Kirkus Reveiw of Time Flash: Another Me

Well, not all good, but not so bad either. 

Would you read my book based on this review?

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“In this sci-fi novel, an accountant aims to balance the books when a nefarious corporation’s secret experiments leave her with an unusual side effect: time travel.

 

Reaching for her breakfast cereal, Sara García, 37, finds herself transported back to 1975 and age 12. Before long, she returns to the year 2000, wondering whether she’s going crazy. Things are strained at her Long Island home; she and her husband, Jon, both accountants, haven’t been close since her late-term miscarriage. Another time flash proves that her past can be changed, frightening Sara into seeing her doctor, who explains that she’s been injected with an illegal serum as part of a mind-control experiment.

The opening pages suggest that Sara’s a standard chick-lit heroine obsessed with dieting, but Ayers (The Dead Boy Sings in Heaven, 2018, etc.) is up to something much more original and engaging. Besides the intertwined thriller and sci-fi elements (fairly plausible), Sara learns a great deal about herself and her relationships in trying to change reality, revelations she couldn’t have had without time travel. Her love of books and music adds to her character’s complexity, and unexpected depths are revealed in several well-drawn side characters, even Sara’s cold, critical mother. The pace could be tighter, bogging down about two-thirds through, but does pick up toward the end, with a satisfaction-filled conclusion. And there’s a touch of magic in Gallo, Sara’s marvelous cat.

 

An entertaining, well-written tale offering intriguing speculations and a heroine of courage and determination.”

 

 —Kirkus Reviews

13 thoughts to “Kirkus Reveiw of Time Flash: Another Me”

  1. I would. With an inventive premise, the promise of “entertaining and well-written” is enough for me to want to make the leap.

  2. Kudos. Can’t wait to read it? And to think I knew you when….. Is it available for Kindle, hmmmm. I will check but sounds intriguing.

  3. Yes. Sci-fi isn’t a genre that I have spent much time with, but if I was so inclined, I would definitely read it. One, because of you and your work. Two, because the review is overall positive. A minor observation/suggestion simply proves to me that the reviewer was objective and unbiased which add strength to the positive elements of the review.

    1. Thank you, Beth. It would be lovely to hear what a non-Sci-Fi reader thinks if you decide to take a chance. I’m hoping libraries will choose to carry it as a loaner ebook. For me, time travel is a lot of regret and wishing for do-overs.

  4. Of course I would read it. That’s an excellent And intriguing review. It sounds better than good, and I am not a big fan of time travel, as exactly time travel, but I can live with it as a metaphor for hypothetical hindsight. Why not? You so rock!!!

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