Thea Lim

An interesting book, more dystopian vision than time travel ad entire. Characters developed enough to make you want to see what happens to them might help people empathize with the immigrant/refugee experience

This is a story of human trafficking with a time travel angle - the pandemic aspect is a backdrop or a catalyst, and not the star attraction. I enjoyed it, although it was a different story than the one I was anticipating.

Time travel and dystopia are not favorite topics of mine. Even so, there were aspects of this novel that I really loved. As one reviewer mentioned, a character unexpectedly finds herself a refugee of sorts, and the parallels with things going on in our world today are heartbreakingly painful.

I read this for the Canada Reads selection and I am glad they brought it to my attention as I would have overlooked this one. It is love, time travel, the refugee story, indentured service, and all told from Polly’s perspective.

It is slow at times, but overall a good read.