This was intriguing but I felt like something was missing for me and I didn’t connect with it as much as I had hoped, I think it was maybe the pace or writing style

Intriguing and adventurous in a steady way.

The Edge of Elsewhere was an intriguing read the more I delved into the world in which the characters live and strive as well the one they strive to travel too. The book is set in a dystopian world that seems like something that could be a very real possibility if the humans did not pay attention to the resources they are taking advantages of.

The world sucks you in, in its bareness, hopeless state and mundane everyday life of characters that live in story like the wonder of a glorious past they have seen nothing of and finding a way to go back to it is their only hope of... of doing what exactly? Change things? Not change things?

With Einstein's time travel notes in hand, they do what they can and take us along for the ride.

This looked promising, but at the end it wasn't that bad... I loved the plot, and the way it was written, the end was something I didn't like at all but it was good, I might recommend it, but for me this was in the middle.

I love dystopian tales, this one had time travel, which was novel to me in one of these books. Sort of reminds me of some movies and books I've watch or read , e.g. Ready Player One and Yesterday. Just a fun romp in an awful future with possible past as cure. I loved 1971! Best year ever! Fun story with likable characters in a tough and brutal world. Scary to think it might really BE out world in not too many more decades...

DNF’d @ 40%

Definitely appreciate the premise and the character building. I didn’t even mind the writing/prose of the author... it was the celebrity inclusions that felt invasive to an otherwise very well thought out world.

I have so many feelings about this book!

This book is about Abby, Paul and Max, three teens, who are growing up in the year 2079. By this time, the earth has been completely destroyed by climate change and general human greed. There were fires long before these kids were born that burned the world and turned it to dust. Most animals are extinct, plants no longer grow, food is basic and difficult to come by, and all water is contaminated. You get the picture. 2079 is bleak and the kids are desperate to live in a time before "the dust". Max and Abby find an old journal that belonged to Albert Einstein which shows that he proved time travel was possible, and detailed his process. The kids decide to take an expedition to the past to be able to experience the world before its death, and to perhaps save the planet from its current future.

I both loved and hated the premise. I loved it, because it is so eye opening, timely, and needed. It teaches people to be grateful for nature and what we have, and also to take care of it, so other generations can enjoy it too. I also hated this premise (okay, not really), because it hit really close to home, was way too realistic as a possible future, and tackles an issue that feels way to big and important right now. Some parts were hard to read, but I think this book leads important discussions, and is able to force people to see how our actions are effecting the planet, while we still have time to do something to change it.

I liked the writing style of this book. I feel like the author had a good balance of an interesting plot, as well as, beautiful descriptive language that allowed the reader to really feel what the characters were experiencing at the moment. However, I feel like the world building and some of the pacing was a bit choppy and confusing. I understand wanting to show the reader and not tell them, but I think it would have been helpful to front load some of the information earlier on in the book, so that some parts could have made more sense. I also feel like the book dragged a bit at times and could be slightly repetitive. I liked The Beatles references, and as a fan, found it fun to find both the obvious ones in the book, as well as the more subtle references that almost felt like finding Easter eggs; However, I wish that celebrity characters were less a part of the book and more of just a cameo, because I think it took a bit away from the characters he had already carefully crafted.

Overall, I liked the authors style, enjoyed the creative and unique premise, was rooting for the characters, and will be on the look out for other books he writes in the future. It is definitely worth checking out, especially if you are a Beatles fan and you care about nature.

I was given a copy of this book by Netgalley, in exchange for an honest review.