Harriet Reuter Hapgood

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.… (mehr)

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.… (mehr)