Wow, did this novella get a lot of nominations and awards. Were they deserved? Well, that’s a difficult question to answer, but this is definitely the sort of book that would. Not only is it highly literary (I’d go as far as to say overwritten at times in a very poetic sort of way), but it also featured a pair of gay lovers and LGBTQ representation is very hot right now, although seemingly confined to science fiction.
I’ll be the first to admit time travel stories trip me up. They don’t always logistically line up along the curves of my brain. This one, more or less, did, to its credit. This is primarily a love story about two men who aren’t so much time travelers as they are victims of time traveling. It seems that they get thrown through time, from one war to the next, occasionally reuniting, but mostly trying to stay in touch through letters secreted away in a specific book. In present day England a bookseller finds one such communique and sets off on a quest to find out all he can about the timetorn lovers and his role in the grand scheme of it all. Outside of all the jumping through timelines (and if that annoys you, imagine what’s it like for the protagonists), it’s really a lovely, melancholy sort of story. I didn’t love the writing at all times, but appreciated its beauty all the same. The historical twist to the time travel scenario was terrific, but the one of the bookseller’s involvement was fairly predictable. Overall, this was a fairly enjoyable read and a very quick one. Time was and time will be again for a love story. Some say, the only story worth telling. Some say…
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