booktokbrie's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
achay91's review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent, Grief, Sexual content, Alcohol, Drug use, Death, Toxic relationship, and Cursing
Moderate: Infidelity and Alcoholism
Minor: Car accident and Homophobia
subpolka's review against another edition
1.0
Abandoned around the 31% mark - though I was tempted to bail as early as 15%.
Love-love-love me a time-hop, but this particular tale was…not good. Mediocre writing, buckets of awkward/forced pop culture references (HEY, DO YOU REMEMBER THE 90s? SO DOES THE AUTHOR!), a painfully stupid protagonist, some weird fatphobia, and…well, just no compelling reason for me to stick around past 31%.
Y’all, I really did not like this book.
PS - BUT ALSO…when Oona couldn’t bring herself to play a guitar, even though she WANTED to play the guitar, because her superdreamydreamboat (or so I’m told) boyfriend was a guitarist and “it would be disloyal to” him to pick up a guitar, so she vowed to keep guitar playing a “dream out of reach”, like, what stupid sh*t did I just read? There were a number of passages that led me to ask that question, but the GUITAR AS BETRAYAL incident stuck in my mind.
Love-love-love me a time-hop, but this particular tale was…not good. Mediocre writing, buckets of awkward/forced pop culture references (HEY, DO YOU REMEMBER THE 90s? SO DOES THE AUTHOR!), a painfully stupid protagonist, some weird fatphobia, and…well, just no compelling reason for me to stick around past 31%.
Y’all, I really did not like this book.
PS - BUT ALSO…when Oona couldn’t bring herself to play a guitar, even though she WANTED to play the guitar, because her superdreamydreamboat (or so I’m told) boyfriend was a guitarist and “it would be disloyal to” him to pick up a guitar, so she vowed to keep guitar playing a “dream out of reach”, like, what stupid sh*t did I just read? There were a number of passages that led me to ask that question, but the GUITAR AS BETRAYAL incident stuck in my mind.
bookishkash's review against another edition
4.0
Plot summary: Oona is turning 19 and has some important decisions to make in her life. But at midnight, at new years when she turns 19, life changes completely. This is the story of Oona living her life without a chronological order. She could be 19 year old in the body of a middle aged woman. We follow her confusing but exciting journey as she lives out her life out of order and we make discoveries about her life alongside her. We get to explore her relationships and how they stood the test of time travel.
My thoughts: this is a really cool premise and given how confusing time travel can be, the author has tried their best to make it as simple to follow for the reader as possible. And the writing style is also well executed, with great character building.
I did expect a bit more conclusive ending and would have loved to see how life played out after for Oona but I can respect the author’s sentiment of leaving an open ended conclusion for the reader. There were several unanswered questions and explanations that I would have liked, but given the confusing subject matter I can understand not having all the answers.
I read this as an audiobook and enjoyed it immensely, the narration is well done with correct emotions infused. I would recommend this book if you are looking for a touching fiction with a unique premise, this will be a fun read. I would recommend the audiobook!
My thoughts: this is a really cool premise and given how confusing time travel can be, the author has tried their best to make it as simple to follow for the reader as possible. And the writing style is also well executed, with great character building.
I did expect a bit more conclusive ending and would have loved to see how life played out after for Oona but I can respect the author’s sentiment of leaving an open ended conclusion for the reader. There were several unanswered questions and explanations that I would have liked, but given the confusing subject matter I can understand not having all the answers.
I read this as an audiobook and enjoyed it immensely, the narration is well done with correct emotions infused. I would recommend this book if you are looking for a touching fiction with a unique premise, this will be a fun read. I would recommend the audiobook!
solangelicag's review against another edition
adventurous
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
joyyboyy's review against another edition
5.0
Holy shiiiiii!
Time travel, romances, stories, lives, travel, family. This book has it all. So funny & heartbreaking & the resolutions??? Wowowowow really a good book I can’t believe it took me so long to jump on this one
Time travel, romances, stories, lives, travel, family. This book has it all. So funny & heartbreaking & the resolutions??? Wowowowow really a good book I can’t believe it took me so long to jump on this one
leenu's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
afox98's review against another edition
4.0
Just a delight, which was much needed in this difficult week. It’s New Year’s Eve 1982 and Oona is 18. Set to turn 19 at the stroke of midnight, she instead finds herself in her own 51-year-old body. Each year on New Year’s Eve, she leaps to another year of her life. Never knowing if she’ll be older or younger, she tries to guide herself through letters written to her future self. She navigates relationships of all kinds, culture shifts, and historical events as she time travels. Her mother Madeleine and just one other know about the time travel and help her navigate from year to year. Poignant look at what’s really important in life and how to cherish it.
rebbemcc's review against another edition
3.0
I spent too much time trying to understand the time traveling mechanics to get as lost in the story as I’d hoped to be.