The Future of Another Timeline
by Annalee Newitz
What is it about:
1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too.
2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost.
Tess and Beth’s lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person’s actions to echo throughout the timeline?
What did I think of it:
I have a weak spot for time travel stories, so when Jeffe was so kind to get hold of an Advance Reader Copy of this book for me I was over the moon.
And this is such an intense and cool read.
The time travel theory used in this book is one that totally worked for me. Yes, I had questions, but so do the people who were travelling , which made it easier to accept what was happening than when the author would have tried to 'explain' things and bungle them up.
The story itself drew me in right away. I was invested in Tess and Beth from the start. I was rooting for them and hoping the things they want will turn out as they think they will. There were several other characters I really liked and was rooting for as well.
The book tackles a couple of universal and relevant themes without losing momentum and without losing sight of the story. It did make me think about what could have happened if someone could change just a tiny thing somewhere in our past. It was intense, gripping, and at times emotional. I cared for the world and for the characters Newitz created.
All in all a really wonderful read. You bet i'll read more by Newitz.
Why should you read it:
It's an awesome and intense Time Travel read.
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