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A fast-paced thriller, a page-turner, a love story, an odyssey. We all wonder what would have been if we made different choices - how would our life, our world be different. Jason Dessen gets to explore alternatives the hard way. This originally was a movie script, and it reads like it - very visual. My only beef is the pseudo-science - quantum mechanics does not work this way, folks. But who really cares?
Jul 08, 2020
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Crouch is my go-to author if I am looking for a trippy, bend reality, or in this case, alternate reality, story. This one starts of rocky, as the main character, Jason, is presented as a brilliant scientist. However he spend the first chapters acting so moronic, that I almost stopped reading. I’m glad I stayed with it, cause this story is so wacky , I easily forgave the less than stellar beginning. 4/5
Thoughts in a nutshell: I couldn't stop reading, but had issues with how a female character was (sorta) fridged. While I didn't think the main character acted like the genius we were told he was, I found the finale (unintentionally?) hilarious. I had fun, and that's the point, right?
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I would have given this 5 stars except for a little bit of pacing lag in the middle. May still change since I'm still thinking about this book weeks later! Not my typical read, but very thought provoking and weirdly relatable. Science fiction and quite "sciencey" at that, but easy enough to follow for a non-sci-fi reader.
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This was really between a 3 and 4. It was very sci fi and a little complicated but it was interesting.
Dec 21, 2016
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