A review by valgus
Elysium by Jennifer Marie Brissett

5.0

The beginning of the book quickly switches from scene to scene, each set in a different time period and location with the same basic characters playing out the same basic plot – a loved one has been lost – but are unaware of doing so. Adrianne/Adrian is in love with Antoine/Antoinette, sometimes romantically. Hector/Helen is a sometimes friend, and there are other repeated characters always in orbit as well. Throughout the novel, lines of code are dispersed, and it becomes apparent that there’s a program trying with slow success to run. About halfway through, the program stabilizes enough for the reader to figure out what is going on, while simultaneously complicating the story enough to reveal exactly how everything is interconnected.