Recursion by Blake Crouch
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Few books do the time travel/alternate reality genre well... but Recursion is up there with the greats.
Told from two different perspectives, Recursion is a novel that hooks you from the beginning and never lets go. It tries to answer the "What if we just changed one minor thing in the past?" and does it well. The beginning of the book alternates between the past creation of the machine and how it affects the present-day realities. Eventually, they merge and then the game is truly afoot.
Plot aside, the characters are the true shining point of this book. Both Helena and Barry are exquisitely described, with their own motivations and reasons for making certain choices.
I cannot review it much longer without spoiling more. Well worth the read!
ARC from Netgalley in exchange for my review.
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My rating: 5 of 5 stars
Few books do the time travel/alternate reality genre well... but Recursion is up there with the greats.
Told from two different perspectives, Recursion is a novel that hooks you from the beginning and never lets go. It tries to answer the "What if we just changed one minor thing in the past?" and does it well. The beginning of the book alternates between the past creation of the machine and how it affects the present-day realities. Eventually, they merge and then the game is truly afoot.
Plot aside, the characters are the true shining point of this book. Both Helena and Barry are exquisitely described, with their own motivations and reasons for making certain choices.
I cannot review it much longer without spoiling more. Well worth the read!
ARC from Netgalley in exchange for my review.
View all my reviews
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