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3.83 AVERAGE
3.83 AVERAGE
There’s a lot to keep track of in this book, with both the characters and the chapters leaping around in time. It’s a little tedious if you aren’t in the right headspace or if you return after putting it down for a while, but the premise is interesting and the thing that needs to be changed in history to avoid the Chernobyl meltdown is most certainly not what you expect.
adventurous
emotional
informative
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
dark
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
hands down, EASILY a five star read for me! this book didn’t have anything i didn’t like, and it ended phenomenally! Anyone who knows me, knows I’m terrible about explaining what books are about, but y’all are just going to have to trust me and check out the blurb below and me the judge yourself!
“Three brilliant women.
Two life-changing mistakes.
One chance to reset the future.
In 1986, renowned nuclear scientist, Anna Berkova, is sleeping in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl’s reactor melts down. It’s the exact moment she tears through time—and it’s an accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s landed in 1992 only to discover Molly, her estranged daughter, shot in the chest. Molly, with her dying breath, begs Anna to go back in time and stop the disaster, to save Molly’s daughter Raisa, and put their family’s future on a better path.
In ‘60s Philadelphia, Molly is coming of age as an adopted refusenik. Her family is full of secrets and a past they won’t share. She finds solace in comic books, drawing her own series, Atomic Anna, and she’s determined to make it as an artist. When she meets the volatile, charismatic Viktor, their romance sets her life on a very different course.
In the ‘80s, Raisa, is a lonely teen and math prodigy, until a quiet, handsome boy moves in across the street and an odd old woman shows up claiming to be her biological grandmother. As Raisa finds new issues of Atomic Anna in unexpected places, she notices each comic challenges her to solve equations leading to one impossible conclusion: time travel. And she finally understands what she has to do.
As these remarkable women work together to prevent the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century, they grapple with the power their discoveries hold. Just because you can change the past, does it mean you should?”
“just because you can change the past, does it mean you should?” is a major theme through out the story, passed down to each woman as a piece of advice. If you aren’t reading this book, what are you doing??
thank you @grandcentralpub for this amazing book! i am so happy i chose it!
thank you @barenbaumrachel for writing this masterpiece!
#bookreview #atomicanna
“Three brilliant women.
Two life-changing mistakes.
One chance to reset the future.
In 1986, renowned nuclear scientist, Anna Berkova, is sleeping in her bed in the Soviet Union when Chernobyl’s reactor melts down. It’s the exact moment she tears through time—and it’s an accident. When she opens her eyes, she’s landed in 1992 only to discover Molly, her estranged daughter, shot in the chest. Molly, with her dying breath, begs Anna to go back in time and stop the disaster, to save Molly’s daughter Raisa, and put their family’s future on a better path.
In ‘60s Philadelphia, Molly is coming of age as an adopted refusenik. Her family is full of secrets and a past they won’t share. She finds solace in comic books, drawing her own series, Atomic Anna, and she’s determined to make it as an artist. When she meets the volatile, charismatic Viktor, their romance sets her life on a very different course.
In the ‘80s, Raisa, is a lonely teen and math prodigy, until a quiet, handsome boy moves in across the street and an odd old woman shows up claiming to be her biological grandmother. As Raisa finds new issues of Atomic Anna in unexpected places, she notices each comic challenges her to solve equations leading to one impossible conclusion: time travel. And she finally understands what she has to do.
As these remarkable women work together to prevent the greatest nuclear disaster of the 20th century, they grapple with the power their discoveries hold. Just because you can change the past, does it mean you should?”
“just because you can change the past, does it mean you should?” is a major theme through out the story, passed down to each woman as a piece of advice. If you aren’t reading this book, what are you doing??
thank you @grandcentralpub for this amazing book! i am so happy i chose it!
thank you @barenbaumrachel for writing this masterpiece!
#bookreview #atomicanna
reflective
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
As a nuclear engineer this book was so disappointing.
adventurous
dark
emotional
mysterious
reflective
sad
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Rachel Barenbaum has crafted an unique book that at it's heart is about family. We have three generations of smart and powerful women who battle life circumstances, discriminations, and their own natures to discover contentment in their lives. Barenbaum weaves a clever and wild timeline that takes the unpredictability of time travel and makes a beautiful stage for self discovery and familial healing.
I’m going to be honest I really thought this book was going to be more about Chernobyl so I went in with very different expectations. It turns out Chernobyl was more of a plot point that catapulted the story forward. That said I thought this was a really lovely story about first and second generation immigrants with a focus on some very strong, capable women complete with a fun sci fi twist. Even though it feels a bit fantastical, the time travel elements feel very grounded in math and science (though I’m really not the person to ask about the authenticity of this) and it made the book feel really realistic. I loved that the recurring theme was “just because you can doesn’t mean you should” and the concept of changing the past and the affects of this on the future/ present were also very much at the forefront.
I ended up breezing through this a lot more quickly than I expected to. An interesting read for sure!
I ended up breezing through this a lot more quickly than I expected to. An interesting read for sure!
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes