Reviews with content warning for Grief - The Psychology of Time Travel

Reviews tagging 'Grief'

The Psychology of Time Travel by Kate Mascarenhas

22 reviews

aseel_reads's review against another edition

funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

This was so fun!! I loved how everything connected in the end. I also loved the psychology elements and how good the bad/annoying characters were

glaring at Margaret

Content Warnings

jesswho's review against another edition

Go to review page

emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

Loved this book! It's a book about psychology, relationships, and our relation with death told in the setting of time travel and a murder mystery. Incredible ensemble of believable characters. Almost all characters are women and the main romantic relationship is queer, and both are done in a way that feels entirely natural.

Content Warnings

_pauline's review against another edition

Go to review page

medium-paced

Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes

3.75

'Where are you going?'
'My therapist's being tried for murder, and I have to be fired by the Conclave!'
'What?'
'I have to be somewhere! I'll call you!'

time travel x murder mystery x mental health x wlw subplot

I‘m not entirely sure how I feel about this book but it’s an interesting concept, different than I expected (not in a bad way) & mysterious

I struggled to remember how all the characters were related (especially once I found out

Fay was Ginger‘s daughter - I still don’t fully understand that; it seems to be a coincidence that neither Ruby nor Fay are aware of?

) but I still enjoyed the book

I think there were a couple of (minor) inconsistencies, or maybe I just didn’t understand everything - both of which is probably inevitable in a book about time travel + this is a debut novel, so if anything it’s really impressive

Content Warnings

sulaasg's review against another edition

Go to review page

adventurous challenging emotional mysterious reflective fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? A mix
Strong character development? It's complicated
Loveable characters? It's complicated
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

Spectacularly well constructed, I loved every second of this book. There were some novel ideas around time travel, and some interesting introspection on how we feel about our past and future selves.
The female centric narrative was delightful, and the idea that an innovation by four women would create a female centric work force.
My only issue, and this might be because I read the book in two days on my holiday while occasionally hungover, but I ended up fucking back and forth to confirm if a character was someone we'd already met or not.
I've started wondering if the story would feel changed if read in chronological order, and I'm tempted to come back to the book in a few months and give it a try.

Content Warnings