Molte

I needed an audiobook when traveling for the holidays, and randomly picked this cause it was available on Libby. I had fun but it didn't blow my mind. Maybe cause I've encountered the central ideas before, or because the characters weren't as fleshed out as the premise. At some point I felt like the "moral" of the story was being spelled out for me when I'd gotten the message a while ago.

The premise is fun (world-changing technology! a flawed humanity! time travel!) and jumps between two main characters - Barry and Helena. I was curious how they were going to meet during the book, and without spoiling anything I'm going to say I was disappointed. Them getting to know each other better happens off-screen, thanks to time travel hijinks.

It started a bit slow, and then picked up its pace a bit before halfway. The last half was really fun! There were a couple of points where I thought "well, I guess I'm near the end now?" before Crouch surprised me by upping the stakes and throwing in some unforeseen circumstances (which still made sense), which pulls up the score.

I think a physical/digital copy might be better, because during the audiobook I sometimes lost track of which date I was on. Not ideal during time travel hijinks.