The Postmortal

      "The Postmortal," by Drew Magary is a futuristic novel that deals with many conflicts having to do with the cure.  The cure is a basic gene transformative shot that makes a person stay the same age forever. It is not exactly that you live forever, it is just a life extender for those who want to live longer and for those who do not want to grow old.  This idea of living much longer from a simple shot is something that intrigues me. I also wonder if there is ever a possibility that this could actually happen in real life. So in other words, this was my favorite idea within this novel.

     

       The main character, John Farell, dealt with many inner and outer conflicts, like debating on if he should have gotten the cure, or even just fighting with the Greenies. John Farell was easy to relate to and he became one of my favorite characters within the book. I thought this novel was very well written, deep, and overall extremely interesting. Most summer reading books that I have read have not been as fascinating or adventurous as this, so I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a great read and easy to get through because the topic was so exciting.