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A review by bookmarkonthewall
Space Hopper by Helen Fisher
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.0
Faye lives a happy life with her husband and two children. However, she lost her mother at a young age and she longs for the memories and experiences that she missed out with her.
Until one day, she finds an old space hopper box in the attic that enables her to time travel back to the 1970’s and visit her mother.
How much will Faye sacrifice in her present life in order to relive a past life that was lost?
💭 This is definitely a quirky read and when you read about it, even though it defies a sense of reality, you have to like Alice in Wonderland, fall down the rabbit hole and go with it. As noted in the book itself, who really can tell us what is true and what isn’t?
It’s definitely an interesting concept on the ability to time travel and revisit someone who you missed out on in life, and wish you could piece together a missing life and experiences.
There’s a strong theme on motherhood and the everlasting bond that is created through generations, which is very different to a bond you have with other loved ones in your life. This book is also about love, grief and loss. Fisher provides an intimate and poignant world of dealing with the loss of a mother at a young age.
Lastly there’s an overarching theme about faith and belief. Whether it’s a religious, spiritual or other belief, it’s about holding onto something that provides reassurance, comfort and in some shape or form, love.
⚖️ An unusual book with a very intriguing concept built on moving timelines between the past and present. If you like The Time Traveller’s Wife, I think this would be a read worth exploring.
For me personally, I didn’t enjoy it was much as I would have liked. While I understood Faye’s urge to see her mother, I struggled to fully understand why she would jeopardise her own family to do so.
Until one day, she finds an old space hopper box in the attic that enables her to time travel back to the 1970’s and visit her mother.
How much will Faye sacrifice in her present life in order to relive a past life that was lost?
💭 This is definitely a quirky read and when you read about it, even though it defies a sense of reality, you have to like Alice in Wonderland, fall down the rabbit hole and go with it. As noted in the book itself, who really can tell us what is true and what isn’t?
It’s definitely an interesting concept on the ability to time travel and revisit someone who you missed out on in life, and wish you could piece together a missing life and experiences.
There’s a strong theme on motherhood and the everlasting bond that is created through generations, which is very different to a bond you have with other loved ones in your life. This book is also about love, grief and loss. Fisher provides an intimate and poignant world of dealing with the loss of a mother at a young age.
Lastly there’s an overarching theme about faith and belief. Whether it’s a religious, spiritual or other belief, it’s about holding onto something that provides reassurance, comfort and in some shape or form, love.
⚖️ An unusual book with a very intriguing concept built on moving timelines between the past and present. If you like The Time Traveller’s Wife, I think this would be a read worth exploring.
For me personally, I didn’t enjoy it was much as I would have liked. While I understood Faye’s urge to see her mother, I struggled to fully understand why she would jeopardise her own family to do so.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent