A review by meliemelo
Dreams Before the Start of Time by Anne Charnock

4.0

Very, very interesting read. I do wish we'd spent more time in each era, and with each character, while understanding that the shortness of the vignettes is what made them so sweet. I enjoyed the different perspectives on parentality and conception, and how the abundance of characters and points of views made it so that in the end, overall, the book doesn't seem to be passing judgment on the different options presented. A longer look at abortion could also have been interesting, but I accept that this is not the direction the book wanted to go to.