A review by kdhanda
The Bookseller by Cynthia Swanson

1.0

Sad little book. A woman, apparently bored of her life, starts dreaming of an alternate life replete with blue-eyed husband, big suburban house and three kids. Author treats parallel life as an easy little place to pop over in dreams. Only in the last few chapters does the reader finally figure out the fugue in the protagonist's mind. My issue is simple: do not try to write science fiction if you have no knowledge on the subject. For a better treatment of parallel lives, try Lionel Shriver's The Post Birthday World or Peter Howitt's Sliding Doors.