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Turbulence by Samit Basu

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was recommended to me by a bookseller I know, so I took him up on it. So happy I did. The plot concerns the passengers on an Air India flight from London to Mumbai. After landing, all the people who were on that flight begin developing superpowers based on their dreams. An overworked wife gains the power to create endless duplicates, a tech geek who bemoans the sad state of wifi in India can access the entire internet mentally, and so on. But not everyone is a good person, and not everyone had small dreams . . .

I really enjoyed this. First of all, because it's a book set in India written by an Indian author. This exposed me to a different cultural point-of-view from what I'm used to seeing. Secondly, all the characters are interesting and the process of discovering the extent of the powers flows naturally. Lastly, the plot was engaging. I cared about these people and what happens to them. They are very real, especially in how they react to these newfound abilities. The villains are suitably villainous, the action is fast-paced, and the ending is morally ambiguous. There are two sequels, which I will be checking out.

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