One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston or This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal el-Mohtar for a time-travel love story What Strange Paradise by Omar El Akkad for a heartbreaking account of the European refugee crisis I guess what I’m trying to say is that whichever aspect of this book is the reason you want to read it, there’s a better alternative out there. There were so many situations and passages that highlighted so many aspects of humanity with all its ugly and its beautiful parts, but the writing stopped me from really relating to them sadly. I felt extremely emotionally distanced from the plots at all times and didn’t think the plot lines were tied together very well. The reason why I didn’t give it a higher rating is not that my expectations weren’t met in terms of the topic, but that I didn’t enjoy the writing style. Going into the book I didn’t know that, but I didn’t mind it. The book isn’t so much about the sci-fi aspects of time travel and the future as it is a dystopian story of a post-pandemic world where time travelers are indentured to work for the time-travel company, which is a bit reminiscent of colonialism in parts, and refugee crises in others. My goal for this year is to read more sci-fi, so I picked up An Ocean of Minutes despite the mixed reviews.
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