A Thousand Pieces of You

We again have another favorite book. I was highly anticipating the release of this book and that was mostly due to the cover. But this book was so much more awesome than the cover made me think it was. I was not disappointed in any aspect. The one flaw in the book and it is minimal, is the fact that I was able to predict a small detail that we learn at the end.

The writing and descriptions in this book were great. Claudia Gray has a very unique and intriguing way to draw you into the story. The way she described all the science in the book was great. She was descriptive and went in depth, but at the same time she would add humor to it to fit with Marguerite's lack of science understanding. I loved the way everything was introduced and explained in the different universes. Even when the universe was very similar to Marguerite's real home, we always knew what the differences were. Having Marguerite be an artist who focuses on detail was very important in regard to this story. The narrator needed to be someone who was detail-oriented but who also had a very limited understanding of physics. The whole basis of other universe travel was based on physics and using equations to understand why things happened.

Paul Markov was a very complex character who we knew very little about, however as the story went on we learned more about his life and his interactions with Marguerite. I loved the little flashbacks throughout the book that gave you a better understanding of why it was so shocking that Paul could kill Marguerite's father and destroy all the data and leave.

There were many twists and turns in this book that set many things up for the next book and the rest of the series. I appreciate that Claudia Gray didn't leave us with a huge cliffhanger because that is just cruel, but she still has me beyond anxious to read the next one and find out what they are going to do to stop the villain, (not naming him because spoilers).

Overall, this was an amazing start to a new series. It contained so many elements of what I appreciate in a book, there was the science aspect, the whole fantasy, multiple universes aspect, the humor, and of course the romance. The cover of this book is just as amazing as the actual book. And it is going to look great on favorites shelf.

Audiobook narration was cool. The Russia part had Russian accents so I enjoyed a lot. Otherwise, story was very weak.

—avert your eyes, spoilers ahead—

So many problems!
• Ok the SciFi was not my favorite as it wasn't well explained. Please just read Recursion by Blake Crouch which also has a consciousness device but it is so well thought out and properly explained.

• They made a dimension jumping device which lets your consciousness jump dimensions but the damn device jumps physically with you. That's basically a teleportation device! Leave parallel worlds, you guys can teleport. Just change your device a little and you have another scientific discovery.

• The body remains behind but in what state? What if somebody walks in on you while you're dimension jumping? Don't tell me it's quantum physics and say it's hard to explain. What is this, Ant-Man?

* Also just remembered, for you to be able to jump dimensions and come back to your original dimension, you would need to know how many dimensions in total there are, and what dimension you're jumping into next to act as a point of reference. But do we know that? Noooooo. Think Shades of Magic by Schwab where we knew and used tokens from each world. Otherwise, there is no way Paul knew which dimension he was jumping into next. (Can't believe I'm realising this 3 days after finishing this disaster).

• The romance! Ugh. The love triangle. Ughhhh. If I wanted to read a love triangle, I'd read Twilight.

• Stupid Russian storyline! Meg has sex with the love of her life in another dimension, TWICE, while she is in an alternate version of herself, with the guy from that dimension. Dudeeee! Think of the consequences for your other self! Also, if you're gonna do it, at least have safe sex. But nooooo! I really just stopped caring for the story at this point.

• The only likable character is Paul, but not by a lot. Theo is just downright suspicious from page one. Meg is awful for making stupid decisions. She went from trying to kill Paul to trying to kill Theo with barely any thought.

• Till the last page, we're talking about the love triangle. Oh go to hell, Theoooo! We don't like you. “If I have to let somebody else have you, at least it's him.” Oh fuck offfffff!

• Lastly, if people can overtake your body and consciousness and make you do bad things, maybeee make a device that blocks other people from jumping into you. Phhhhhbbbbttt!!!

Muito, muito bom. O livro foi uma curva gaussiana para mim. Como comentado, começou como uma distopia confusa com as várias idéias de mundos paralelos e destinos, mas que evoluiu para um romance, que embora baseado em uma tradicional cliché dos romances, foi adorável e apaixonante (sim, gosto de romance para menininha, julguem-me, I don't care). A parte da Rússia com certeza foi a preferida de todas.
A relação que a protagonista tem com sua família é muito boa, e rara nos dias de hoje termos personagens que são ligados à família amorosa. Marguerite não é a melhor das protagonista ou a mais forte, mas talvez sua personalidade comum tenha contribuído para desempatar (?) um pouco a história. Achei as atitudes dele de impulsos, mas toleráveis - licença poética ao sentimento e não ao raciocínio.
Discordo que seja um triângulo amoroso bem construído, já que, como ela mesma percebi em alguns momentos, há uma grande diferença entre o flerte e o se apaixonar.
O final teve o reviravolta esperada, mas fiquei surpresa com as descobertas e bem animada. Apenas achei negativo a falta de mais perguntas e pontas soltas para um próximo volume. Caso fosse um stand alone, mas com um pouco de detalhes, estaria de bom tamanho. A autora conseguiu amarrar os pontos da estória e não deixar muitas dúvidas.