An Ocean of Minutes

I've been reading a lot about the AIDS crisis from the 1980s, and how, in face of a lack of interest or support or even basic compassion from lawmakers and people in power, people had to make incredible sacrifices to try to save the people they loved. I thought a lot about that time when I read this novel: what would I sacrifice to ensure that someone I love could survive? Would I sacrifice my ability to ever see them again, sacrifice our happiness together in service of their health and life? These are the questions people had to grapple with in the 1980s; these are the questions I wish we could have grappled with more in the novel.

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.