Description: A time
travel novel. The main character meets with “himselves” every
year in an abandoned hotel in a futuristic dystopian NYC. The only
people who come to the annual gathering are current, previous, and future
versions of himself, except this year a woman shows up too. One of
his future selves is murdered, and he must stop that from happening
or everything will unravel.
Plot: This is a murder
mystery but not really. Very difficult to explain. The MC has to
prevent his own murder, while teaming up with some of his past and
future selves and avoiding others. And find out who is the
mysterious woman. This author has a seriously bizarre creative
streak. The book is mind-bending. I like mysteries because I have
to pay attention to try to figure them out, but this book required an
extra measure of mental effort because of the time travel element.
Very interesting.
Characterization: Most
of the characters are the MC at various ages. He has nicknames for
the various versions of himself, and each of the individual selves is
reasonably well-developed and differentiated, which helps to keep
them straight. The MC muses at times about how he has changed over
his lifetime, which is an interesting bit of self-reflection. The
third quarter of the book contained a POV change into the woman's POV
for several chapters, which I didn't realize until quite a bit into
it and it threw me for a while until the POV changed back to the MC.
Setting: April in New
York City in a dystopian future. The descriptions were good, I was
able to picture every scene without it being over-described.
Other: There are a few
sex scenes, and all but one zipped by me and only after they were
finished did I realize what they were. The book has chapters but
they are not numbered. The narrator for this audio book has an
interesting, somewhat monotone voice which actually helped with the
characterization of the MC.
Overall: I enjoyed this
book but it did require a bit of work. I would read more by this
author, altho I need a break between books to let my brain relax.
Grade: B
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