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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Very interesting story line and just enough confusion in the narration to be intriguing and not vague. Really enjoyed it.
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
dark
informative
mysterious
reflective
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
This was a fascinating take on time travel which explores, as the title suggests, the pyschology of time travel. What potential effects would it have on people's minds and health? How do you they cope with knowledge of the future - which in this book's world cannot be changed? How does it affect people's morality?
This book explores all of these questions, alongside a mystery and several generations of characters.
There's quite a lot of POVs in the story, jumping around several decades, which works for this book and the story it wants to tell. The author uses this jumping around between people - and time - skillfully, bringing them together into a overall narrative that flow well.
(It does occasionally get a little confusing, keeping track of who is who and how they relate to each other, especially with the time travelling elements. But it is written in a way that you will eventually put the pieces together.)
One thing I really enjoyed about this book was that nearly all of the time travellers and POV characters were women, meaning it explored the lives of a wide array of women, with differing morals, goal and personalities. There's also quite a few Sapphics, which is always a plus for me!
I've seen a few reviews saying there was a lack of description in the book (such as the difference in setting between the decades) and now I've seen it said they may have a point, but I didn't notice when reading, as I'm not a very description-focused reader. However, if you are, this might not be the book for you.
Overall, though, I personally found it an interesting read with a fascinating premise.
This book explores all of these questions, alongside a mystery and several generations of characters.
There's quite a lot of POVs in the story, jumping around several decades, which works for this book and the story it wants to tell. The author uses this jumping around between people - and time - skillfully, bringing them together into a overall narrative that flow well.
(It does occasionally get a little confusing, keeping track of who is who and how they relate to each other, especially with the time travelling elements. But it is written in a way that you will eventually put the pieces together.)
One thing I really enjoyed about this book was that nearly all of the time travellers and POV characters were women, meaning it explored the lives of a wide array of women, with differing morals, goal and personalities. There's also quite a few Sapphics, which is always a plus for me!
I've seen a few reviews saying there was a lack of description in the book (such as the difference in setting between the decades) and now I've seen it said they may have a point, but I didn't notice when reading, as I'm not a very description-focused reader. However, if you are, this might not be the book for you.
Overall, though, I personally found it an interesting read with a fascinating premise.
Lesbian time travel murder mystery! I devoured this book in about 16 hours. I really enjoyed the exploration of time travel's impact on human psychology; what happens when your chronology is no longer linear, when you can no longer tell if your memories are of something you experienced in the past or the future, when death no longer seems to hold the same significance.
I liked this book for a lot of reasons: the evil character was the rich one, a lot of the main characters were women (if not lesbians) of colour, Ruby ends up in an inter-dimensional lesbian love affair with her grandma's old best mate and the glossary of Time Traveller phrases is great, e.g. 'legacy fuck' referring to having sex with one's past self. It was quite a small detail, but I also really enjoyed the discussion of time travel art, e.g. Grace painting a picture when she already knew what the finished product would look like, the first stroke of the brush in fact becoming the last.
It did feel at times like the characters lacked depth, or their emotional states were being over-explained to the reader, but I think this is a by-product of the complexity of a time travel novel. It sort of had to be written in third person if we were going to be able to follow the narratives unfolding in multiple different timelines.
I liked this book for a lot of reasons: the evil character was the rich one, a lot of the main characters were women (if not lesbians) of colour, Ruby ends up in an inter-dimensional lesbian love affair with her grandma's old best mate and the glossary of Time Traveller phrases is great, e.g. 'legacy fuck' referring to having sex with one's past self. It was quite a small detail, but I also really enjoyed the discussion of time travel art, e.g. Grace painting a picture when she already knew what the finished product would look like, the first stroke of the brush in fact becoming the last.
It did feel at times like the characters lacked depth, or their emotional states were being over-explained to the reader, but I think this is a by-product of the complexity of a time travel novel. It sort of had to be written in third person if we were going to be able to follow the narratives unfolding in multiple different timelines.