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"Unquestionably one of the best time travel novels I've ever read. Pearson has penned a proper page-turner laced with hilarity, poignancy and nostalgia."Toby Grant spends his days working for a digital marketing agency and his nights stressing about how unfair life is for his generation. With a thirtieth birthday only months away and his finances stretched to breaking point, it’s fair to say Toby is not a happy millennial. His parents’ generation had it so much easier … or did they?
After a series of rather unfortunate events, Toby is offered an opportunity to discover exactly what life was like for his parents’ generation, courtesy of a journey back in time to 1969.
However, life in pre-decimal Britain isn’t quite as simple as Toby envisaged. And neither, as it transpires, is time travel."If you love a good time travel adventure then Tuned Out should be top of your reading list. I laughed out loud, shed a few tears and genuinely couldn't put it down."
After a series of rather unfortunate events, Toby is offered an opportunity to discover exactly what life was like for his parents’ generation, courtesy of a journey back in time to 1969.
However, life in pre-decimal Britain isn’t quite as simple as Toby envisaged. And neither, as it transpires, is time travel."If you love a good time travel adventure then Tuned Out should be top of your reading list. I laughed out loud, shed a few tears and genuinely couldn't put it down."
420 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 18, 2019
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June 8, 2020
I've been browsing my Kindle through my unread books and stumbled upon Tuned Out. Neither the title nor the author rang a bell so I opened the book to make sure this was one of my books rather than my husband's that I downloaded by mistake. And so I started reading and before I knew it I was more than one third in!
The story follows a 29 year old Toby who's career is not going great and his love life is a complete disaster. On top of that after an unfortunate night out he is ordered to complete sixty hours of unpaid community work. He is sent to a house for the elderly where Toby meets grumpy Vernon who is trying to go back in time to 1969 when he lost his beloved wife in a tragic event. And then the millennial Toby finds himself in 1969...
I'm normally not keen on time travelling stories, but it works so well in this book. Keith Pearson's smooth writing and storytelling complimented with brilliant British humour completely won me over and made me laugh out loud a few times. I still don't know how I acquired this book but I read it in just 2 days and I'm hoping it has revived my passion for reading after I've been struggling to read in the last few months. I'm now curious to read further books from this UK author and highly recommend this one. (It's on Kindle Unlimited for those who use the service.)
The story follows a 29 year old Toby who's career is not going great and his love life is a complete disaster. On top of that after an unfortunate night out he is ordered to complete sixty hours of unpaid community work. He is sent to a house for the elderly where Toby meets grumpy Vernon who is trying to go back in time to 1969 when he lost his beloved wife in a tragic event. And then the millennial Toby finds himself in 1969...
I'm normally not keen on time travelling stories, but it works so well in this book. Keith Pearson's smooth writing and storytelling complimented with brilliant British humour completely won me over and made me laugh out loud a few times. I still don't know how I acquired this book but I read it in just 2 days and I'm hoping it has revived my passion for reading after I've been struggling to read in the last few months. I'm now curious to read further books from this UK author and highly recommend this one. (It's on Kindle Unlimited for those who use the service.)
June 14, 2022
Run with it
I was a little leery when the word 'time travel' was used. That whole concept had been Waaaay overdone since that Scottish thing ( you know what I mean, and I did love it first time around). My fears were unfounded. This story is funny, original and intriguing. Do not be afraid!
I was a little leery when the word 'time travel' was used. That whole concept had been Waaaay overdone since that Scottish thing ( you know what I mean, and I did love it first time around). My fears were unfounded. This story is funny, original and intriguing. Do not be afraid!
October 3, 2019
Well that was unexpectedly moving! I was just expecting to enjoy a lighthearted book about time travel that was actually pretty funny in the beginning but it broke my damn heart by the end! The characters were written so well I fell in love with (nearly) all of them, especially because they felt like real people with real flaws. Lovely book and would highly recommend if you fancy something a bit different.
January 26, 2020
I didn’t enjoy this to begin with, but as it progressed, it simply got better and better. It moves from something which has the potential to be very funny, exploring some fantastic time-travel anomalies but turns into something a little over-sentimentalised.
