THE SOULMATE EQUATION by Christina Lauren: Book Review

It is the most recent read from my shelf and most probably the first ever if I had to consider the dedication of the authors to stick to the storyline. Nowhere it felt like the authors are showcasing their writing skills through nonrequired exaggerated situations. And, who said fancy lines are the only writing skill to satisfy the curiosity of the reader, to meet the expectation with which they pick the book?

WHY I CHOOSE TO READ IT?

Being on the verge of surrendering control and letting literally everything happen at its own pace, with every passing day I feel more inclined towards trusting the Universe’s right timing for the right person to enter my life. Moreover, I have recently (read somewhere) acknowledged the fact that you could have more than one soulmate, it’s not about your life partner, counterpart, or that special one. And, it’s been said by River as well in the book:

Compatibility is not limited to just romantic relationship

Jessica Davis with a non-existent love life went through yet another date ending in disaster. She was preparing to give up on love for good when she heard about GeneticAlly, a buzzy new matchmaking company that claims to find you your soulmate using a DNA equation. Suddenly, love doesn’t seem quite so far out of reach.

Dr. River Pena, founder of GeneticAlly matches the compatibility of Jess on her test with an unheard score of 98.

At first, it felt like having an unequivocal desire to have a likewise application available to know;
– who suits you the most at that higher level? or
– whom you choose stands exactly there, where you expect it to be?

With every next page, it was so satisfying to realize to not know where the connection stands on paper (according to statistics) but to know where the counterpart had made the connection stand within them.

After the main leads of the story, the DNADuo score caught most of the attention. DNADuo score, certified, scientifically where the compatibility as soulmate lies with the other. (Dissatisfied to read that towards the end one (Dr. River) knows their DNADuo score and the other person (Jessica) doesn’t.)

(Here I realized I was looking forward to such an application may be because I was seeking confirmation in the reaction of both of them towards the company’s Diamond match score of 98 – which later on was revealed to be forged by Dr. River’s company marketing team to hike the attention of the audience towards the application.)

There comes a time when you need to be sure of your feelings.

After knowing the forged score scale, River went silent for a long when Jessica had to remind herself that ‘she was still better off than she had been before all this craziness began.’

Jessica is undoubtedly correct here. Reminding yourself this (‘she was still better off than she had been before all this craziness began‘) is the best resort you should opt for when situations and feelings go out of control or start working otherwise. Else, you would never be able to open yourself to the story’s other side, like when Jessica and River had a heartfelt conversation and Jessica got to learn that River was depressed due to; the family like colleagues ditching him and always felt Jessica near her ever during physical distance, hell silence, and emotional disconnect.

My curiosity to look for some app. like this settled when I read Jessica saying River, “Statistics can’t tell us what will happen, they can only tell us what might happen.”

Jessica being the one initially feeling comparatively unsure about the equation towards the end, realized that:
“destiny could also be a choice, to believe or not, to be vulnerable or not, to go all in or not.”
(And, this was the only fact certifying River’s unexpected admission in Jessica’s life, Jessica unwillingly falling for him, and ultimately wanting him to stay forever despite the disclosure of the 98 scores of DNA being falsified.)

“Good things” happen to us like “opportunities” anyhow as destined. The thing is that as soon as we believe in it, it hampers the time of our suffering. As long as the vulnerability in our thoughts of what we deserve against what we are receiving better settles, we become open to our blessings soon without judging our capabilities. Moreover, we could honor our destiny by surrounding ourselves to its fullest worth by believing that what so ever is happening is in our best interest and that ‘what so ever’ is not as per our willingness will be surely a detour to something better.

RECOMMENDATION: Read if you are at that stage of your life when you need to be sure of your feelings with sheer verbal communication.

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Published by FARHEEN DHANJAL

I am besides being a self-help writer and podcaster am a lawyer as well. I sense an intense inclination towards the power of words; their placing, usage moreover the power of interpretation they possess in law as well as philosophy. My writings are an outcome of great mind processing, notion understanding, and articulation skills as I write: – Concrete and straightforward, – Therapy and self-help, and – Professional and guidance.

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