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Now that I’m out of the full-body trance this book put me in I can tell you how I feel about it:
- I need this as a movie so bad
- Elements I love: teenage best friends, the 90s, NYC, dad- daughter bond
- Magical realism is the way, the truth, and the life
- This was my first Emma Straub book and I’m trying to read all of them ASAP
- Marin Ireland is my favorite audiobook narrator so imagine my elation when I heard ‘this is Marin Ireland’!!!
- Perfect and perfectly believable characters
- HARD RELATE cause I’m still BFFs with my teenhood BFF and also my dad
- Honestly 16 would be such a good reset age for me
- But would it matter?
- Who would I tell?
- Would I be happy with ANY version of me?
- In the middle of this I found out the book is somewhat autobiographical
- Finding that out destroyed me all the way through to the last page

Seriously, I can’t believe how much this book forced me to feel. It’s warm, funny, nostalgic, and incredibly thought-provoking. It will leave you ruminating on what truly matters and you’ll immediately want to call/hug the people you love. It sent me on an existential roller coaster and I punished Garrett for 3 days talking about it and asking him what we would do and how much we would appreciate and cherish everyone and everything. Then I saw my dad for the first time in a while right after I read this and I felt like *I* had just come back from time travel; I gave him a strong hug that came from such a deep emotional place he will never know. Anyway now that I’m done crying I have a new interest in time travel books (more magical realism than sci-fi) so send me your recs ♥’

jjfortier's review against another edition

3.75

emotional hopeful reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

l_watkins's review against another edition

3.5

emotional hopeful reflective

Diverse cast of characters: No

julies_reading's review against another edition

3.0

On her 40th birthday, Alice isn't satisfied with her life. Her joy in life has stagnated, especially since her father - famous for having written a cult classic time travel novel - has declined in his health. When she stumbles to her father's home drunk and ends up in his shed overnight, she wakes up on her 16th birthday - her father's hale and hearty, her best friend is at her side, and her crush is still within reach. Maybe this is the opportunity she needs to change her life.

I read most any time travel fiction I can get my hands on - it's my favorite thing. Because of that, I'm used to what a lot of time travel stories will do. This literary time travel story does exactly what a literary time travel story does and doesn't deviate from that one bit in its messaging or plot. From the first pages, you know where this'll go. This had a good balance of having Alice take control of her life and accept the things she can't control. I thought the type of time travel she encounters was fairly fun, and I liked her going through the process of figuring out what the rules were. I also thought the fast pacing of the final act was really effective. Given the way that this book was pitched, I expected her relationship with her dad to be center stage more; I would've liked that to be expanded on. She goes on about her teenage crush for a longer time that I thought necessary (ignoring the whole 40 y/o in 16 y/o body... giving it the excuse of hormones). It also pitches itself as funny, I thought it was fairly plain. If I had to compare it to a time travel thing I've seen before, it's like a less fun/interesting About Time.

Overall, this is the typical literary time travel. It won't surprise you, but it has good messaging.