I realise that contradicts the initial comment, but with the romance comes a better and more confident use of language. It’s … more subtle.
Give this a go, it is rather enjoyable and there’s scope for extending the story (which I’m sure will happen soon!)
I realise that contradicts the initial comment, but with the romance comes a better and more confident use of language. It’s … more subtle.
Give this a go, it is rather enjoyable and there’s scope for extending the story (which I’m sure will happen soon!)
May 27, 2019
I wish 6 or 7 stars existed!
Omg, what a fabulous book. Keith you smashed it out the park! The attention to detail is fantastic and the story and characters just so real. The ending is pure genius.
Such a great book, I thoroughly enjoyed every page.
Omg, what a fabulous book. Keith you smashed it out the park! The attention to detail is fantastic and the story and characters just so real. The ending is pure genius.
Such a great book, I thoroughly enjoyed every page.
December 31, 2021
Fun read! If you haven’t read it, give it a go.
June 18, 2019
i would never have said i was a time travel fan, but this author is changing my view.
this is a time travel book, its a love story , its funny and sad and very enjoyable
basically a guy gets into trouble and meets an old guy that tells him a tale about how his life could change if someoen goes back in time he also gives him the tools for the job
its about how he goes back in time to the 60s and his life there , and then the hard choice, to stay or come back
its a real fun and funny book
this is a time travel book, its a love story , its funny and sad and very enjoyable
basically a guy gets into trouble and meets an old guy that tells him a tale about how his life could change if someoen goes back in time he also gives him the tools for the job
its about how he goes back in time to the 60s and his life there , and then the hard choice, to stay or come back
its a real fun and funny book
January 21, 2020
I really wanted to like it. The plot is decent enough. Execution is laboured and clumsy. I see others loved it, which is great. Just not ambitious enough or slick enough for me. Sorry.
February 26, 2024
i am in AWE at this book. possibly one of the best pieces of fiction i’ve ever read - so funny, emotional, heart-wrenching, and puts life into perspective. i never expected the ending and it was possibly the best way this story could end. i’m excited to read the prequel and hopefully more by this author!!
May 16, 2020
Another brilliant book from a brilliant author
Yet another belter from Keith A Pearson. Once again I was hooked from the start. I just love how down to earth he is, it really comes across in his writing together with his great sense of humour. I read the '86 Fix books a couple of years ago and this does tell a similar story. However this time we travel back to the 60's with the main character being a young man used to modern technology and glued to his phone constantly. The story was cleverly played out and made you really think about how different society is today especially with the story being told through the eyes of this modern day young man. I've read on Keith's website he is an independent author who relies solely on sales from Amazon. I so hope he's making enough money from this venture as he really deserves some accolade for being a great author. After reading four of his books, he already is one of favourites.
Yet another belter from Keith A Pearson. Once again I was hooked from the start. I just love how down to earth he is, it really comes across in his writing together with his great sense of humour. I read the '86 Fix books a couple of years ago and this does tell a similar story. However this time we travel back to the 60's with the main character being a young man used to modern technology and glued to his phone constantly. The story was cleverly played out and made you really think about how different society is today especially with the story being told through the eyes of this modern day young man. I've read on Keith's website he is an independent author who relies solely on sales from Amazon. I so hope he's making enough money from this venture as he really deserves some accolade for being a great author. After reading four of his books, he already is one of favourites.
June 17, 2019
Brilliant book.
Not many books move me, but this one did. The main characters were likeable and the writing makes it easy to connect with them. I'm going on to read the '86 Fix immediately as it is a prequal to this, although not necessary to read prior.
It was well researched, and what I feel is an accurate portrayal of millennial suddenly finding himself back in an era with less technology.
It's heartwarming and thought provoking.
Not many books move me, but this one did. The main characters were likeable and the writing makes it easy to connect with them. I'm going on to read the '86 Fix immediately as it is a prequal to this, although not necessary to read prior.
