Of All Possibilities
Jun. 8th, 2021 08:01 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alobearI was very eager to read Of All Possibilities by Joe Butler as I've had the chance to read his writing before and it's always excellent. I was not disappointed.
The book is ostensibly about a war between factions trying to influence the timeline - with Eli, the only one who can journey between realities, stuck very much in the middle.
And the intricate plotting really brings that conflict to life in a visceral and impressively convoluted way.
But, at heart, this book is about coming of age, learning about relationships and heartbreak, trying to escape abuse and its consequences - and being a teenager in very complicated circumstances.
It's the emotion and the soul-defining experiences that make this book sing. And the whole package builds to a real gut-punch of an ending that ties everything together brilliantly but also leaves things open for an entirely new set of possibilities to come.
The book is ostensibly about a war between factions trying to influence the timeline - with Eli, the only one who can journey between realities, stuck very much in the middle.
And the intricate plotting really brings that conflict to life in a visceral and impressively convoluted way.
But, at heart, this book is about coming of age, learning about relationships and heartbreak, trying to escape abuse and its consequences - and being a teenager in very complicated circumstances.
It's the emotion and the soul-defining experiences that make this book sing. And the whole package builds to a real gut-punch of an ending that ties everything together brilliantly but also leaves things open for an entirely new set of possibilities to come.
