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Edit: knocked down to a 4. While I liked the book when I read it, it didn’t plague my mind for days like anything above a 4 usually does. I also wouldn’t see myself rereading it. Feels more like a “enjoy it and donate it for others to enjoy” type of book

Old review: Everything in this book had a purpose- even the small details that I initially thought were insignificant. It’s not a complete 5 only because Thora started to annoy me from halfway into part II all the way up until nearly the end. Especially the life where she walks Santi’s wife and cat out of existence

tropicwitchgirl's review against another edition

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After reading a few spoiler-free reviews, I more or less guessed what was going on. Spoilers below.

When I read this was a sci-fi, I had guess it was a simulation and upon stumbling on a spoiler review, I was right. Even with this in mind, it seems like the first part took its time setting up the many permutations, and then the second part just went full tilt into the plot. We saw hints of it in the first part but it was jarring to suddenly commit to it. Perhaps because I knew the outcome, it really affected the way it was laid out. This is apparently not supposed to be a character study, and for me on first read it was and the reason why this was happening didn’t matter to me. I wanted to know more about the minute differences instead of how things were always the same. I will also add I’ve watched Dark and 1899, both incredible takes on time loops and simulations. Obviously unfair to compare when one is a show and another a book, but I’ve come to have higher expectations.

Overall a solid effort for what appears to be a first novel, just took too long to decide what it wanted to do. Likely more for others than for me.

belle2022's review

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4.0

I requested this lovely book from NetGalley and was so so happy to have read this.

This was such an intriguing book, full of mystery, romance, life changing events and full of questions and more questions. I loved the concept of Thora and Santi meeting each other in all these different lives and being connected by tiny things that crop up in all of their lives.

It can get confusing at times and doesn’t really get fast paced until about 70% in. But, I found this book matching the pace that it was written in and I liked the way it read. It made me have questions, emotions and just trying to find out why Thora & Santi were always in each other’s lives. I like the whole plot of why they are in each other’s lives that we find out 85% in. The ending actually shocked me as we were told one thing but it lead to another and it was so so sad. I definitely connected more to Santi than Thora. I really liked the ending but was also sad with the way it ended off for one of characters.