The Here and Now

So this book started off pretty slow and didn't really pick up in action for me until the pages were in the hundreds. Many of the characters felt empty and one dimensional, and annoying. The one character that I thought could redeem the book ended up being pretty gross and scoff worthy majority of the time. The plot was so jumpy that I had to re-read sections to try and pick up something I was certain I had missed (pretty sure I wtf'd a more than a few times out loud) and extreme situations seemed to resolved themselves in a matter of paragraphs and felt like an afterthought.

This was my first taste of the time travel genre and this book kinda made me not want to visit again. The only reasons I pushed through to the end were 1. I think every book deserves a fair chance and 2. I have this horrible habit of not being able to quit a book once I've started reading it no matter how much I don't like it. Believe me, I've tried to stop.

Toward the middle of the book I had decided to give it 3 stars but after finishing it downgraded to 2. I wish I could have enjoyed it more because time travel really interests me but man this is just not the book.

I read this all in one day. I couldn't put it down! I suspect if I'd spent longer trying to think about the science of time travel, I might find some flaws in it. But ehh I didn't. I liked the environmental message–nothing too controversial by now, for sure, but still. Climate change is happening, y'all. Recommended for fans of... Back to the Future? IDK. Not a good readalike for the [b:The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 452306 The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (Sisterhood, #1) Ann Brashares https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1388320534s/452306.jpg 1058370] books–it's pretty lacking in the female friendship aspect, and also it's a sci-fi ecological thriller? Eh you know probably a good readalike for [b:Matched 7735333 Matched (Matched, #1) Ally Condie https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1367706191s/7735333.jpg 9631645], [b:Delirium 11614718 Delirium (Delirium, #1) Lauren Oliver https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1327890411s/11614718.jpg 10342808], that kind of romance-y dystopia-y thing.