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madelinechristine's review
adventurous
funny
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
4.0
carolined314's review
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
3.5
smay's review
3.5
Quite an uneven collection of short stories in the end. My favorite authors remained my favorites, but I also found some new authors to look up through these cute - but mostly sad - time travel romances. Absolute favorite remains Catherynne M. Valente's story which was the reason I bought this and after reading it for the second time might be my favorite short story from last year.
pocketequality's review against another edition
3.0
A lot of these ended up falling flat for me but the standouts were
I Remember Satellites
Unabashed, or: Jackson, Whose Cowardice Tore a Hole in the Chronoverse (this was my absolute favorite and I definitely want to read more from this author)
Time Gypsy
I Remember Satellites
Unabashed, or: Jackson, Whose Cowardice Tore a Hole in the Chronoverse (this was my absolute favorite and I definitely want to read more from this author)
Time Gypsy
emma_louise_sud's review
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-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
4.25
Whilst some stories didn’t quite do it for me, some I wish I could revisit again and again!
atsumeri's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? N/A
- Strong character development? N/A
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
3.0
waterbear0821's review
adventurous
emotional
reflective
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? No
5.0
I really enjoyed this. I knew I would because I like so many of the authors and time travel romance is exactly my comfort genre. I was not disappointed and most enjoyed some of the authors that were new to me, so that was a pleasant surprise. I’ll be seeking out their other works. There were some dark bits so take care of the content alerts, but all in all a joyful read that filled my heart and engaged my imagination.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Hate crime
Moderate: Police brutality and Homophobia
Minor: Racial slurs
relearning2read's review
adventurous
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
One of my goals for this year is to read more short stories & poetry and this was a great first book towards that goal.
I was captured by the concept just after reading the introduction by the editor, which cast a clear unifying vision for the anthology that was met by the stories that followed. This clear vision has me interested in picking up other anthologies that he has edited
Time travel can add a huge amount of complexity to stories and so I was a bit nervous about how that would play out in the context of short stories where there is not a lot of time for worldbuilding but I was impressed by how quickly each story was able to establish the unique technology/framework/rules for time travel that would guide the story. This is a collection of love stories, and the relationships do take center stage so don't expect detailed scientific explanation, and many of the stories authors definitely take advantage of the readers basic understanding of different options for how time travel might work - if you've never read a time travel story before it may be harder to follow. But as I said the real focus is on relationships and the ways that all relationships necessarily interesect with time, using the conceit of time travel to explore what it means to know someone, to remember them, to change with them or without them.
Not all of the stories were favourites - "Kronia", "The Golden Hour" and "Bergamot and Vetiver" were harder to follow and didn't have quite as compelling relationships in them in my opinion. But "Roadside Attraction" by Alix E. Harrow, "I Remember Satellites" by Sarah Gailey, "Dead Poets" by Carrie Vaughn and "Time Gypsy" by Ellen Klages were absolute 5 star amazing stories for me and there were many others that I greatly enjoyed.
I was captured by the concept just after reading the introduction by the editor, which cast a clear unifying vision for the anthology that was met by the stories that followed. This clear vision has me interested in picking up other anthologies that he has edited
Time travel can add a huge amount of complexity to stories and so I was a bit nervous about how that would play out in the context of short stories where there is not a lot of time for worldbuilding but I was impressed by how quickly each story was able to establish the unique technology/framework/rules for time travel that would guide the story. This is a collection of love stories, and the relationships do take center stage so don't expect detailed scientific explanation, and many of the stories authors definitely take advantage of the readers basic understanding of different options for how time travel might work - if you've never read a time travel story before it may be harder to follow. But as I said the real focus is on relationships and the ways that all relationships necessarily interesect with time, using the conceit of time travel to explore what it means to know someone, to remember them, to change with them or without them.
Not all of the stories were favourites - "Kronia", "The Golden Hour" and "Bergamot and Vetiver" were harder to follow and didn't have quite as compelling relationships in them in my opinion. But "Roadside Attraction" by Alix E. Harrow, "I Remember Satellites" by Sarah Gailey, "Dead Poets" by Carrie Vaughn and "Time Gypsy" by Ellen Klages were absolute 5 star amazing stories for me and there were many others that I greatly enjoyed.