- "review": "<p>This was the selection for a monthly book club I’ve recently joined. I don’t think I would have picked it up otherwise. But I’m glad I did! It was an entertaining read. </p><p>Nothing groundbreaking here though, bit of a genre mash-up: romance, thriller, and science fiction. There were some interesting threads: the identities forced on us by our own historical contingency, the long term political consequences of the climate change, sublimated reactions to personal trauma. But Bradley never quite pulled on any of these enough for them to feel insightful or meaningful.</p><p>The twist is a pretty clichéd bit of time travel fiction and it’s something a close reader will see coming from before the middle point of the book. Which I have to admit was a bit disappointing. </p><p>But don’t mistake this for review for a pan! I really enjoyed parts of this book. Most notably, I think Bradley did a great job with the historical dialogue. Characters from the each century speak with consistent and distinct dialects. The interactions and social mores across epochs are well thought out and feel natural. These things are not easy, but Bradly does they so well they feel effortless. </p><p></p><p></p>",
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