I think this book embodies the word "delightful". Easy read, good vibes, excellent characters and humor. There is no mystery about how this book will end, and no challenge to its imagery or message. But it is a great message, and a good story. Recommend.

My So-So here is more personal preference than anything else. I love the way the author jumps around in time and between characters, then masterfully weaves everything together. She trusts the reader to understand when she's referencing another character or plot point without making the connection obvious. My So-So is because the middle part of the book was spent on characters that I didn't connect with. Good book overall.

Like a collection of interconnected stories. A bit slow at parts, but the characters are vivid, the writing clever and skillful. There is always something to figure out. Low-stakes and a bit wistful, perfect for our dark times. Recommend.

On one hand, it's pretty impressive that all of these characters are ostentatiously unusual and damaged, yet I believe them. I believe the stories and lives the author has created for them. But on the other hand, it was a long, LONG walk for an explosive last 50 pages. I think the book could lose 100 pages and have the same effect. Not sure it was worth it, but it IS staying with me, turning over in my head. Would try another book by this author.

What a cool idea. Books about time travel are usually fantasy / wish-fulfillment. But what if it cane with so many rules that it hardly made sense to even try it? While the idea carried the beginning of the book, and the slow reveal of the connections between the characters carried the middle, it had lost all steam by the end.

Hey! I read a book! Took me a long time (because of life not because of the book) but I'm glad I finished. Wonderful book, worth a read.