Book Review: Nemesis

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young woman at fifteen years of age.
As a child, all who encountered her sensed that she was different. Her wide
eyes absorbed all that was around her and seemed to know a great deal. Growing
older, her “uniqueness” established itself as a gift in which she is able to
read into the body language of others. A slight movement, a stuttered word, the
smallest hesitation gives her indication as to one's true feelings and motives.
Some mistake this gift as her being a “psychic”, but she is not. Marlene has
only learned how to interpret little signs often overlooked.
Now a young woman, Marlene's uncanny ability has become quite developed.
She finds herself constantly watching people's reactions, and does not hesitate
to bluntly speak out what she has learned. Her intuitions sometimes get too
interfering and she often crosses the line of being helpful. Many become
extremely uncomfortable whenever in her presence, so she is advised by her
mother against showing this talent. She ...

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natural
environment. Meeting with a being of like intellect, her mind is able to
further expand.
Her new friend, indigenous to Erythro, assists Marlene in using her mind
to communicate with it. Her outings become an almost daily event and, as a
result of her confidences with this alien, she matures. She now understands why
people do not always reveal their true feelings and why they keep things to
themselves. She learns the importance of privacy and has come to terms with her
father's desertion of her. She is now seen as a true adult in the eyes of those
around her.

Theme:

Nemesis was the Greek Goddess of Retribution, of Justified Revenge, and
of Punishment. In Isaac Asimov's ...

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