Review: Upgrade

Upgrade by Blake Crouch
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Logan is a very lucky man.  He was hit by a bomb that infected him with a virus.  What made him lucky was that the virus didn’t kill him or change his genetic structure.  He is released to return to his family and then he notices some small changes … nothing major.  He can finally concentrate long enough to finish a book, he can multitask, and he can beat his daughter at chess.  Then he finds out the truth.  His genome has been hacked and he is told “You are the next step in human evolution.”  Logan is off the chart smart, now, and it will be up to him to try and stop the larger plan that has already been set in motion.  Will Logan be able to stop this human evolution?  What changes will he need to embrace in himself to protect everyone else?

Upgrade is a science fiction story that was also a wonderful escape.  I loved the near future aspect with science that was only a little beyond what we do now.  This story could be our future if we stay on the track we are moving and that makes this book that much more believable.  We don’t need to suspend disbelief to accept aliens or far space travel.  Everything happens in our true backyard and readers will want to get to the end to discover what happens next.  

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