The Future of Another Timeline

I could immediately tell after the first chapter that I wasn't going to like this book. I continued reading, though, because what if it surprised me? Unfortunately, it didn't. I was so disappointed, too, because if you look at the cover, it's obviously stunning. Everything in the story seemed too aggressive and in your face. The writing style did not mesh with me and I was often confused about what was going on because their universe is so different from ours and it was pretty poorly explained. The writing made it seem like you weren't entitled to your own opinion because you have to agree with everything the book was laying out for you. I really wanted to enjoy it and hopefully, if you decide to read it, you'll like it more than I did. But sadly, I don't think I would recommend this book to anyone.

I got an ARC of this book from Bookish First. Somehow, from the first look that I read of it, I thought this was going to be a bit more entertaining than it turned out to be. I usually read books to escape from real life, but this book kind of dragged real life back in. I was a fan of the time traveling and I wished there was more explaining and finding out where the Machines came from, who built them, or how they came to be. The Tess parts of the story were interesting at times and I liked learning about some of the alternative history (the blurbs of real history at the back of the book were cool too) but I kept dropping out when it kind of got too, dare I say preachy? Plus she got to break the rules of time travel and she turned out okay, unlike the example that was mentioned as what happened when the rules were broken. The solution to her issues at the very end kind of seemed like a cop out to make it end happily for all the parties involved. I think I liked Beth's part of the story better, even if it did not involve the time travel so much, except on the peripheral. It felt better written, though again, I usually read books to escape reality and this was a big dose of it. This book was alright but I probably won't read it again, or recommend it. The cover is cool though.