anka.trini reviewed See You Yesterday by Rachel Lynn Solomon
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2 stars
This could have been soooo good. Sadly, the FMC is so annoying and obnoxious in the beginning that I had to skip about 200 pages. If the author had decided for Barrett to have a different back story and make her a little bit more likable, this would have been a much better book. In order to have a character undergo lots of growth you don't have to make them start at the bottom... And the whole high school drama. Why would people care about a stupid tennis team? They all cheated on their tests and had to pay the price. I can get behind the little brother wanting revenge but everyone else at that school also had it out for Barrett, even the teachers. It all sounded very unconvincing, especially at a prestigious school like they were supposed to be at...
I've read my fair share of time loop …
This could have been soooo good. Sadly, the FMC is so annoying and obnoxious in the beginning that I had to skip about 200 pages. If the author had decided for Barrett to have a different back story and make her a little bit more likable, this would have been a much better book. In order to have a character undergo lots of growth you don't have to make them start at the bottom... And the whole high school drama. Why would people care about a stupid tennis team? They all cheated on their tests and had to pay the price. I can get behind the little brother wanting revenge but everyone else at that school also had it out for Barrett, even the teachers. It all sounded very unconvincing, especially at a prestigious school like they were supposed to be at...
I've read my fair share of time loop books and I loved the film Palm Springs. They were (mostly) fun but with a deep twist. And if they focused on the physics of it all, they were very interesting. This story is neither a good book about theoretical physics nor does it have any charm. The time loop isn't explained properly and it didn't even sound like it was rooted in actual physics. Of course, fact checking isn't really possibly when it comes to a topic like this but maybe make it more convincing? A little more scientific, maybe?