It was well researched, and what I feel is an accurate portrayal of millennial suddenly finding himself back in an era with less technology.
It's heartwarming and thought provoking.
January 29, 2021
I like Keith Pearson's books. His books are like a familiar friend, you know what you're getting, but this one really left me disappointed.
The lead character was 29 years old Toby Grant, but I felt the author couldn't get into a 29-year-old's head because he came across as middle-aged and he just wasn't believable to me.
The story had a beginning and a middle but the ending felt like the beginning again. I felt like I was left hanging.
The lead character was 29 years old Toby Grant, but I felt the author couldn't get into a 29-year-old's head because he came across as middle-aged and he just wasn't believable to me.
The story had a beginning and a middle but the ending felt like the beginning again. I felt like I was left hanging.
January 24, 2023
5 for entertainment, but this book provides nothing more. The female characters are obvious caricatures written by a man who is trying to be so 'woke', it gets too repetitive and cliched. It's definitely an easy read and one that can get you out of a reading slump.
October 30, 2019
I loved this book, the main character is very endearing and the fantastical story is utterly engrossing!
July 5, 2023
time travel for me is such a boring concept, yet this book took it to something new. i’ll admit once the time travel part began, the book became a hard read for me, but once i got past the cliche “person from future can’t figure out the past” this book was an absolute punch in the gut. i was not expecting such a heart break at the end, nor was i expecting it to get to me. this was such an amazing and fun read
January 10, 2020
Whats it about?
Toby Grant spends his days working for a digital marketing agency and his nights stressing about how unfair life is for his generation. With a thirtieth birthday only months away and his finances approaching meltdown, it’s fair to say Toby isn’t a happy millennial. His parents’ generation had it so much easier … or did they?
After a series of rather unfortunate events, Toby is offered an opportunity to discover exactly what life was like for his parents’ generation; courtesy of a journey back in time to 1969.
However, life in pre-decimal Britain isn’t quite as simple as Toby envisaged. And neither, as it transpires, is time travel.
Thoughts?
The thing I like a lot about Keith Pearson is his ability to write likeable characters without having to make them flawlessly perfect human beings. I previously read The 86 Fix and its follow up Beyond Broadhall and enjoyed both immensely but I found them a little bit of a grind in the initial phases, which I really didn’t feel in Tuned Out.
That wasn’t the only difference I noticed between the books, its very clear that Pearson has learnt a lot and continued to refine his writing. I also had absolutely no idea of the link between those two books and this one so when I picked up on the strands that Pearson plots through out I began feeling more and more excited.
The magnitude of event’s happening in and around Toby’s world ramp up as his story develops and as I hit the 75% completed mark it suddenly occurred to me that I’d stepped out of the comfortable realm of enjoying a characters journey into the less comfortable but much more rewarding position of being emotionally invested in Toby as a person, at that point I realised I no longer cared so much about the journey and cared much more about Toby and his future.
In the 86 Fix; Craig is transported back in time to a point in his own history so the nostalgia factor came across as a very personal and rewarding but in Tuned out Toby is transported into 1969, quite some time before his own birth so the nostalgia was much more a journey of discovery and we are constantly given comparisons between now and then which was incredibly interesting.
Pearson did a wonderful job of playing my emotions like a violin and I can honestly say there were points towards the end of the book where I wondered if id be left in a perpetual state of depression when I finished the book, but Pearson does a masterful job of bringing all the strands together and tying the loose threads into a more than satisfactory culmination.
A beautiful story.
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Toby Grant spends his days working for a digital marketing agency and his nights stressing about how unfair life is for his generation. With a thirtieth birthday only months away and his finances approaching meltdown, it’s fair to say Toby isn’t a happy millennial. His parents’ generation had it so much easier … or did they?
After a series of rather unfortunate events, Toby is offered an opportunity to discover exactly what life was like for his parents’ generation; courtesy of a journey back in time to 1969.
However, life in pre-decimal Britain isn’t quite as simple as Toby envisaged. And neither, as it transpires, is time travel.
Thoughts?
