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All Our Wrong Todays by Elan Mastai

9 reviews

dalek_caan's review against another edition

adventurous reflective tense medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

This book was a wild ride. Overall I enjoyed it, and the time travel aspects were entertaining. I was definitely thinking this book would be a lot lighter than it was, but was pleased and surprised by the direction it ended up going.

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jmanning's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

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sarahelyse's review against another edition

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adventurous funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

What a fascinating combination of science, science fiction, philosophy, and the human spirit, packaged seamlessly into a memoir of the most important human of whom you've never heard.

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shoshin's review against another edition

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hopeful sad fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

I had to think about this one for a while before rating it. I almost gave up on it pretty early because the protagonist was terrible and the sexism was awful, but I'm surprised to say that I'm glad I stuck with it. The protagonist grew a lot, I was surprised by some of the things that happened, and I appreciated the resolution more than I thought I would. I was walking through the grocery store with a slightly dopey grin listening to the end, which confused my fellow shoppers but made me feel pretty good about the book in the end.

My biggest complaint, which even the satisfying resolution couldn't fix, was

the protagonist's irrational attachment to, and inaccurate statements about, a fertilized egg. The fertilized egg in Penelope's fallopian tube would not have been detectable, and no physiological changes occur, so far as I'm aware, until implantation. I could attribute it to future magic medicine, but I think it more likely that the author has an anti-choice agenda. The sexism generally ran through the book and just wouldn't stop, even when the author tried to have the protagonist call himself out. This review covers most of it and says it well, so I'll direct you to it: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/fe29fe2a-19ba-43f1-8c64-ca46ee249a29

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rubybubbles's review against another edition

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dark slow-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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brianareads's review against another edition

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dark reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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kyr1's review against another edition

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adventurous funny fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Plot
Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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majd's review against another edition

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adventurous emotional funny inspiring reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book is the end of Time Travel Sci-fi for me.
There is no following up this masterpiece.
This is it; the genre is fullfilled.

This book is immersive and incredibly detailed and well told. I wouldn't call it a light read but it is absolutely the kind that pulls you in and you can't fully remove yourself until the book ends. It's riveting, at times hilarious, at times tragic, but always one step ahead of the reader. If you like having things explained (but not overexplained) and seeing plotlines be consistent, you'll be thrilled to find that every fibre of this story holds its weight and earns its place. Every time I thought I had the upper hand, the "uh huh I see what you're doing there...", he took my expectations and turned them inside out. Mastai has said he spent 15 years writing this novel and I can see that dedication in the quality of this book.

I'm a massive fan of sci-fi from Isaac Asimov's era and you can see this same appreciation reflected in Elan Mastai's alternate-dimension time-traveller. The adventure in this sci-fi is not rocketships shooting lazer beams amongst the stars but in the philosophical queries of the human mind... I borrowed the audiobook (read by the author and oh so excellent!) from my library but I'm gonna be hunting down a copy to live on my shelf now!

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delunn's review against another edition

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Strong character development? No
Loveable characters? No
Diverse cast of characters? No
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.0

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