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All Our Yesterdays by Cristin Terrill (view source)
Revision as of 08:02, 15 July 2013
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Told from the perspective of Em, the prisoner from the future, and Marina, the naive, lovelorn girl in the past/present (whatever you'd call it when that timey-wimey thing is involved!), ''All Our Yesterdays'' is a real, barnstorming, page-turner. The opening sequence, in which Em and Finn are held in a secret facility and interrogated and tortured by the Doctor and the Director is mind-numbingly awful. But it hooks you in right from the get-go and after it the book has you entirely in its grasp. You won't stop reading until you get to the end.
I'm going to say - and please don't take it as a criticism - that ''All Our Yesterdays'' is 70% romance and 30% sci-fi. While the various scientific ideas and potential paradoxes involved in time travel are discussed and reasonably carefully incorporated into the intricate plotting, this is primarily a romantic novel about the relationships between a girl and two boys. I feel as though saying this is somehow denigrating the book. I don't think it is, but I do think avid sci-fi readers might not get what they are looking for here. So it does bear pointing out. Watch the trailer video on the right. It explains things perfectly! And But for those looking for a truly enjoyable romantic novel with a dash of thriller in a fresh and unfamiliar setting, ''All Our Yesterdays'' ticks all the boxes there are. It opens with a bang. It's exciting. It develops a central character in two time frames, which is incredibly fresh. And it's desperately, wonderfully romantic.
''All Our Yesterdays'' is a crash-bang-wallop of a debut. It's going to find many fans. I'm absolutely sure of it.