Reviews - The Frequency of Us

135 reviews for:

The Frequency of Us

Keith Stuart

3.78 AVERAGE

han_cat's review against another edition

3.25

adventurous emotional hopeful mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

chrisb's review

2.25

adventurous mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

daisyb03's review against another edition

2.0

challenging dark mysterious slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Book club book:

I have this book 2 stars since it just wasn’t really my cup of tea. But I did really like the fact it was set in Bath and I’ve been there many times so I recognised the locations :)

I think the whole time situation and multiverse theory is a very tricky and complicated concept to pull off and this book didn’t hit it for me.

I also found this book quite triggering in regards to Laura’s relationship with her dad which mirrored my own relationship with my dad a bit too well and I wasn’t expecting this from this book, if it wasn’t a book club pick, I probably would have dnf’d because of this but this is solely a me issue and not the fault of the author. I did however appreciate the representation of different types of abuse as I feel like it’s not as recognised.

Overall I wasn’t really thrilled with the plot and I found that for me it did drag but I liked the setting of the book and I am glad that Will and Elsa lived happily ever after

sophiegallagher98's review

3.5

mysterious reflective slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

glastolover's review against another edition

4.25

Brilliant page turner, intriguing and heartfelt. Great characters I felt very invested in. Loved it.

kxtiebooks's review

5.0

Can't even tell you how much I adored this book. The writing is beautiful - some darker themes around war, loss and mental health were explored really well. The concept of the story is so clever, I genuinely never guessed the twist and I was gripped right until the end.

I love dual timeline stories and I also love wartime books - this is both and one of the best I've read. It's set in Bath, partly during World War 2 from Will's perspective, and in the 2000s from Laura's perspective.

The only thing I would say is that I felt like Laura's relationship with her father should have been delved into in the final chapter, but overall I absolutely loved this book. Definitely going to read more of Keith Stuart's work!