Martin, C. K. Kelly Yesterday, 352 pgs. Random House, 2012.
Language - PG-13 (35 swears, 21 "f"), Sexual Content - PG-13; Violence
- PG-13;
Moving after her father's death has not made things any easier for
Freya as the grief threatens to overwhelm her. Everything feels wrong--her
memories, her grandfather, her sister, a kiss with a cute boy, even her hair
color. But seeing Garren feels familiar, even though they have never met.
Somehow, their lives are linked, but by figuring out how will change their
lives drastically. Again.
Honestly, this book became less appealing the more I
thought about reading it. Yesterday must have sounded good the
first time I saw it because I picked it up, but I had a hard time trying to
figure out what I saw in this book. Nevertheless, I started reading. I was
intrigued by the prologue, but lost my excitement in the first few chapters.
The sudden switch from 2063 to 1985 was boggling and went unexplained too long.
I stopped caring how it happened and tried to lose myself in the seemingly new
story that was being told. Unfortunately, that story wasn't very well put
together either. There were countless discrepancies with time (especially in
Freya's school schedule) that annoyed me as a reader. Then, just when I was
forgetting about 2063 all together, information and explanations were dumped on
me without continuing the story. The explanation should have been better
incorporated into Freya's adventure.
HS - NO. Reviewer: Carolina Herdegen
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