Hardcover, 350 pages
Langue : English
Publié 6 novembre 2019 par TOR.
1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too.
2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost.
Tess and Beth’s lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and …
1992: After a confrontation at a riot grrl concert, seventeen-year-old Beth finds herself in a car with her friend's abusive boyfriend dead in the backseat, agreeing to help her friends hide the body. This murder sets Beth and her friends on a path of escalating violence and vengeance as they realize many other young women in the world need protecting too.
2022: Determined to use time travel to create a safer future, Tess has dedicated her life to visiting key moments in history and fighting for change. But rewriting the timeline isn’t as simple as editing one person or event. And just when Tess believes she's found a way to make an edit that actually sticks, she encounters a group of dangerous travelers bent on stopping her at any cost.
Tess and Beth’s lives intertwine as war breaks out across the timeline--a war that threatens to destroy time travel and leave only a small group of elites with the power to shape the past, present, and future. Against the vast and intricate forces of history and humanity, is it possible for a single person’s actions to echo throughout the timeline?
I really enjoyed this story about time travelers racing to prevent the timeline from being edited to eradicate women’s rights. It felt relevant somehow. Can’t put my finger on it.
Aside from the obvious analogy for where we are, I had a hard time putting this down. It was so much fun. I want more.
Ein sehr lesenswertes Buch, das bei mir durchaus einige Gefühle ausgelöst hat. Die Idee ihrer Zeitmaschinen ist interessant und ungewöhnlich. In diesem Buch kämpft eine Gruppe von Frauen und nicht-binären Personen durch Zeitreisen dafür, dass Abtreibungsrechte (und andere Gesetze, die primär Frauen, aber allgemein viele Personen, die keine cis Männer sind, betreffen) freier und weniger einschränkend werden. Die Antagonisten sind an sich super extreme Mens-Rights-Aktivisten und mit dem aktuellen Trend bezüglich Abtreibungsverboten in den USA, ist dieses Buch teilweise unangenehm nah an der Realität. Was es einerseits so gut macht, andererseits auch ernsthaft unerfreulich ist
An incredible and deeply relevant book that involves time travel, making sense of changing timelines, and so on - lots of nerdery for any sci fi fan. But perhaps most key - a deeply touching reminder of the ways that small actions may have tremendous ripple effects as time passes.
