Soul Intent

Dennis Batchelder
NetLeaves (2009)
ISBN 9780979805622
Reviewed by Natalie Novak for Reader Views (01/10)


Second in the “Soul” series, “Soul Intent” by Dennis Batchelder gives us another venture through a whirlwind of uncovering the mystery taking place in 1946. The story centers around characters brought in from “Soul Identity” and choices they made at that time. 

Timely for what many are accepting now, Batchelder’s writing brings in reincarnation.  Although fiction, I was intrigued in the actual proof and possibilities that emerge in the storyline.  For example, by taking photographs of a person’s retina and the overlaying it with one that has passed, the image is the same (no different than a fingerprint.)  There may be more to the quote “seeing the soul through the eyes” - this may have more meaning than we take, literally.

Batchelder is a talented writer and I would easily put him into the same category as Dan Brown.  Character development is at its prime and as a reader I was able to visualize them in full color.  The story moves along very quickly, never boring the reader, yet slow enough to know what is going on.  I was totally absorbed from the beginning to the end, finding it very hard to put the book down to do essential things.  For me, when I put the book I’m reading over other important things I have to do denotes how good it is.   While I’m still exploring the possibilities of reincarnation, “Soul Intent” catapulted me to a place of much questioning, and closer to accepting it as being part of life.  I look forward to the next book in the “Soul” series by Dennis Batchelder.

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