Cool concept, annoyingly executed

I hated this. Had so much potential but the story was told in a far too floral way. Would love to see this executed by a great sci fi writer rather than a college poet. I stuck with it until the end in the hope the author would tap into the potential of the concept, but instead it just kept on creeping up its own ass with pretentious prose. I feel annoyed for having finished this and even more annoyed for a squandered concept.

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First Audible book I chose not to finish

Oh God! This is an awful book. I wanted it to be good, I willed it to be good, but all I got from what I heard was two weird arse time travel chicks leaving notes for each other.

Disappointing in every way.

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The perfect romance through time

Silky smooth prose and a beautiful inevitable love story. I love this book with all my heart.

great performances. I think the performance for Blue was better than Red, but overall, pretty great.

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Beautifully structured

Like an elegant equation or carefully designed program, this narrative loops forward and back towards a fascinating end. I want to re-listen as soon as it ends.

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Writing to die for

Superbly written. The literary fiction end of sci fi.
Poetic. Luscious emotional tones. Yet sitting squarely in the genre.
Deserved winner of awards.
I will read anything i now find by them.

Incredible story read by incredible actors

The narrators bring new life to the characters, I've listened to this audiobook more times than I've ever read the book, because it's amazing

I'm still torn about how I feel with this one

I found myself lost a lot, I also felt no connection to the characters. I can't tell if that's because the story just wasn't for me, or the performance just lacked the emotion it definitely seemed to require. Overall, so glad it was this short otherwise I would have given up on it much sooner.

A book genuinely engaged by the audio format

The plot is window dressing. Once you let go of that element and just too with the flow of it, the book is excellent. Plus the narrators bring so much to the back and forth nature of it.

Too much of a good thing?

I prefer poetry as a garnish to good prose, rather than as the main course. This novella feels like a labour of love on the authors' part (excuse the pun), but the constant torrent of concocted images and literary devices becomes mind numbing.
The last quarter of the book, where the sci-fi theme becomes more than a romantic back-drop, pushes this book from a miss to an almost thumbs-up.

Exquisite science fiction

A beautiful piece of inventive and immersive science fiction. The language is precise and clean, the story engaging and bittersweet.