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The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

6 reviews

livfaergemann's review against another edition

mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death

Minor: Animal cruelty, Eating disorder, Infidelity, Abortion, Alcoholism, Sexual harassment, Animal death, Grief, Self harm, Biphobia, Car accident, Death of parent, Forced institutionalization, Homophobia, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

readwithria's review against another edition

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.75

The Psychology of Time Travel has some of the tightest writing I’ve ever read. Given that it’s a book about time travel, that was absolutely vital! 

Kate Mascarenhas somehow wrote a book about a mystery that gives you all of the information you would typically get in a trial without the trial. She also writes an incredibly tight time travel system with a closed loop (my favorite kind!) and clear rules for what is and isn’t possible. The passage of information from different versions of the same person is also done very well, and I thoroughly enjoyed all of the time travel aspects of the book!

What I didn’t like as much was the Ruby timeline, specifically toward the end of the book

with her romantic relationship with Grace

It felt a bit rushed, and I wish there had been even ten more pages of development.

All in all this book was really well written, but I don’t know if I was the target reader. The first half was really hard for me to get through, but once I did I flew through the second half. I think that because there was so much set up, and so many different chronologies to follow, it made it difficult for me to get invested in the book. I think this would make a really interesting miniseries, and that the visual medium would help convey where in time we are more easily than the chapter headings do.

Unrelated to anything that’s actually related to the writing or story, but all of the characters in the book were women and seeing a STEM field full of women made me so happy!

Would I recommend this book? Yes. Will I read it again? Probably not. 3.75 stars.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death and Gun violence

Moderate: Eating disorder, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Pregnancy, and Racism

Minor: Cancer and Car accident

therainbowshelf's review against another edition

emotional funny mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I enjoyed this book. It had a really interesting exploration of time travel and the rules governing travelers. I also thought the characters were interesting and I'm always delighted to find queer representation in random books I pick up. 

📘The Gist 📘: Time travel takes the mystery out of everything, including death. It also makes it possible to solve certain crimes. When a woman in her 80s is murdered in a locked room, her death spawns am investigation that stretches across time. 

📒Representation📒: wlw mc, bipoc mc and sc, senior mc

💕 For readers looking for 💕: interesting time travel, mystery, a touch of romance

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Ableism, Blood, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Gun violence, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, and Panic attacks/disorders

Moderate: Sexual content

aardwyrm's review

adventurous emotional mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

The mystery, worldbuilding, and conceit carry the book to great heights of technical accomplishment. You never figure anything out until a moment before the characters do, but it always makes sense when you get there. The characters themselves are deeply strange, but they're supposed to be.

Dialogue is rather strangely arranged, with paragraph breaks in all the wrong places. Stylistically, this works to make the act of reading a sort of constant time travel itself. You're forever tracking back and forth to figure out who's talking. While it works on a meta level, the affectation does make reading kind of a weird mechanical experience.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Murder, Toxic friendship, Toxic relationship, Self harm, Racism, Panic attacks/disorders, Medical content, Infidelity, Injury/Injury detail, Gaslighting, Eating disorder, Death of parent, Death, Car accident, Alcoholism, and Ableism

norwegianforestreader's review

dark emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Bullying, Cancer, Car accident, Cursing, Death, Death of parent, Eating disorder, Emotional abuse, Grief, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Mental illness, Murder, Pregnancy, Racism, Self harm, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , Suicide attempt, and Toxic relationship

forrestefires's review

mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Minor: Gun violence, Car accident, Death, and Sexual content