Limitless

by Alan Glynn

A stunning international thriller and a wild, compulsive ride into the greedy vortex of modern life.

Imagine a drug that made your brain function to its full potential.

A drug that allowed you pick up a foreign language in a single day.

A drug that helped you process information so fast you could see patterns in the stock market.

Just as his life is fading into mediocrity, Eddie Spinola comes across such a pill: MDT-48 - a sort of Viagra for the brain. But while its benefits materialise quickly, so do certain unwelcome side-effects. And when Eddie decides to track down other users, he soon discovers that they're all dying, or already dead...

• ISBN10: 1429973633
• ISBN13: 9781429973632
• Publish Date: 1 March 2011
• Publish Status: Active
• Imprint: Picador USA
• Format: eBook
• Language: English

Reviews

I'm usually one of those people who like the book better than the movie. In this case, I have to admit to liking the movie more. This book was good, but the movie had more creative symmetry... and ended on more of an up note. I don't think that hint about the end gives too much away. In fact, I think folks should be a little warned. You kind of know where things are headed, but you hope for something different.

All of that said, the concept on which Limitless is based, or Dark Fields as the book was originally titled, is creative, fascinating, and had the potential to spawn an entire franchise. I know there's a second book in the series but it's certain to be based on a different character. It's something of a prequel from what little I have read about it. And of course the movie and subsequent TV series speak to the imagination Gynn inspired in other writers.

Read the book if you don't expect it to be a clone of the movie and if you're looking for a conclusion different from everything you know if Limitless in its visual forms. If you go into the book with these expectations, you're likely to enjoy the book for what it is: creative, visceral, and often thought-provoking.

[Michael @ Knowledge Lost]

I think having seen the movie, made the book less enjoyable, all the key plot points are in the movie; minus all the long drawn out jargon that the author uses. There are some interesting things in the book that didn’t translate in the movie, but its too simlar. In the end the movie is much more enjoyable.