I tend to enjoy time travel books. I’ve read quite a few, some good, some ridiculous. This one falls somewhere in the middle of the that spectrum, with a great idea that seems to be executed fairly well.
The narrator of the book is a clever person, and the writer gives her plenty of great lines and a very British sense of humor and wit. The other characters are similarly likable and interesting, and the way the story is written allows the author to explore characters from vastly different time frames. Although these “expats” seems altogether too chill considering the circumstances they are in.
For the most part the story is fairly believable (until it wasn’t – maybe 2/3 of the way in it was harder and harder to suspend disbelief). The genre is not strictly sci-fi fantasy, there is also some historical fiction, romance, and thriller involved. Maybe it would have been more enjoyable to pick any two of these and run with it.
The twist at the end was the kind you can do with a book and not a movie, and there is a lot of telling rather than showing, but I suppose it was a bit of a juggling act to tie everything together.
Next I am reading Things Become Other Things by Craig Mod.