The thing I like a lot about Keith Pearson is his ability to write likeable characters without having to make them flawlessly perfect human beings. I previously read The 86 Fix and its follow up Beyond Broadhall and enjoyed both immensely but I found them a little bit of a grind in the initial phases, which I really didn’t feel in Tuned Out.
That wasn’t the only difference I noticed between the books, its very clear that Pearson has learnt a lot and continued to refine his writing. I also had absolutely no idea of the link between those two books and this one so when I picked up on the strands that Pearson plots through out I began feeling more and more excited.
The magnitude of event’s happening in and around Toby’s world ramp up as his story develops and as I hit the 75% completed mark it suddenly occurred to me that I’d stepped out of the comfortable realm of enjoying a characters journey into the less comfortable but much more rewarding position of being emotionally invested in Toby as a person, at that point I realised I no longer cared so much about the journey and cared much more about Toby and his future.
In the 86 Fix; Craig is transported back in time to a point in his own history so the nostalgia factor came across as a very personal and rewarding but in Tuned out Toby is transported into 1969, quite some time before his own birth so the nostalgia was much more a journey of discovery and we are constantly given comparisons between now and then which was incredibly interesting.
Pearson did a wonderful job of playing my emotions like a violin and I can honestly say there were points towards the end of the book where I wondered if id be left in a perpetual state of depression when I finished the book, but Pearson does a masterful job of bringing all the strands together and tying the loose threads into a more than satisfactory culmination.
A beautiful story.
http://geekapocalypse.co.uk/2019/10/0...
November 11, 2023
Ohhh… I’m afraid this book is quite awful. So awful, in fact, that even though I managed to force myself through most of it, I eventually gave up in frustration. I’m sure there’s an amusing time travel conundrum at the end of it but after enduring page after page of turgid, uninteresting prose, peppered with misspellings (for example, ‘pour’ for ‘pore’, ‘coral’ for ‘corral’), I really couldn’t care less.
I was brought up in the 1960s and, while I wouldn’t say that the cultural observations are miles off the mark, they’re just dull. Yes, women were treated differently then. What a revelation!
If you want to read a good time travel book, try the far superior The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers or Doomsday by Connie Willis. I just wish time travel were real so I could go back and choose not to waste my time with this one.
I was brought up in the 1960s and, while I wouldn’t say that the cultural observations are miles off the mark, they’re just dull. Yes, women were treated differently then. What a revelation!
If you want to read a good time travel book, try the far superior The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers or Doomsday by Connie Willis. I just wish time travel were real so I could go back and choose not to waste my time with this one.
November 14, 2023
DNF. I've read 2/3 of the book, but enough is enough. While the basic concept of the book sounds intriguing and fun, and the writer clearly is talented in building scenes and crafting characters, this book has many flaws. Here are the two major issues:
First, Toby, the main character, is stupid and obnoxious, and the only feeling he provoked in me was the constant urge to punch him in the face.
Second, this is a very slow-paced book. So much focus on minor details, background stories, every feeling, every thought of Toby is explained in detail. Lots of scenes kept repeating with minor changes... GET ON WITH IT!!!
With the constant urge to edit the book myself, I have finally abandoned the reading (a rare occasion for me). Maybe the ending is good, as some reviewers mentioned; I wouldn't know.
First, Toby, the main character, is stupid and obnoxious, and the only feeling he provoked in me was the constant urge to punch him in the face.
Second, this is a very slow-paced book. So much focus on minor details, background stories, every feeling, every thought of Toby is explained in detail. Lots of scenes kept repeating with minor changes... GET ON WITH IT!!!
With the constant urge to edit the book myself, I have finally abandoned the reading (a rare occasion for me). Maybe the ending is good, as some reviewers mentioned; I wouldn't know.
July 17, 2019
My new favourite author
I recently met Mungo , I’ve just finished Tuned out I love the style of writing and the actual story .
The characters truly alive , you can travel back in your mind to imagine how things are for Toby .
A few reviews commented that the timing wrong for 69 aka spam / Alf Garnett . It makes no difference brilliant read worthy of five stars ... next stop Craig’s story .
