3.93 AVERAGE

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keybladium's review

4.0

A really great alternate story to “To Every You I’ve Loved Before”

The idea around the series was very creative and unique, and whilst the execution wasn’t flawless, it was still a lot of fun to read and have a much different reaction/understanding depending on the order you read them.

A lot more happens in this one particularly, whilst the other one felt a lot smaller in scale (still good though), this one dealt with the imaginary science a lot more in depth and had a more serious story. It was a little more harder to understand the science this time around which ruined the flow a little but it was nothing major and the analogies made it easier to understand the theories.

I really enjoy creative books like these where it’s just a fun reading experience and I think this could’ve easily got more parts focusing on different realities but the 2 really align nicely especially with the viewpoint on the whole romance. This book doesn’t ruin the ideology presented in the other story but instead builds upon it more with the ending in a really bittersweet way that was done effectively.

Overall, this series was a great read and I wish there was more books like this

hopeful sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

rverr316's review

4.25
emotional hopeful relaxing sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

I read this book first out of the two companion novels. Very interesting read. Depending on how you read them your view on characters and scenarios may change from what I’ve heard. Very sad from my angle having read this book first. 

 “Sambil memeluk pecahan Shiori, aku mengucapkan selamat tinggal kepada diriku sendiri.” 

 
sudah cukup lama sejak aku baca buku science-fiction, dan buku ini menjadi salah satu pemantik ingatan mengapa science-fiction menjadi salah satu genre yang aku minati juga. 

tentang Shiori dan Koyomi yang melakukan percobaan melintasi ruang dan waktu untuk bisa melihat diri mereka dengan pilihan yang berbeda di dunia yang lain. 

major themenya romance, yang kadang bikin merengis karna lumayan cheesy tapi dengan medium science fiction sebagai penghantarnya bikin cerita dalam buku ini lebih enjoyable untuk dibaca dan banyak plot twistnya. menurutku, penggunaan kecerdasan buatan ini malah bikin aku lebih simpati ke emotinal growth dari masing-masing karakternya. 

plotnya ada beberapa yang terlalu cepat dan jumpy tapi tetap tidak mengurangi keseruan pacenya. saat menyelesaikan buku ini aku jadi penasaran sama bukunya yg lain yang jadi companion dari novel ini. 

rekomended buat kamu yg baru mau menyelam di dunia science-fiction. 

addie_skys's review

4.0
emotional medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

The logic was not as clean as the other book. There were logic gaps. Where was the world with the possibility of that incident not happening? According to the other book, the possibilty of toast for breakfast must exist too but it didn't exist here. 
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secrereads's review

5.0

A heavy science fiction that focuses on parallel worlds and the pursuit of happiness. Note:depending on the order you read this series the ending/story will be different. The order in which the two books make the most sense is red and then blue. I found the story interesting and the pacing solid. It definitely focuses on romance and never forgetting the one you loved. The story I said previously focuses heavily on science fiction. For me I've been looking forward to this book since last year and it didn't disappoint.

markhocking's review

4.0
informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

swagmoney03's review

3.5
emotional reflective sad fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes