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lucywatts's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
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? It's complicated
5.0
A really fun and clever book, not like anything I’ve ever read before
evie_bee's review
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
I enjoyed how much it struck me every time they used ‘she/her’ in place of ‘he/him’ for scientific protocol.
It was a nice read but felt like I was just plodding along at some points, not super invested in the overall mystery.
It was a nice read but felt like I was just plodding along at some points, not super invested in the overall mystery.
silasburke's review
3.0
Cute! Fun explorations of the implications of time travel without getting into the same old ~but what about paradoxes~ or ~oh no is my fate going to come true~ tropes. (Spoilers: paradoxes aren’t a problem and yes the thing you know about your future is inevitable lol.)
heymon720's review
adventurous
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Really loved the premise of the book and all the different ways time travel has an effect on people and society. The writing style seemed a bit rushed, but really enjoyed the diversity in characters and the murder mystery plot.
miracchin's review
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.25
carladelgado's review
5.0
It has been a long while since I actually read a novel worth my time. I've been getting frustrated that all my picks seemed to be a miss after miss after miss (except the graphic novels), but finally, FINALLY, here's a book that really impressed me! I absolutely loved everything. Would definitely recommend this!
sunrays118's review
3.0
A book about a collection of women involved in time travel, this book is not your typical time travel story.
For some reasons that’s great - you immediately get past the sticking points most stories wrestle with. Instead, you get this odd who done it book that never feels resolved or deep.
I wanted to like this book but it wasn’t until I was 71% finished that I found it remotely interesting. The characters all fell completely flat for me. No character had realistic emotions or motivations. I found the timelines entirely suspect. The plot felt hollow and so contrived as to be pointless. The massive death happens and they slow a detective of the shortest tenure to solve the easy case that no one else wants? It doesn’t make sense. The relationships which are supposed to be romantic feel like one liners.
Honestly, it’s like the author couldn’t grasp time and failed to invest in the parts of the story that matter.
For some reasons that’s great - you immediately get past the sticking points most stories wrestle with. Instead, you get this odd who done it book that never feels resolved or deep.
I wanted to like this book but it wasn’t until I was 71% finished that I found it remotely interesting. The characters all fell completely flat for me. No character had realistic emotions or motivations. I found the timelines entirely suspect. The plot felt hollow and so contrived as to be pointless. The massive death happens and they slow a detective of the shortest tenure to solve the easy case that no one else wants? It doesn’t make sense. The relationships which are supposed to be romantic feel like one liners.
Honestly, it’s like the author couldn’t grasp time and failed to invest in the parts of the story that matter.
being_b's review
3.0
This book is a massive cock block in which fascinating ideas are introduced, waved at, and then abandoned. Frex: in the future people believe in predestination again- how did that change happen, was it related to time travel, what does it mean for society? Or hey, time travel abruptly stops in the year 2267- why? what does it mean?
Despite the title, there really isn't much exploration of how time travel changes people. We're told repeatedly that time travel makes people indifferent to death, but we're also shown that the time travel organisation deliberately inculcates a culture of death-indifference, so... The only other psychological effect of time travel we see is potential triggering of mania due to "jetlag" (being exposed to too much sunlight by repeatedly traveling to daytimes and skipping night).
That these are the only psychological effects the book explores is baffling. In this book's version of time-travel it's impossible to change anything about the future, something every single character (and society as a whole!) seems to take completely in stride. Unless the moral is meant to be "the psychology of time travel is exactly the same as the psychology of non-time-travel because people are people," I'm just lost.
Despite the title, there really isn't much exploration of how time travel changes people. We're told repeatedly that time travel makes people indifferent to death, but we're also shown that the time travel organisation deliberately inculcates a culture of death-indifference, so... The only other psychological effect of time travel we see is potential triggering of mania due to "jetlag" (being exposed to too much sunlight by repeatedly traveling to daytimes and skipping night).
That these are the only psychological effects the book explores is baffling. In this book's version of time-travel it's impossible to change anything about the future, something every single character (and society as a whole!) seems to take completely in stride. Unless the moral is meant to be "the psychology of time travel is exactly the same as the psychology of non-time-travel because people are people," I'm just lost.
sbubbletrouble's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
informative
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
4.5