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The Future of Another Timeline by Annalee Newitz

9 reviews

pandact's review against another edition

adventurous hopeful informative 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

4.0

From the start, I imagined each chapter as a music video, specifically K. Flay's videos around "Sister" where they escape from men and travel back in time. It makes a lot more sense after all the punk bands in the acknowledgements, and the Grape Ape music video they mentioned in the post-audiobook interview! Honestly, the acknowledgements and historical notes were pretty good about avoiding spoilers, and it would've been cool to know that they were composing the Arabian riff!

It's like a music video with cameos for historical nerds, and plenty of suggestive dancing and smoking that would piss off Comstock... Newitz juggles a lot of twisty timelines at the expense of character development, imo. Nonetheless, it's a powerful work that evokes feminist punk and might teach you something just like Robot and Crow.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gore, Murder, and Sexism

Moderate: Drug use, Pedophilia, Religious bigotry, Suicide, Torture, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Sexual content, Antisemitism, and Cultural appropriation

Some nitpicks... Reverting the erased character so early kind of "nuked the fridge" for me and it wasn't suspenseful unless there was a threat to prevent time travel, but the edit war never really had any big moments where someone was "burned out" or had a permanent loss. There wasn't a lot of tension in the middle, and I kept getting distracted by inconsistent, handwavy causality. It's not as much science of time travel as historical drama... The narrator had a perfect speed (at 1.5) and good acting, but did not match the songs. I really wanted Lucy Parsons or some feminist to come back and undermine the Great Man diverting the timeline thing, but I get that even Sanger and Helen Keller also liked gilded age eugenics... All that said, I'm so glad I finished it because the ending stuck the landing in a fun way!

allisonplus's review against another edition

challenging informative 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? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Murder

Moderate: Child abuse, Abortion, and Sexual content

Minor: Colonisation, Death, Mental illness, Hate crime, Misogyny, Sexism, and Forced institutionalization

alsoapples's review

adventurous inspiring 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? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Antisemitism, Homophobia, Incest, Murder, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Violence, Hate crime, Sexual content, Religious bigotry, Suicidal thoughts, Transphobia, Blood, Misogyny, Death, Forced institutionalization, Sexual harassment, Suicide, Toxic friendship, and Abortion

emilliampere's review

adventurous hopeful informative mysterious reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Murder, Abortion, and Misogyny

Minor: Sexual assault, Rape, Suicide, Blood, Transphobia, Cultural appropriation, Deadnaming, Vomit, Slavery, and Sexual content

thesawyerbean's review against another edition

adventurous challenging informative inspiring reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

This was a very enjoyable read. The research done for this novel was insane: the character, setting and plot writing were incredible. I loved the alternating points of view and the interweaving timelines, and the stakes were real, tangible and exhilarating. The effortless inclusion of diverse ethnicities and queer identities was fantastic to read too.

However, where this book falls short is I’m not sure the vision of the fundamental aspect, the time travel and its mechanics, were as defined and clear as they should have been. I did have to suspend belief and go along with it at certain points because it did seem like they flouted their own predefined rules in order for the plot to continue. By the end, although it was satisfying and a satisfactory end, there were still so many questions left unanswered - the characters and I were both left asking ‘who knows?’. In certain ways it made it more convoluted than it already was trying to justify some of the plot points.

Overall this book was good and definitely worth a read. A powerful feminist sci-fi novel, full of historical context and loveable characters, with an overarching plot-line we can all feel impassioned about.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abortion, Addiction, Blood, Body horror, Emotional abuse, Gore, Hate crime, Homophobia, Incest, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Domestic abuse, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Sexism, Toxic friendship, Transphobia, Vomit, Alcohol, Antisemitism, Bullying, Child abuse, Cultural appropriation, Cursing, Adult/minor relationship, Drug abuse, Gaslighting, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Violence, Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Mental illness, Misogyny, Murder, Pregnancy, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Death of parent, and Drug use

xylotrupes_gideon's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful informative fast-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

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Gore, Homophobia, Abortion, Antisemitism, Child abuse, Classism, Mental illness, Rape, Sexual content, Sexual assault, Suicidal thoughts, Misogyny, and Racism

fraxisle's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful informative reflective fast-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

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Medical trauma, Abortion, Sexism, Child abuse, Violence, Mental illness, Rape, Murder, Gaslighting, Alcohol, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Slavery, Transphobia, Sexual content, Suicide, Toxic friendship, Racism, Addiction, Drug use, Antisemitism, Xenophobia, Blood, and Forced institutionalization

Minor: Sexual assault, Vomit, Pregnancy, Child death, Genocide, War, Colonisation, and Deadnaming

skl_hcn's review

adventurous dark inspiring tense 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? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Emotional abuse, Gaslighting, Incest, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Rape

Moderate: Forced institutionalization

Minor: Racial slurs, Vomit, and Suicide

lunarlibra's review

adventurous dark hopeful medium-paced

• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

There were a lot of things I really liked about this book. The sci part of this sci-fi was really fun for me, even with no background in geology! I love the storytelling method of using different perspectives and jumping around in time, and it's extra cool when they're time travelling as well. I appreciated that the cast of characters were racially and gender diverse (there are a couple trans characters, including one nonbinary person).
There is a really strong overtone of "violence is never the answer" for a lot of the book that almost made me put it down, but the rest of the story made me glad I didn't!
I still enjoyed the story, which has major themes of reproductive justice and the importance of collective action. I would recommend it to some people!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Grief, Medical content, Medical trauma, Mental illness, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Racism, Religious bigotry, Sexism, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Vomit, and Xenophobia

Moderate: Antisemitism, Blood, Child abuse, Confinement, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Hate crime, Medical trauma, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Slavery, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Transphobia, and Violence

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Antisemitism, Blood, Confinement, Deadnaming, Death, Drug abuse, Forced institutionalization, Genocide, Mental illness, and Religious bigotry

specific warnings for

Childhood Sexual Assault, rape, murder, transmisogyny hate crime, reproductive violence, medical abuse, antisemitic slurs, racism and antiBlackness, mentions and brief depiction of reproductive slavery, sexual predators, traumatic abortion experience