Sitting in my sofa, chair with Black Dog Triple Gold Reserve
Scotch poured in glass I get a hold of a book “All Our Yesterdays” by Cristin
Terrill highly recommended by friend.
The Book is about, Em and Finn have run out of all possible
options when it comes to destroying a time machine that they know has made the
world a dark and dismal place. All Our Yesterdays alternates between past and
present as the two converge together to bring truths (the painful and the
triumphant) to love, friendship, and the future of the world.
In order to prepare yourself for reading All Our Yesterdays,
I suggest you 1) have a book buddy on hand who has read it before you (Sasha
from Sash and Em was mine) because you are going to have a lot to WTF about and
2) an undisclosed amount of time (even if it is on a street corner near your
grocery store) to read this book as close to straight through as you can.
There are very few things I can say here without revealing
too much of the brilliant plot secrets contained within this book. What I will
tell you is this: there is a Dawson/Joey/Pacey vibe rooted in this story, it’s
okay to reread paragraphs until you understand the smallest of details because
Terrill has intricately (and painstakingly) made her story feel so real even
down to the most scientific explanations, and third of all: your brain might
explode a little bit because the emotional and physical impact of reading as
two time periods are lined up and brought head-to-head? Hard to fathom.
Time is a funny thing. There are some of us that are so
accepting of its whims, but there are others who are obsessed with the past.
“If I could change one little thing, that tiny tiny thing, everything would be
alright.” You’ve heard it before. I read about it previously in the fantastic
11/22/63 by Stephen King this year. Even though King’s book and Terrill’s are
totally different, the sentiment felt similar to me and just as scary and just
as heartbreaking. Because changing even one little thing, even if it makes it
better for you, affects countless more than you can even imagine. So think
about a machine that was created from the best intentions to change the world
for the better and all of it just blowing up in your face; how a beautiful
person can turn so ugly because of power and those good intentions.
Terrill has done an amazing job of telling such an epic
story. All Our Yesterdays started a little slow for me and I wished there was
more dialogue throughout the novel, but otherwise, it is completely addicting
and so well plotted, that I’m anxious to reread it from the beginning and
discover those details I may have missed the first time around. So even though
science fiction isn’t a genre I frequent a lot, I know a good story is what is
important when reading and THIS is a good story from all angles: the intrigue,
the suspense, the romance, and the enormity of having the future of the world
on your shoulders (whew, it makes me feel tense all over again just thinking
about it).
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