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A review by sunrays118
Here and Now and Then by Mike Chen
3.0
Read this at the same time as [b:How to Stop Time|45152372|How to Stop Time|Matt Haig|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1645729201l/45152372._SY75_.jpg|54403019], and both are eerily similar. Both look at time travel, both are about a single man trying to find his daughter, both deal with a secret society, and about a dozen more similarities.
That said, this one was only ok, while How To Stop Time showed far more sophisticated writing, character development, and richness in the plot.
I was disappointed by the haphazard writing in places in this book. The plot was predictable, bordering on banal. There is one part that still bothers me. Imagine you had been with a man for a decade and just found out he had done something completely evil. Would you react by saying, 'oh, ok, well let's go find this person you're looking for. not trouble about that awful thing!' It just felt entirely fake.
The nice thing about this book is that there are really only three characters (five if you want to stretch it) but they all have identical personalities so there is no need to pay attention to who says what!
That said, this one was only ok, while How To Stop Time showed far more sophisticated writing, character development, and richness in the plot.
I was disappointed by the haphazard writing in places in this book. The plot was predictable, bordering on banal. There is one part that still bothers me. Imagine you had been with a man for a decade and just found out he had done something completely evil. Would you react by saying, 'oh, ok, well let's go find this person you're looking for. not trouble about that awful thing!' It just felt entirely fake.
The nice thing about this book is that there are really only three characters (five if you want to stretch it) but they all have identical personalities so there is no need to pay attention to who says what!