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3.77 AVERAGE
This was a very satisfying read. Besides furnishing Time Travel... this book also provided historical fiction as well as drama/literary fiction. Basically, some women can be real bitches. Anyhow, give it a try.
This book takes a very unique take on time travelling, and honestly, it just leaves me with so many questions. I still can't wrap my head around the concept. Unlike normal time travel, I'd say, where we try not to meet our past or future self, this book let people meet themselves from various timelines. Literally, 20 versions of the same person would meet and stuff. It was confusing. I feel like it doesn't take things seriously enough.
I'm so sad to not enjoy this as much as I hope for. I thought there was a murder mystery to solve, but that whole thing just didn't blow my mind. I already guessed the culprit as soon as the first clue appeared. I also feel like there were a lot of characters and many storylines. I wasn't able to get invested in anyone particularly. I do feel like the book is really fast-paced. I think I really enjoy the main aspect of this book about how time travel messes with human's psychology. I still hope we get to dive deeper into that part alone. It would be great if the author didn't try to squeeze a lot subplots in...
I'm so sad to not enjoy this as much as I hope for. I thought there was a murder mystery to solve, but that whole thing just didn't blow my mind. I already guessed the culprit as soon as the first clue appeared. I also feel like there were a lot of characters and many storylines. I wasn't able to get invested in anyone particularly. I do feel like the book is really fast-paced. I think I really enjoy the main aspect of this book about how time travel messes with human's psychology. I still hope we get to dive deeper into that part alone. It would be great if the author didn't try to squeeze a lot subplots in...
Unexpectedly emotional! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
This is a challenging review to write because The Psychology of Time Travel is a difficult book to describe! It’s so many things, wonderful things, and I’m going to do my best to capture it all.
Four female scientists build the first time machine in 1967. When the machine is about to make its world-wide debut, one of the scientists is removed from the team because of significant emotional difficulties…This was done to protect the debut…
Over fifty years later, the world is a different. Time travel is commonplace and a huge moneymaker. Ruby knows her grandmother was one of the inventors of time travel, and she receives a newspaper clipping from the future reporting the murder of an unidentified woman. Could it be her grandmother and why? And thanks to time travel, can Ruby save her?
The Psychology of Time Travel requires your full concentration as a reader. It’s complex and sometimes complicated. There are many characters, issues, and genres to figure out.
But at its core, The Psychology of Time Travel is a beautiful story. One that resonates and is powerful all thanks to the time travel elements.
Mascarenhas has plotted this multi-layered work with precision. You can feel her love and reverence for the subject matter with every page. While not my typical read, I’m grateful I spent the time with this one. Overall, I found it engaging, entertaining, and unexpectedly emotional.
Thanks to Crooked Lane Books for the complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.
My reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com
This is a challenging review to write because The Psychology of Time Travel is a difficult book to describe! It’s so many things, wonderful things, and I’m going to do my best to capture it all.
Four female scientists build the first time machine in 1967. When the machine is about to make its world-wide debut, one of the scientists is removed from the team because of significant emotional difficulties…This was done to protect the debut…
Over fifty years later, the world is a different. Time travel is commonplace and a huge moneymaker. Ruby knows her grandmother was one of the inventors of time travel, and she receives a newspaper clipping from the future reporting the murder of an unidentified woman. Could it be her grandmother and why? And thanks to time travel, can Ruby save her?
The Psychology of Time Travel requires your full concentration as a reader. It’s complex and sometimes complicated. There are many characters, issues, and genres to figure out.
But at its core, The Psychology of Time Travel is a beautiful story. One that resonates and is powerful all thanks to the time travel elements.
Mascarenhas has plotted this multi-layered work with precision. You can feel her love and reverence for the subject matter with every page. While not my typical read, I’m grateful I spent the time with this one. Overall, I found it engaging, entertaining, and unexpectedly emotional.
Thanks to Crooked Lane Books for the complimentary copy. All opinions are my own.
My reviews can also be found on my blog: www.jennifertarheelreader.com
I read this for a Science Fiction genre book club at work (library), & I didn't love it, but it wasn't bad.
Gosh, I did so want to love this book, but I knew that by maybe 30% in, if I had not engaged yet, it wasn't going to click for me. But so many other readers loved it, so it's definitely me, not the novel. I guess I've indulged in too many hard sci-fi time travel novels that this one, which reads more like a cozy mystery, diverged too far from my paradigm to work?
The world building was unique, the pioneering women of time travel were sympathetic, and the idea of time travel as a culture was interesting. However, I couldn't bring myself to care. Ruby, Odette, Margaret, Barbara, etc. -- they were just names and times and places to me, nothing I felt invested in. I wanted to care about how the travel was wreaking havoc on the mental health of those using it, but instead I just got confused by the timelines and bored with how little was happening, how slowly it was unfolding.
I fully recognize it's nearly impossible to find a killer when you have not just space but also time to investigate, so why wasn't this more compelling?
The world building was unique, the pioneering women of time travel were sympathetic, and the idea of time travel as a culture was interesting. However, I couldn't bring myself to care. Ruby, Odette, Margaret, Barbara, etc. -- they were just names and times and places to me, nothing I felt invested in. I wanted to care about how the travel was wreaking havoc on the mental health of those using it, but instead I just got confused by the timelines and bored with how little was happening, how slowly it was unfolding.
I fully recognize it's nearly impossible to find a killer when you have not just space but also time to investigate, so why wasn't this more compelling?
Intriguing and slightly baffling
A lot is happening in this story, and it’s clear, until it’s not. It seems like disparate stories, until they’re not. It is neither the worst or best time-bendy narrative I’ve ever read. Might reread to see if it becomes less baffling. Also, the character who died? Good freaking riddance. Horrible person. Terrible person. I’ve rarely been so glad to see the back end of someone. Nightmare.
A lot is happening in this story, and it’s clear, until it’s not. It seems like disparate stories, until they’re not. It is neither the worst or best time-bendy narrative I’ve ever read. Might reread to see if it becomes less baffling. Also, the character who died? Good freaking riddance. Horrible person. Terrible person. I’ve rarely been so glad to see the back end of someone. Nightmare.
adventurous
mysterious
tense
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
It certainly lives up to the title. I appreciate the different take on the common trope of time travel.
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
A surprisingly hamhanded letdown
I loved this book, but it took me a while to finish it. If I was reading it too late in the night, I couldn't keep all the timelines and dates clear in my sleepy brain, so I would read whole chapters again the next day. I kept imagining one of those boards that fills a whole wall, with red string connecting characters and timelines. It might have been helpful to have one of those!
I love that the main characters are all women who work in science, and I especially appreciate that they are not deified for their brilliance. Their genius is seamlessly blended with their complicated personal lives and the affect of time travel on every part of their lives. I highly recommend this one.
I love that the main characters are all women who work in science, and I especially appreciate that they are not deified for their brilliance. Their genius is seamlessly blended with their complicated personal lives and the affect of time travel on every part of their lives. I highly recommend this one.