Friday, March 12, 2021

Time Travel for Love and Profit by Sarah Lariviere

Time travel is tricky at best. Have you ever read or seen a time travel story that didn't have something go wrong? No exception in this story. 

Nephele uses her supreme grasp of math to make an app on her phone that allows her to travel back in time. She will tell you that her long term goal is to save the planet by stopping pollution, but in truth she wants a do over of her freshman year. It just doesn't turn out like she was hoping. 

Without giving away too much, Nephele's travels make her a freshman again while everyone else moves on. Her friends (the few she has) don't know her. Her parents can't tell her when she was born. Things are not quite right. Sure, Nephele doesn't get stuck with that horrible nickname this time around, but she has not become popular either. 

Nephele is concerned about the potential harm she has caused her parents, but ultimately is blinded by her need to get the math right with her app. She is not always the most caring person. 

Like most stories involving time travel, you shouldn't think too much about inconsistencies or logic bending plot elements. While this is not the most intriguing time travel story I have ever read, I was interested to see how it was resolved. Nephele is a little out there, but so is this story. 

For more info check out the Indianapolis Public Library catalog and the author's site

 

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