YA, Sci-Fi
Characters ★★★★★
Setting ★★★★★★
Writing Style ★★★★★
"You have to kill him." Imprisoned in the heart of a secret military base, Em has nothing except the voice of the boy in the cell next door and the list of instructions she finds taped inside the drain.
Only Em can complete the final instruction. She’s tried everything to prevent the creation of a time machine that will tear the world apart. She holds the proof: a list she has never seen before, written in her own hand. Each failed attempt in the past has led her to the same terrible present—imprisoned and tortured by a sadistic man called the doctor while war rages outside.
Marina has loved her best friend James since the day he moved next door when they were children. A gorgeous, introverted science prodigy from one of America’s most famous families, James finally seems to be seeing Marina in a new way, too. But on one disastrous night, James’s life crumbles apart, and with it, Marina’s hopes for their future. Now someone is trying to kill him. Marina will protect James, no matter what. Even if it means opening her eyes to a truth so terrible that she may not survive it. At least not as the girl she once was.
All Our Yesterdays is a wrenching, brilliantly plotted story of fierce love, unthinkable sacrifice, and the infinite implications of our every choice.
REVIEW
Em and Finn have been imprisoned and tortured for information. Their world, changed beyond repair by a time travel device named Cassandra, is devoid of hope. Their only chance to save it is to travel backwards in time and stop the man who created it - who just happens to have been their closest friend, and their deadliest foe.
Marina, a girl some years in the past, is in love with her best friend James and for a split second she thinks he might feel the same way. But then James's brother Nate is shot, and James begins to turn into someone Marina doesn't recognise.
All Our Yesterdays has blown me away. I expected something captivating and amazing and my expectations were shot through the roof. This book goes above and beyond any time travel novel I have previously read, and any young adult novel I have read of this genre.
The plot is outstanding, complicated, and everything I never knew I needed until now. The characters are diverse, compelling, and draw you into such strong emotions you'll be weeping. Em and Marina are both fierce, strong, and unwilling to back down from their morals and loyalties.
The way both plots - and timelines - are weaved together is seamless, and elements of the story were tied together in ways I didn't see coming, but totally should have. Terrill is a genius.
I think I might just ... go read this book again. Right now ...
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