Such a unique concept, but I do feel a bit unsure of my opinion on it…
The beginning of the book completely drew me in, but I have to admit that it started to drag in the middle. I felt like there were too many povs, which made me lose the suspense and tension. It started to feel like nothing was happening anymore, and in addition I couldn’t find a distinctive voice for each pov, so it started to become boring for me… I would have preferred if some povs were left out, and to really focus on the povs of Reina, Melissa and Thorne, seeing that they were the three most important characters, in order to start to feel more connected to them and really root for them.
Besides that, I would have loved more world building, perhaps as a replacement for those povs ? Sometimes it felt like the world wasn’t well thought-out, because what is exactly the differences between the realities ? For example, as I understood it, we are looking at the multiverses of our world, but at some point they mentioned that the current reality was called ‘Earth’, so do they also travel to other planets in the universe, or is this planet named differently in other realities ? I don’t know, sometimes it didn’t feel thought-out, especially because so little is actually explained. The same goes for the Network, I would have liked to see what they actually do and their purpose as Travelers. All I learned is that they recruit Travelers, but what do these Travelers actually do ? Do they right things in certain realities, or spy on those realities ? And who is doing what with the information on those other realities ? I would have liked to see what their purpose is, instead of just being ‘the villain’…
Lastly, I sometimes felt that the writing style was a bit shallow. The characters were going through some heavy things, but I didn’t really feel their distress or pain or worry. It sometimes was more ‘tell’ than ‘show’. Only Thorne showed a bit more emotion than the others, with his pain of losing Poplar. But for the others, it all felt a bit superficial. For example, when Melissa had to accept the truth about her Traveling at the end, I would have liked seeing her spiraling into uncertainty and fear about what this all meant, but the only distress she shows during the story is because of her missed appointments. Meanwhile she is seeing her whole world as she knows it getting shattered… As I said, the writing sometimes felt too superficial, which I found really unfortunate…
In general, this book is an amazing concept that was rather poorly executed for me…

this was a good science fiction book! It felt a little too real in my opinion, there could have been some more sci fi elements added in, but it was still good! I liked the way this author wrote, and how the book flowed really well!

Thank you to NetGalley, to the author, and to the publisher for this complimentary ARC in exchange for my honest review!!!

Two questions.
How many times have we wished we could see the possible futures that hinge on our decisions?
And, would we do it all again if we knew where exactly it would lead us?

The narrative of 'Litany for a Broken World', Book 1 of the 'Entangled Realities' series, revolves around these two questions. I'm not a big fan of sci-fi but I really, really liked this book. The emotional intensity that each chapter carried made me pause several times.

Told from multiple perspectives, it's the story of a father who would give anything to save his daughter and wife, of a mother who is caught between giving up what she has lived for until then and the faith in her husband who is increasingly isolating himself on a quest to find the truth, a brother who is willing to die if that means saving his sister, a seer whose tragedy is seeing every possible future pan out in front of him yet not being able to stop the disasters from happening, a doctor who is overwhelmingly at the edge of becoming a patient herself as the memory of her friend's tear-stained cheeks keeps haunting her every now and then, and a man who will go to any lengths to keep up his power.

Multiple realities. Doors to other worlds.
Portals that glimmer and can shred you to pieces.
Relationships that are fraying at the edges.
Yet love that holds every reality together.

I loved living through each scene in the narrative even though the actions were too chaotic for my brain. The book obviously ends on a cliffhanger which makes me extremely restless and eager to know what happens next, but all I can say is I am already looking forward to the next book in the series!

EArc read courtesy of NetGalley
Beautiful writing
Characters which were decidedly human
Heartbreaking portrait of humanity
A must read for SciFi fans who enjoy books commenting on modern society through outside perspectives
Providing that is that said fan can deal with the ending, which I found to be unfulfilling. I am hoping I can take this to mean there will be a sequel, at which point my rating would increase, but as it stands the emotional cliffhanger and lack of resolution has left me feeling unsettled with the ending. I would thoroughly recommend this book to people who don't mind a strategic DNF so they might live in the delusion of things being at least little tied up until the advent of a sequel.

I loved this story! It has everything from a girl having to find her own way to a frantic mother with secrets to a father with his own secrets. And then throw in a telepathic dog. Oh, and the world it takes place in is not quite ours.

The only thing I did not like is- where is the next book?!