A review by noriboo
Revification by John Michael Bauer

dark mysterious tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This quote pretty much sums up my experience reading this book. It was trippy!
I was incredibly confused and found myself wondering if the main character, Shahin, really fell into a wormhole or if he was experiencing psychosis. Or maybe somehow both?
I just wanted to figure out what was actually going on, and I really wanted things to work out.

That being said, the story is told in a fast-paced manner where all the different moments (memories?) seamlessly flowed together. So, despite my confusion about what was happening and when and where our main character was, I did enjoy reading this story. Throughout, we get multiple variations of the past, present, and future. Nothing is the same twice, which made it so much harder to puzzle things together. I loved it!

The feeling of bewilderment is, I believe, very much the point of this story, and I think the author has done an incredible job in creating this.
I think this story is great for people who are looking for a sci-fi with a smidge of fantasy variation of the "stuck in a timeloop" trope and people who enjoyed movies such as 'Inception' and 'Looper'.

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