Rated: ★★★★☆ – “Loved it! 
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“Do not try and bend the spoon—that’s impossible. Instead, only try to realize the truth. There is no spoon.”
– The Matrix“Marina once told me that we only remember what never really happened.”
– Carlos Ruiz Zafón
What happens when philosophy takes off the academic robe and walks barefoot into the wilderness of perception?
That’s what a new Reedsy Discovery reviewer explored in their ★★★★☆ review of Margins of Perception. Described not as a conventional psychological thriller, but as a hybrid between essay and speculative non-fiction, the review dives deep into what makes the book resonate—and what makes it wander.
Yes, the book touches on chaos theory, dreams, illusions, and memory—especially the memory of things that never happened. But more than that, it speaks to you. In fragments. In whispers. In rhetorical questions.
The reviewer writes:
“Each short, sketch-like chapter merely outlines the direction of a theme… The work consists of fragments, as the author himself calls them, filled with rhetorical questions… The author invites the reader to ponder what is truth and what is falsehood, how to distinguish between them, and whether it’s even possible.”
The verdict?
Margins of Perception might not give you a gripping thriller. It might not even give you answers. But it will give you a mirror. A gateway. A moment to pause—and maybe question the very scaffolding of thought itself.
It’s a book that some may find too scattered, too elusive. But for others, that may be the point.
“It might inspire readers to… pause, close their eyes, and allow themselves to get lost… in the endless labyrinth of illusions, boundaries, the illusion of boundaries, perception, and thought—ultimately leading them back to themselves.”
Read the full review on Reedsy Discovery
https://reedsy.com/discovery/book/margins-of-perception-the-fractured-mind-book-1-ahmad-i-alkhalel#review
And if you’ve read the book, I would deeply value your thoughts—leave a review, or simply tell me what you felt. I believe books don’t live on shelves. They live in minds.
Until then, keep bending reality—one margin at a time.
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