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lilifane's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
I didn't expect this to be as good as the first Chronos series... but I was still disappointed.
There were some things that I really liked. Basically, all of Madi's story line was cool. I don't want to spoil anything, so I can't say much, but I really liked the wibbly wobbly timey wimey aspect of her discovery and her connections to the past and the future.
Tyson's story line was not very interesting to me. All the references to historical events and figures are a bit too much to keep up with when you're not that familiar with American History. And you really need detailed knowledge or at least much more interest in these historical events to understand the significance of minor changes. I didn't have these issues in the past because the changes made to history directly affected the main characters, whereas here the changes were more ... abstract. It just didn't have the same effect.
It also doesn't help that I didn't care much for any of the characters. I like Madi and her group and there are some things about them, I am interested in, but there is not much that makes me care for them emotionally. Even less so with Tyson & co.
And the book lost me at the end, tbh. I couldn't follow the "science" anymore, and I still don't understand what is/was/will be going on with the bad guys in this story. There is nothing at the end of the book that is intriguing enough to make me want to read the next one. I will probably still give it a chance.
There were some things that I really liked. Basically, all of Madi's story line was cool. I don't want to spoil anything, so I can't say much, but I really liked the wibbly wobbly timey wimey aspect of her discovery and her connections to the past and the future.
Tyson's story line was not very interesting to me. All the references to historical events and figures are a bit too much to keep up with when you're not that familiar with American History. And you really need detailed knowledge or at least much more interest in these historical events to understand the significance of minor changes. I didn't have these issues in the past because the changes made to history directly affected the main characters, whereas here the changes were more ... abstract. It just didn't have the same effect.
It also doesn't help that I didn't care much for any of the characters. I like Madi and her group and there are some things about them, I am interested in, but there is not much that makes me care for them emotionally. Even less so with Tyson & co.
And the book lost me at the end, tbh. I couldn't follow the "science" anymore, and I still don't understand what is/was/will be going on with the bad guys in this story. There is nothing at the end of the book that is intriguing enough to make me want to read the next one. I will probably still give it a chance.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Blood, Medical content, Death of parent, and Injury/Injury detail
heytherekaity's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
mysterious
reflective
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Full review available at https://www.kaitgoodwin.com/books/blog-tour-now-then-and-everywhen-by-rysa-walker-review-giveaway/ (giveaway has sadly ended)
Thank you so much to Amazon, 47North, and JeanBookNerd for sending me a review copy of this book! All opinions are my own.
HI LOOK I FOUND ANOTHER ALTERNATE HISTORY (although I guess this one is more of an alternate future…) BOOK AND I LOVE IT!!! Even though this book is not about Kate Pierce-Keller (the protagonist of The CHRONOS Files), we do get several updates on how she spent her life, and I enjoyed seeing that. This is a really interesting book because it takes place in both the future and the past, and gives us a closer look at what happened to characters from the original trilogy, both before and after the events of 2015. I would definitely recommend reading (or re-reading, as I did!) The CHRONOS Files before reading this book, because I think that without the refresher, it would have been very confusing. Basically, I love this book, and I hope that you do too!
Thank you so much to Amazon, 47North, and JeanBookNerd for sending me a review copy of this book! All opinions are my own.
HI LOOK I FOUND ANOTHER ALTERNATE HISTORY (although I guess this one is more of an alternate future…) BOOK AND I LOVE IT!!! Even though this book is not about Kate Pierce-Keller (the protagonist of The CHRONOS Files), we do get several updates on how she spent her life, and I enjoyed seeing that. This is a really interesting book because it takes place in both the future and the past, and gives us a closer look at what happened to characters from the original trilogy, both before and after the events of 2015. I would definitely recommend reading (or re-reading, as I did!) The CHRONOS Files before reading this book, because I think that without the refresher, it would have been very confusing. Basically, I love this book, and I hope that you do too!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Hate crime, Racism, Sexism, Grief, and Religious bigotry
Minor: Cursing, Death, Gun violence, Misogyny, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexism, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Grief, Mass/school shootings, Death of parent, and Murder