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00leah00's review against another edition
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
norcani's review against another edition
2.0
Obvious comparison to Octavia Butler's Kindred, though not as good as the classic obviously there are quite a number of parallels. I imagine Kindred inspired this story at least indirectly. Though unlike kindred this book is first and foremost a romance, just in an unique setting (for lesfic). I don't read romance usually so I don't know how to judge this book by its genres standards. It was hard to care about to romance as it was hard to care about the characters individually or together. They had some semblance of personality at first, but later they just blended together.
The fantasy elements weren't well thought out at all, I had a lot of questions about how some elements worked.
Also how does the adoption thing work anyway? Who are their biological parents? Did they just fall from the sky? It just makes no sense.
And since I'm going into spoiler territory anyway, I'm not happy that the only butch woman in this book isn't only evil but also a man that was reincarnated as a woman to teach him a lesson.
The fantasy elements weren't well thought out at all, I had a lot of questions about how some elements worked.
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For example, what happens to the original people when they are "possessed" by their future selves? Do they black out? Do they still have memories of the times they were possessed? Maybe I'm alone in this but if my girlfriend got possessed by her reincarnated version from 2100 i would like to know about it. It even comes up in the plot when Reagan is angry Lea kisses her past self, Lea agrees she has a point but 5 minutes later shes about to fuck Elizabeth anyway!! Of course Elizabeth at that time is Reagan but she has no way to know of it, and Reagan suddenly doesn't mind it either. GOD IT'S STUPID.Also how does the adoption thing work anyway? Who are their biological parents? Did they just fall from the sky? It just makes no sense.
And since I'm going into spoiler territory anyway, I'm not happy that the only butch woman in this book isn't only evil but also a man that was reincarnated as a woman to teach him a lesson.
mjsam's review against another edition
3.0
I mostly enjoyed this story, but here were a few places that it fell flat for me. Still, I give it 3.5, if only for an idea that's not touched on much in lesfic, and because the past storyline was fairly interesting.
Time travel stories are often frustrating, due to the complexities involved and whether or not they work. Here, we have two people who meet through the ownership of snow globes and unravel their own past in the process. The leads spend a lot of time together (no pun intended) and their interactions, though mostly those in the past, are fairly well drawn. The Jackson family are lovely, and also not something we often see in lesfic. Robin also doesn't shy away from how a same sex relationship would have been treated then, and the consequences of such.
I also couldn't work out how they managed to be adopted into their own families or why that was even necessary, it was weird and confusing. The main villain's motive also didn't really make sense, as to why it would carry through time, but I guess they needed a foil. The twist was an interesting touch.
Leah and Reagan are also warned (as everyone in a time travel story is) that changes to the past will change the future, and even knowing this, they blithely change just about everything anyway. Not just for themselves, but for many others. As this is fiction, this all turns out perfectly, so there are no actual consequences for them, which I found frustrating.
The past storyline was enough to keep me engaged, the ending could have been stronger, but it's still an interesting book.
Time travel stories are often frustrating, due to the complexities involved and whether or not they work. Here, we have two people who meet through the ownership of snow globes and unravel their own past in the process. The leads spend a lot of time together (no pun intended) and their interactions, though mostly those in the past, are fairly well drawn. The Jackson family are lovely, and also not something we often see in lesfic. Robin also doesn't shy away from how a same sex relationship would have been treated then, and the consequences of such.
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My problems stemmed from a few aspects. First the present isn't well drawn at all, as most of the book takes place in the past. I would have liked to see more of them connecting before they went back, to give more of a foundation for how they felt about each other when they arrived. This was also a problem once they went 'home' as the whole ending just reads like an epilogue.I also couldn't work out how they managed to be adopted into their own families or why that was even necessary, it was weird and confusing. The main villain's motive also didn't really make sense, as to why it would carry through time, but I guess they needed a foil. The twist was an interesting touch.
Leah and Reagan are also warned (as everyone in a time travel story is) that changes to the past will change the future, and even knowing this, they blithely change just about everything anyway. Not just for themselves, but for many others. As this is fiction, this all turns out perfectly, so there are no actual consequences for them, which I found frustrating.
The past storyline was enough to keep me engaged, the ending could have been stronger, but it's still an interesting book.
wickedwitchflungoutofspace's review against another edition
3.0
I think if I would have read the book instead of listening to it I would have liked it a lot more. The narrator really messed things up for me, I just can’t stand it when someone tells a story in the most monotonous way and doesn’t show any kind of emotion in their voice, not even when talking about deeply emotional events.
All in all I did like the storyline a lot I just have a small issue with the Jackson story since it seems to me a bit like white savior syndrome and it made me feel quite uncomfortable.
All in all I did like the storyline a lot I just have a small issue with the Jackson story since it seems to me a bit like white savior syndrome and it made me feel quite uncomfortable.
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