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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
too much to complain about
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Cute with a cartoonishly evil villain. +.5 stars for gay rights.
Oh boy. So, I love stories about time travel and this book quickly appealed to me with its promise of not just time travel but also a mystery element/murder. I did enjoy the book and liked the majority of it. However, the timeline was difficult for me to follow at times and it jumps around in perspective quite a bit. The reader needs to pay close attention to the year at the beginning of the chapter, and for me, it was hard to put it down and pick it back up again. I read the last 30% in one sitting and that made it a bit more enjoyable. Overall, I liked the story, I loved the nearly all-women cast, and I appreciated the details that went into explaining the nuances of time travel.
Four scientists created the first time machine in the late 1960s. One of the four experiences a breakdown as an effect of the time travel. She leaves the group and the book explores how her life is forever changed. The other three continue with the experiment and build a large quasi-NGO with interesting legal, political, and financially frameworks and practices. The family of the fourth woman becomes involved inadvertently with the remaining women and lives become interweaved over the next few centuries. The book explores the mental health issues and cognitive effects of time travel.
Such an intriguing and unique storyline - exploring time travel and its effect on people's mental health and relationships (as well as art, religion and law), centred around a mystery. Full review to follow!
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF TIME TRAVEL
BY KATE MASCARENHAS
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 12TH, 2019
🌟🌟🌟🌟
I received a complimentary ARC copy of The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books in order to read and give an honest review.
… A unique and interesting entry in the time travel genre.
I have always been a huge fan of time travel stories. Kate Mascarenhas’s debut The Psychology of Time Travel focuses on what happens to people’s psyche when they travel back and forth in time. What would happen if you could go back in time whenever you wanted and spend a day with loved ones who have passed away? Would it change how you view death? Would you take life for granted? The Psychology Of Time Travel answers these questions.
When four women discover time travel in 1960’s they launch an empire for themselves called “The Conclave” When one of the pioneers, Barbara suffers from a very public psychotic episode she is removed from the team and ostracized. The beginning of the book lays the groundwork for each of their personal journeys and how they adjust to the ability to travel and to meet their future or “silver” selves. Some flourish, some flounder, except for Barbara who is not allowed back and not only loses her purpose but her friends too.
The book picks up in the modern day when Barbara receives a cryptic clue of a death notice about an elderly woman who is murdered in the future. Barbara and her psychologist granddaughter Ruby begin trying to unravel the pieces. There is also a suspicious and puzzling murder of a woman in a small museum which occurs in a locked room with no way in or out. The body is damaged beyond recognition, no one is certain who it is, why they were there or how it happened. When a young museum worker Odette finds the body, she is traumatized, ends up seeking counsel from Ruby and can’t rest until she finds out what happened. Odette follows her suspicions and even goes undercover at the Conclave to get to the bottom of it. How could she solve a murder where the murderer could slip in an out of time?
Told from various viewpoints and throughout various time periods, this book tracks multiple characters jumping back and forth in time, some even meeting their future selves in the same room. It takes a while to catch onto which “version” of the character is present.
A unique and interesting entry in the time travel genre. Mascarenhas has created a very character driven novel with multifaceted characters who you grow to care about.
Definitely, an emotional roller coaster filled with mystery. I highly recommend.
BY KATE MASCARENHAS
RELEASE DATE: FEBRUARY 12TH, 2019
🌟🌟🌟🌟
I received a complimentary ARC copy of The Psychology of Time Travel
by Kate Mascarenhas NetGalley and Crooked Lane Books in order to read and give an honest review.
… A unique and interesting entry in the time travel genre.
I have always been a huge fan of time travel stories. Kate Mascarenhas’s debut The Psychology of Time Travel focuses on what happens to people’s psyche when they travel back and forth in time. What would happen if you could go back in time whenever you wanted and spend a day with loved ones who have passed away? Would it change how you view death? Would you take life for granted? The Psychology Of Time Travel answers these questions.
When four women discover time travel in 1960’s they launch an empire for themselves called “The Conclave” When one of the pioneers, Barbara suffers from a very public psychotic episode she is removed from the team and ostracized. The beginning of the book lays the groundwork for each of their personal journeys and how they adjust to the ability to travel and to meet their future or “silver” selves. Some flourish, some flounder, except for Barbara who is not allowed back and not only loses her purpose but her friends too.
The book picks up in the modern day when Barbara receives a cryptic clue of a death notice about an elderly woman who is murdered in the future. Barbara and her psychologist granddaughter Ruby begin trying to unravel the pieces. There is also a suspicious and puzzling murder of a woman in a small museum which occurs in a locked room with no way in or out. The body is damaged beyond recognition, no one is certain who it is, why they were there or how it happened. When a young museum worker Odette finds the body, she is traumatized, ends up seeking counsel from Ruby and can’t rest until she finds out what happened. Odette follows her suspicions and even goes undercover at the Conclave to get to the bottom of it. How could she solve a murder where the murderer could slip in an out of time?
Told from various viewpoints and throughout various time periods, this book tracks multiple characters jumping back and forth in time, some even meeting their future selves in the same room. It takes a while to catch onto which “version” of the character is present.
A unique and interesting entry in the time travel genre. Mascarenhas has created a very character driven novel with multifaceted characters who you grow to care about.
Definitely, an emotional roller coaster filled with mystery. I highly recommend.
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
If you have trouble with keeping track of timelines this book is not for you.
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
adventurous
emotional
inspiring
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes