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serinde4books's review against another edition
This is my October book for BOTM. This is the story of time travel. The protagonist is met by his future self and is told not to marry the love of his life. It takes some convincing, but after much sou searching he listens to his future self. But of course the future is never what we expect it to be. So the man is constantly visited by different versions of his future self giving him advice on what he should do to be happy.
I didn't really like this book. It was an ok read, by that I mean it was readable, I didn't dread my weeks reading so it wasn't all bad. I feel like the writer, i.e. the man, was pretentious and Q was perfectly bohemian. I just didn't connect to the characters. I felt the man was jerked around by his future selves quite a bit, they kept changing what would make him happy.
There were these were these awful parts were Mandery inserted whole chapters of the Man's writing and it was just tedious, it really annoyed me. I wanted it to stick to the story. It felt lazy and as storyline filler to me.
SPOILER ALERT
So in the end the old man, goes back to tell his original self not to leave Q. There he meets old Q and they go off into the sunset. The ending really pissed me off. It was a pointless story, they end up together in the end and wasted all their youth and missed so much time with each other. In my mind after the book ends, like within a week or so one or both is hit by a bus, because that seems fair for wasting the life they could have had even with the tragedy. The whole reason the man didn't marry Q is their son has a horrible genetic disease and it destroys both the man and Q. I'm sorry, but the solution is called birth control, and if Q doesn't want to agree to that a vasectomy could easily be obtained and the whole problem avoided, then they could adopt! I was just a annoyed at the stupidity of the main character.
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I didn't really like this book. It was an ok read, by that I mean it was readable, I didn't dread my weeks reading so it wasn't all bad. I feel like the writer, i.e. the man, was pretentious and Q was perfectly bohemian. I just didn't connect to the characters. I felt the man was jerked around by his future selves quite a bit, they kept changing what would make him happy.
There were these were these awful parts were Mandery inserted whole chapters of the Man's writing and it was just tedious, it really annoyed me. I wanted it to stick to the story. It felt lazy and as storyline filler to me.
SPOILER ALERT
So in the end the old man, goes back to tell his original self not to leave Q. There he meets old Q and they go off into the sunset. The ending really pissed me off. It was a pointless story, they end up together in the end and wasted all their youth and missed so much time with each other. In my mind after the book ends, like within a week or so one or both is hit by a bus, because that seems fair for wasting the life they could have had even with the tragedy. The whole reason the man didn't marry Q is their son has a horrible genetic disease and it destroys both the man and Q. I'm sorry, but the solution is called birth control, and if Q doesn't want to agree to that a vasectomy could easily be obtained and the whole problem avoided, then they could adopt! I was just a annoyed at the stupidity of the main character.
For additional reviews please see my blog at www.adventuresofabibliophile.blogspot.com
surfmadpig's review against another edition
4.0
It's been a while, but i do remember this:
Q is witty and pleasant and doesn't take itself too seriously. There were a few powerfully emotional moments but what stuck with me was a Vonnegutian sense of humor. And yes, Mr. Vandery confirms my suspicions on his author page. Good job.
Q is witty and pleasant and doesn't take itself too seriously. There were a few powerfully emotional moments but what stuck with me was a Vonnegutian sense of humor. And yes, Mr. Vandery confirms my suspicions on his author page. Good job.
omgitsmandy's review against another edition
5.0
I loved this book. I found it on a Buzzfeed list giving book recommendation based on movies you enjoy. This one was related to the movie Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (which in case you haven't seen it, is an incredible movie). I also had a strange book craving after a dream one night and this book satisfied it perfectly. I always have trouble finding exactly the book I'm looking for, but this felt like it. I like how it was a romance without it being primarily a romance. There was some sci-fi in it but not enough to really make it a science fiction novel. I found it compelling and hard to put down. It brought up some very interesting philosophical ideas that spanned throughout the book, and the ending was perfect for me. This completely reminds me of something I would typically watch in a film and love. Would recommend for those looking for an offbeat romance that doesn't just focus on the main relationship, or really anyone.
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time travelcurveball's review against another edition
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
frithf's review against another edition
2.0
Sorry, I didn't like this book. I kept reading in the spirit of a fair go, but the stilted narrative and dialogue (one of the 'quirky' characters even lampshades this: as an eminent professor, he refuses to use contractions. Arrrrrrrgh!) fall flat, and the main character, to me, appears pompous rather than cute. The plot 'twists' are similarly obvious - the heartless tycoon father is the real force behind the destruction of his beloved daughter's organic urban garden?! Never saw that one coming. irritating characters never engaged.
Almost as infuriating is the author's blatant statement to the reader that the book is crammed with references and messages that we don't 'get' - a character remarks that "if this were in a book, no-one would get this part". The machine should stay hidden, and allow the story to flow. Unfortunately, in this case, both machine and story are too unwieldy to disguise the deficiencies of the other.
Almost as infuriating is the author's blatant statement to the reader that the book is crammed with references and messages that we don't 'get' - a character remarks that "if this were in a book, no-one would get this part". The machine should stay hidden, and allow the story to flow. Unfortunately, in this case, both machine and story are too unwieldy to disguise the deficiencies of the other.
ptothelo's review against another edition
Interesting premise. I tried reading it several times but never got caught up in it
hummeline's review against another edition
1.0
DREADFUL. Annoying narrator...and with such a promising premise! Ugh.
machadofam8's review against another edition
3.0
I really loved the plot of this - I laid awake much of the night wondering what I would do if my future selves came to tell me what to do - would I listen to them? Neat idea. Love Mandery's style of writing as well.
fisk42's review against another edition
3.0
A pretty interesting novel about how bad it would be if you tried to avoid the bad things in life by time traveling to warn yourself. Lots of tangents, some interesting some not. Not the best depiction of time traveling which was ignorable until he devoted a couple of chapters talking about what everyone did when time travel was invented. In the end love triumphs.
bofrazer's review against another edition
4.0
“If you could, what would you tell your younger self?” That’s the launching point for the plot woven here, although we don’t know this until later. I have a hard time suspending my disbelief sometimes, but this well-written romantic story had me well invested before a time-travel zinger was added. The author is a skilled wordsmith, flexing my vocabulary muscles.