Reviews and Comments

I think this might be the quickest book I’ve ever read. He has a writing style of lots of short chapters which makes it very easy to think ‘I’ll just read one more’.

Wonderfully bizarre. A book that combines so many different ideas ans genres which shouldn’t work together…but they exceed the sum of their parts.

This is a big book! I’m not used to reading physical books. Feels strange holding such a massive tome.

What an amazing book and what a fantastic central concept to underlie the plot. I loved reading this book. Don’t necessarily think of it as a ‘fantasy’ novel, I think many would enjoy this book even if you don’t normally read fantasy as a genre.

It is a long read (longer still if you read all of the footnotes) and I felt it start to drag a little bit over the last 100 pages.

But one of the most enjoyable books that I’ve read of late.

Really enjoyed this one!

It is an unusual book to read. There is very little exposition to explain the background as to what events have transpired. so your opinion of the world that the book is set in is based on very little material.

The chapters felt disconnected…they are more like snapshots into the life of the protagonist and you are left wondering how much time has passed between each chapter.

The language is beautiful and the book does an amazing job of conjuring up dark forboding images just by the references to ‘they’, ‘them’ ‘they’re’ etc.

I liked it but was washing for more from the ending.

It is certainly a good page-turner. Lots of short chapters that frequently end on mini-cliffhangers.

I was pleasantly surprised by plot developments in the final third of the book with a real ‘I didn’t see that coming’ moment’ at one point.

However, I didn’t really feel invested in the characters and the writing wasn’t as evocative as other time-travel related books that I’ve read of late.

Really enjoyed this book. Wouldn’t have been able to read this during the pandemic but glad I got to it this year.

Beautifully written, I particularly enjoyed how the disparate threads all come together towards the end of the book.