with nature or God's will.... They flee to the UK to get away, and John takes up a research post in Sussex. The kids are born a boy and girl, and very soon he and Naomi realise they are not just bright, they are unnervingly intelligenteven at a few years old already smarter than their parents in many ways. The teacher asks them to take them out of school as they frighten other children. One morning, John finds they have killed and postmortemed their pet guinea pigs, and they don't understand why he is angry at them. So far as they were concerned, they were doing research.
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Buechersuechtling
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I‘m not sure why I borrowed this for three weeks from my online library. 🤷🏽‍♀️ Couldn‘t stop listening. And now I can‘t return it earlier. 😳 (Same procedure with every audiobook. 🙄)

What in the end keeps my head busy about this one is that I am not on his side but I do consider Dr. Dettore‘s arguments about social skills and behaviour in groups catchy anyway … Phew.

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I like how Peter James deals with the subject. Not too much by the numbers. Someone who reads more of this genre might feel so but I liked the more realistic, balanced approach and I really feel with John and Naomi as the offspring grows. Being them I would have been more sceptical in the beginning but a plot needs compromises.

The end caught me by surprise.

The book leaves me thinking about humankind. Entertaining with a plus.

#BookishGoal 55

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Buechersuechtling
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Well. Uhm.
Hooked. 🤷🏽‍♀️

Might be there‘s no “Der Geschmack des Wassers” for me today. Approximately two of seven hours “done” – and still counting.

Interesting so far.

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Buechersuechtling
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Weird to restart an audiobook whose period of loan expired because my commute distance during the last, dunno, two weeks has diminished significantly.

But the plot sounds interesting: genetic engineering 🧬. A topic I was sick and tired of at the end of school, shortly before A-levels.

But now: If the plot is researched well – let the show begin.

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ephemeralwaltz
Perfect People | Peter James
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A few #mystery /thrillers for #ReadingResolutions 🕵🏻

Andrew65 Some great choices! 6y
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wiesiwies
Perfect People | Peter James
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Oh my goodness this book was AMAZING! Absolutely blown away, a roller coaster ride from start to finish! The book focuses on the morality of creating "designer babies" and what could possibly happen if one went too far down that road and how other people with different beliefs might react. This was my first book by Peter James and I will be definitely looking for more of his work in the future.
5/5 ⭐
#thriller #suspense #mystery #plottwist

RadicalReader @wiesiwies can‘t wait to check out this gem of a novel 6y
wiesiwies @RadicalReader I loved it so much, hope you do too! 6y
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pitou215
Perfect People | Peter James
Pickpick

Absolutely loved this book. Could not put it down!

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pitou215
Perfect People | Peter James
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Excited for my first Peter James novel!

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read.run.travel
Perfect People | Peter James
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Here they are, my favorites of 2016 💙

~ Room – Emma Donoghue
~ Now I See You – Nicole C. Kear
~ Everything I Never Told You – Celeste Ng – 5 ⭐️
~ Anthem – Ayn Rand (re-read) – 5 ⭐️
~ Perfect People – Peter James – 5 ⭐️
~ Animal Farm – George Orwell (re-read)
~ The Time Traveler's Wife – Audrey Niffenegger – 5 ⭐️
~ We Are Not Ourselves – Matthew Thomas
~ Americanah – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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read.run.travel
Perfect People | Peter James
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It's been a pretty good month 📚

Elisa The Time Traveler's Wife is one of the best books I've ever read. Such a wonderful read! 8y
BookishFeminist 🎉🎉🎉👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 8y
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read.run.travel
Perfect People | Peter James
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Pickpick

I am absolutely speechless! Incredibly important & interesting topic, fantastic character development, & just the right amount of spookiness 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I don't remember the last time a book consumed me like this one did - I just couldn't get enough! 💯 I feel a major case of book hangover coming...

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read.run.travel
Perfect People | Peter James
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I just booked a vacation with my sister to this heavenly place 😍 the first thing I'm planning is which books I'm bringing, duh. I cannot wait for endless reading at the beach 👓🌞

Jensol77 Where? 8y
Gezemice Looks amazing! Where is it? 8y
LyndseyReads Lovely! 8y
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read.run.travel @Jensol77 @Gezemice it's Germany's biggest island, Rügen :) 8y
Gezemice @traveling_bibliophile Beautiful! Have fun! 8y
read.run.travel @Gezemice thank you! :) 8y
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read.run.travel
Perfect People | Peter James
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There is no such thing as too many books 📚 what a successful morning at the library! Now comes the agony of choice though: which one do I read first...?

Casmt The Heart Goes Last!!! I'm nearly finished it. Can't wait to get into her other books! 8y
read.run.travel @Casmact thank you for the recommendation! I've been waiting to read The Heart Goes Last for a long time now! 8y
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