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A review by saarahnina
The Summer of Impossible Things by Rowan Coleman
5.0
If you could go back in time, what would you use the gift to do?
Luna is a physicist, she knows all about the nature of time- well from what little there is to know. She needs evidence before believing- she doesn't just take leaps of faith. She often feels a bit out of place in her family, especially with her sister Pia. This all comes to light when Luna and Pia's mother commits suicide, just when they thought she was getting well. They seek to find out why, as there was no note. Nothing. It just seems so out of character. But maybe, they didn't know their mother nearly as much as they thought they did... And maybe Luna can reverse that decision? But, will she lose herself along the way?
This book is insanse, wacky and beautiful. I was amazed at the wonderful narrative, all the craziness of Luna time travelling. I love time travel romances but I usually prefer to watch it on the television screen because I can't always follow the story or the science when reading all the complicated words on a page. This is why I think this book might be one of the best fictional novel I've ever read on time travel- for one thing, the story made all the 'getting your head around the ideas' worth it.
The story is, at heart, about the power of love, sisterhood, family and sacrifice. About bravery, selflessness and the damning nature of our past and how often, for some of us, the past defines us. We can't always let it go, we need closure or justice or forgiveness.
I loved this book. And, it would be the best thing ever if this book became a film because I would love for more people to know this story. It was like every classic, twentieth century, teenager film I've ever seen. I couldn't love it more. It was slow-going but I'm glad I stuck around to see it through. It was worth it!
Rowan Coleman's imagination is astounding, I've read The Other Sister as well. Both are favourites of mine: I enjoy the weirdness and how the impossible is moulded into seeming so very possible.
I received this book through NetGalley.
Luna is a physicist, she knows all about the nature of time- well from what little there is to know. She needs evidence before believing- she doesn't just take leaps of faith. She often feels a bit out of place in her family, especially with her sister Pia. This all comes to light when Luna and Pia's mother commits suicide, just when they thought she was getting well. They seek to find out why, as there was no note. Nothing. It just seems so out of character. But maybe, they didn't know their mother nearly as much as they thought they did... And maybe Luna can reverse that decision? But, will she lose herself along the way?
This book is insanse, wacky and beautiful. I was amazed at the wonderful narrative, all the craziness of Luna time travelling. I love time travel romances but I usually prefer to watch it on the television screen because I can't always follow the story or the science when reading all the complicated words on a page. This is why I think this book might be one of the best fictional novel I've ever read on time travel- for one thing, the story made all the 'getting your head around the ideas' worth it.
The story is, at heart, about the power of love, sisterhood, family and sacrifice. About bravery, selflessness and the damning nature of our past and how often, for some of us, the past defines us. We can't always let it go, we need closure or justice or forgiveness.
I loved this book. And, it would be the best thing ever if this book became a film because I would love for more people to know this story. It was like every classic, twentieth century, teenager film I've ever seen. I couldn't love it more. It was slow-going but I'm glad I stuck around to see it through. It was worth it!
Rowan Coleman's imagination is astounding, I've read The Other Sister as well. Both are favourites of mine: I enjoy the weirdness and how the impossible is moulded into seeming so very possible.
I received this book through NetGalley.