Here and Now and Then
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Average rating3.9
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Ratings25
Average rating3.9
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I really wanted to like this. Aspects of it are very fun, but every time our main character Kin reveals to someone that time travel exists, they accept it so easily that it loses any impact and then I spend the rest of the time wondering why, for the average person in this novel, learning time travel exists is less mind blowing than listening to a particularly insightful TED talk or something. Imagine Peter Parker is revealing himself to be Spiderman to Mary Jane, and she replies “Cool. Was it tough to make the suit? Should we get Chinese for dinner?”
Well done time travel story. Quick and easy read, but highly entertaining.
★ ★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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When I really love a book and don't know how to express it, I tend to ramble. Case in point:
You can have fun with a son
But you gotta be a father to a girl
Doctor Who
All Our Wrong Todays
Just One Damned Thing After Another
Paradox Bound
Here and Now and Then
Who
Outlander
had
(this next paragraph could get a bit spoiler-y. But not really, just in vague sentiments, no particulars...Still, skip if you want)
Disclaimer: I received this eARC from HARLEQUIN - MIRA via NetGalley in exchange for this post – thanks to both for this. These are my own honest – and hopefully not convoluted – thoughts and opinions.
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Kin Stewart is having a good life. He has a wife who loves him and a precocious teenage daughter who is the apple of his eye. He also has no memory of his past life when he was a time-traveling agent of the Temporal Protection Bureau. As an agent of the TCB, Kin would go back into the past - the present being 2142 - to eliminate threats to history. During one assignment, he lost his ride home and his memories.
18 years later, TCB rescues him and he discovers he has a parallel life in the future.
The book is plot driven with empathetic characters. The plot question asks how Kin will protect his daughter when he is not permitted to meddle with the past, even if it means protecting the life of his daughter.
I enjoyed this book, but it was pretty much a plot driven book that moved from point A to point Z by hitting all the points in between. Author Chen's writing style is similarly direct and light. It makes for a quick enjoyable read with a delightful and emotional ending.
