Pub. Date: September 3rd, 2013
Publisher: Disney Hyperion
Hardcover
368 pages
This review has taken me a very long time to write. First, because I loved this novel so much that I couldn't properly express my love without just being gushy, and second because I’ve tried to remain
as spoiler free as possible. Here goes.
If you could go back and change one moment, what would it
be? Would you stop the car accident that killed your parents; would you make
your best friend go to the doctor when they first started complaining that they
weren’t feeling well; would you kiss the person you always wanted to kiss, no
matter the consequences? When the ability to travel through time is discovered,
the reasoning was full of good intentions – prevent wars, save lives, do good.
But four years later, ego and avarice have taken over. What if you were to
discover the one moment you needed to change was the moment someone makes one of
the greatest scientific discoveries? And what if the only way to stop the
discovery, is to kill the discoverer?
Em is locked away in a military prison, driven to survive
the torture inflicted on her day after day by the voice of the boy in the next cell,
and an irrational belief that the key to her survival is hidden in a drain in
the floor. Marina, living four years previous to Em, is in love
with her best friend James. Their world is shaken when James’ Congressman
brother is shot in the middle of a speech. The two girls lives are very different,
but both are forced to discover how far loyalty goes, and what they are willing
to sacrifice to protect the people they love.
All Our Yesterdays
is one of the most heartbreaking, intriguing and addictive novels that I have
read in a long time. It combines the epic quality and mass appeal of The Hunger Games and Divergent, with the romance and timelessness
of The Time Travelers Wife, while
being entirely unique. I was so taken and drawn into the story and the
characters within the first few chapters, that I ultimately had to finish the
novel in one sitting – I could not put it down. Em and Marina’s juxtaposing
worlds are very effectively portrayed, and the way that their worlds ultimately
collide is very much worth the journey getting there. This novel made me think,
and it made me question, while I constantly tried to solve the puzzles. I was completely
captivated by the original storytelling, full characters, complex detailing and
the stark world that Terrill has created.
All Our Yesterdays
is a fast-paced, intricately plotted story of two girls who learn it is better
to stand for something, than to fall for anything. Readers won’t be able to get
enough.
Rating 10/10
I received a copy of this novel from the publisher to read
and honestly review. I was in no way compensated.
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