The Game of Satori
Amy Jacquemard
Published December 4, 2020
283 Pages
The Game of Satori, a virtual reality escape game that hacks your mind–delving deeply into your subconscious, pulling memories, thoughts and beliefs to the surface that have long been suppressed. All in the name of Satori–sudden enlightenment. The winner will claim one million dollars and the promise of a new life.
Do you have the guts to see what’s hidden there?
It’s just a game… isn’t it?
A new reality show is taking the nation by storm. Satori is a game of escape, only the rooms are not the typical one-hour affair. In Satori’s virtual reality game, players have five days to solve each room’s cutting-edge maze filled with physical, emotional, and psychological puzzles. All in the name of reaching Satori—translation: “sudden enlightenment.”
Produced by the infamous Jacob Novak, known for creating revolutionary technology that pushes the bounds of imagination and his half-brother, Gabriel, the iconic transformational guru whose personal growth platform ‘awakens your aliveness,’ Satori guarantees not only to alter the lives of the contestants through the supernatural rooms, but also the lives of those who tune in to watch.
Ellie, twenty-two, who recently embezzled money to help a friend escape deportation—and dodge her own eviction notice—finds herself on the run only to be randomly selected from an open call to the public: join the new game Satori. The prize is one million dollars and a get-out-of-jail-free card.
The game quickly becomes a heart-racing labyrinth through a series of psychological tests meant to break—or transform—each contestant. As other contestants struggle and fail, Ellie holds on through sheer desperation, knowing that her sanity and future depend on her tenacity to become the first survivor of Satori.
My Review
The Game of Satori is a new escape room competition that is based in virtual reality. Ellie and her team need to escape the rooms in time to move on to the next level. I’m really picky about the sci fi and fantasy books I read. I need them based in something I can believe could happen. This book worked for me.
Ellie, and all the contestants we get to know, have a hard past and things they aren’t necessarily proud of. The game knows about these transgressions and hone in on them. Instead of spending their time looking for solutions to formulas and keys, the contestants are facing their past. Working on becoming more self aware to heal and become a better person. The book was a lot more philosophical than I thought, but after reading the author is a life coach and trainer, it makes sense.
I liked that the contestants were put into teams and have the struggle with only one person can win versus needing the team’s knowledge to advance. I didn’t really connect with any of the players which made it a little more difficult to connect to the story.
My favorite line in the book is, “Cowards never start, the weak never finish, and winners never quit.”
If you love escape rooms, reality shows, and overcoming obstacles then you should embark on the journey.
About the author:
Amy Jacquemard is a coach, trainer, and writer of the new novel The Game of Satori. She has always been a seeker and has spent most of her life discovering ways to create a more engaged and fulfilled life. Amy loves to share her discoveries, not only in her coaching and training, but within her stories.
Amy has spent much of her work life playing in the field of training, spirituality and education. Before transitioning into full-time writing and coaching, Amy worked for Sounds True, CareerTrack, Children’s Hospital Colorado and was a contractor writing on-line courses for some of the top Fortune 500 companies.
When she’s not writing or coaching, Amy can be found in the mountains hiking, skiing and golfing, as well as creating treasure hunts for her family and friends.
Amy lives in sunny Denver with her husband and small white dog, Max.
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