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annettebooksofhopeanddreams 's review for:
The Upper World
by Femi Fadugba
Due to the new import rules considering the UK I had to quit my Book Box Club membership. I hate it, because they helped me to read out of my comfort zone, picked books I never would have found otherwise and sometimes gave me beautiful unexpected gems. So, now I just check the unboxings of the boxes and get the books myself. Firstly because that way I keep on reading out of my comfort zone, secondly to still do the buddy read with the girls.
This book sounded like my cup of tea. I used to be a maths geek, the only girl in a class filled with guys. I loved playing with numbers and finding the magic behind all those numbers. The maths and quantum mechanics in this book is quite cool and I love how time travel is more than just some trick, but really is based on scientific theories. I think it's a great way to get young people interested in science and the possibilities that can be found over there.
However, I really had issues connecting with the story and the characters. That has a little to do with the characters themselves. I have the feeling that they're never really showing us their true emotions, just like I wouldn't be able to tell much about them personality wise. I therefore had issues clicking with them and seeing them as my friends. I know that I say it more often, but for me the characters and feeling connected to them is more important than anything else in a book.
It also had a little to do with the world building though. I have the feeling that the author of the book has a very clear imagine in his head of this world, of all the scenes, of the way this world works. However, for me this world feels very foreign. I understand it's a true part of our world, but it's a part of our world I'm not familiar with and I don't feel like the author helps me to understand the world and the place our characters have in it.
It's however very well possible that I'm not the target audience of the book. I'm pretty sure that when this book finds the right readers some magic is gonna happen in our society and our future!
This book sounded like my cup of tea. I used to be a maths geek, the only girl in a class filled with guys. I loved playing with numbers and finding the magic behind all those numbers. The maths and quantum mechanics in this book is quite cool and I love how time travel is more than just some trick, but really is based on scientific theories. I think it's a great way to get young people interested in science and the possibilities that can be found over there.
However, I really had issues connecting with the story and the characters. That has a little to do with the characters themselves. I have the feeling that they're never really showing us their true emotions, just like I wouldn't be able to tell much about them personality wise. I therefore had issues clicking with them and seeing them as my friends. I know that I say it more often, but for me the characters and feeling connected to them is more important than anything else in a book.
It also had a little to do with the world building though. I have the feeling that the author of the book has a very clear imagine in his head of this world, of all the scenes, of the way this world works. However, for me this world feels very foreign. I understand it's a true part of our world, but it's a part of our world I'm not familiar with and I don't feel like the author helps me to understand the world and the place our characters have in it.
It's however very well possible that I'm not the target audience of the book. I'm pretty sure that when this book finds the right readers some magic is gonna happen in our society and our future!