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Harriet Reuter Hapgood

Author of The Square Root of Summer

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I think 'strange' is the best way to describe this book. If I'd been more invested, this could have been strong.

I had to suspend my disbelief about halfway through and I went with the flow instead of trying to wrap my head around what was happening, but perhaps that meant that I got less out of the book because I was rather confused by what had happened at the end. If I'd spent less time being confused, I might have become more invested in this book. I did appreciate that the author tried to mathematically explain all that happened and I loved a certain cannoli analogy, but I didn't understand it enough to buy why it would happen just to her.

I felt that the characters could have been better fleshed out. Sof, for example, had a personality that was a neat idea but only really shone through once. I don't even know who Meg was, though she was fun when stoned. I felt like reading Jason and Thomas talking they could have been the same people. That was a real detriment to the book in my opinion.

Ultimately I think the most important aspect to this was overcoming grief and managing to achieve and accomplish despite. Our main character, Gottie, was an incredibly talented mathematician (physician?) and I appreciated that her talent didn't go unrecognised.

If you really enjoy (or even have a baseline understanding of) math and physics and enjoy YA, this might be for you. But I think I'll have to read this another two times before I'm no longer puzzled.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
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whakaora | 8 other reviews | Mar 5, 2023 |
A gorgeous lyrical book where I have no freaking clue what is going on.

I will admit that much of this went over my head but I still liked reading it. There was a lot of timey whimey ness and some physics and math to try and explain it all, but if I tried to unravel everything my head would start aching. So I stopped trying to figure it out and just let the story carry me along. I think I got most of it, but can't help feeling like there are still pieces I'm missing.

Still, lovely. Grief, as portrayed by wormholes. Love, as exhibited by time paradoxes.… (more)
 
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wisemetis | 8 other reviews | Sep 14, 2022 |
I really loved this, no surprise as I am obsessed with the idea of time travel. Surely I'm not the only person disappointed to find that Holksea isn't a place I can visit (other than via this book)?
 
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viviennestrauss | 8 other reviews | Aug 7, 2022 |
Got this as an ARC. Loved it! Reads a little like John Green but with a decidedly female bent. The protagonist is smart but not unrelatable and I can see this really taking off as a big YA of the summer.

Highly recommended.
 
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Cerestheories | 8 other reviews | Nov 8, 2021 |

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