With her celebrated humor, insight, and heart, beloved New York Times bestseller Emma Straub offers her own twist on traditional time travel tropes, and a different kind of love story.
On the eve of her 40th birthday, Alice's life isn't terrible. She likes her job, even if it isn't exactly the one she expected. She's happy with her apartment, her romantic status, her independence, and she adores her lifelong best friend. But her father is ailing, and it feels to her as if something is missing. When she wakes up the next morning she finds herself back in 1996, reliving her 16th birthday. But it isn't just her adolescent body that shocks her, or seeing her high school crush, it's her dad: the vital, charming, 40-something version of her father with whom she is reunited. Now armed with a new perspective on her own life and his, some past events take on new meaning. Is there anything that she would change if she could?
The Sexy Nerd's Review. . .
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I came to read this book by way of my office book club and one of the reasons I enjoy being a part of a book club is because you read books that you might otherwise have passed by. In other words, it opens your horizons to new stories and authors.
In so many ways, I wish I could be Alice. The older I get, the more I find myself reflecting. For the most part, I’m happy with the way my life turned out, but if I could go back and redo some things, would I?
Alice was about to turn forty, which is a huge milestone for the forty-somethings. She’s lived in her hometown for most of her life and has a decent job working with gifted students of famous or well-off parents. It’s Alice’s job to ensure the right students get selected. So, Alice was a big deal to the parents wanting their children to get in. Her father has been in the hospital, so she was splitting her time between the job and seeing him.
Alice could relate to children being born to well-off or famous parents because her father was a well-known author of time travel books. She knew all too well living in the shadow of a famous parent, but Leonard, wasn’t exactly that type of father. In fact, Leonard cared a great deal about Alice and her well-being.
As she’s about to turn forty, her bestie, Samantha, is excited about hooking up and hanging out like they’ve done for most of Alice’s birthdays. Problem is with Sam’s hectic schedule, kids and husband, it’s hard to fit “girlfriend time” in there. But no matter what, Sam would never miss Alice’s fortieth birthday.
After leaving her get together, Alice heads on home and when she wakes up the next morning, she’s living with her father and about to have her sixteenth birthday. Wait, what? She just turned forty, so how is it she ends up being sixteen and reliving her high school years. The more confused Alice became, the more bizarre her life appeared. She was talking with her forty-year-old father and hanging out with her bestie, Sam, who obviously wasn’t a mother nor a wife. She just saw her friend the night before in the future.
When Alice finally realizes what is happening to her, with the help of someone she loves dearly, she’s left with wondering where she should be placed in time. And, as she embarks on new adventures, she quickly discovers that some things in the past should be changed, and others, not so much. But her biggest hurdle is what should be changed and if she does, how does that impact her future?
This was a very interesting read. Again, I most likely would have never read a book like this, but I’m very glad I did. I enjoyed following Alice around on her time travel.
The Sexy Nerd gives This Time Tomorrow four stars for future reading. 😊 I’ve never read this author before and I enjoyed her writing style. This was a good story, and I enjoyed my time within it. I highly recommend if you’re into science fiction reading. And if you’ve never read a Sci-Fi, this would be a great book to start with. Until next time, Nerds, you know how we do!
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