I recently met Mungo , I’ve just finished Tuned out I love the style of writing and the actual story .
The characters truly alive , you can travel back in your mind to imagine how things are for Toby .
A few reviews commented that the timing wrong for 69 aka spam / Alf Garnett . It makes no difference brilliant read worthy of five stars ... next stop Craig’s story .
June 7, 2019
No words!!!! He is my favourite author, that is all, just brilliant!!
April 7, 2020
A gripping story and thought provoking angle on modern life, particularly in our current situation.
November 21, 2023
Wow.
As near to flawless as is possible I can honestly say.
First thing of note is the writing style. Sumptuously easy to read, the author is clearly entirely focused on content. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book before with so little descriptive qualities and I love that about this book. Not once do I recall any kind of description of what any of the characters look like, and that let my imagination go wherever it liked with regards to the aesthetics. The characters themselves are extremely well developed, there’s just zero self indulgent waffle explaining to the reader how people and places look.
He realises that readers have imaginations and that less is definitely more.
It’s just so heartwarming. Despite the time travel that roots the content, it’s just so believable and relatable, and for me personally it made me pine for simpler less technological times. I’ve never known 1969 but now I think id like to have done.
I’d be surprised if I ever read a more grounded, easy to read, captivating story.
As near to flawless as is possible I can honestly say.
First thing of note is the writing style. Sumptuously easy to read, the author is clearly entirely focused on content. I don’t think I’ve ever read a book before with so little descriptive qualities and I love that about this book. Not once do I recall any kind of description of what any of the characters look like, and that let my imagination go wherever it liked with regards to the aesthetics. The characters themselves are extremely well developed, there’s just zero self indulgent waffle explaining to the reader how people and places look.
He realises that readers have imaginations and that less is definitely more.
It’s just so heartwarming. Despite the time travel that roots the content, it’s just so believable and relatable, and for me personally it made me pine for simpler less technological times. I’ve never known 1969 but now I think id like to have done.
I’d be surprised if I ever read a more grounded, easy to read, captivating story.
November 7, 2021
Taking a walk today......without a phone.
Well done Mr. Pearson! The intricacies of time travel were handled well. It all made sense and was a bittersweet ride. Toby's experiences have opened my eyes to how fast time can move. His advice on how to enjoy the Now was somethimg I needed to hear. Going to read your first novel, '86 Fix, next. My contribution to a little time bending.
Well done Mr. Pearson! The intricacies of time travel were handled well. It all made sense and was a bittersweet ride. Toby's experiences have opened my eyes to how fast time can move. His advice on how to enjoy the Now was somethimg I needed to hear. Going to read your first novel, '86 Fix, next. My contribution to a little time bending.
July 31, 2024
So entertaining I didn’t wanna put it down. I was so scared though that Toby would like run into his parents and find his mom hot or something and then have his brother be his son or something - happy that didn’t happen
April 15, 2020
despite still not knowing the difference between exasperates and exacerbates, I enjoyed this quite a lot. it was particularly well-ended.
February 16, 2022
loveeeeeee
This book was so hard to put down. I loved the story so much and the ending was just perfect. I highly recommend!!!
This book was so hard to put down. I loved the story so much and the ending was just perfect. I highly recommend!!!
June 11, 2019
Touching time travel story
I've grown to love author Keith Pearson's books, and his latest time travel story is no exception.
Hilarious at times, you wouldn't have thought a story about a 20 something man from 2019 travelling back to the 1960's could be so moving, but I teared up a number of times.
The story provides a lot of parallels between the frenetic and often vacuous lifestyle we lead nowadays, against a slower and more rewarding pace of life in the 60's. Our hero finds himself initially missing many of the comforts of modern life, before finding his true self in the past.
Of course, not everything was better back then - and things that have progressed in our time, such as sexism, racism and bigotry, are also explored in the book.
Pearson writes characters you can believe in, and become invested in. Throw in some head spinning time travel paradoxes, and this book is a really good fun read.
I've grown to love author Keith Pearson's books, and his latest time travel story is no exception.
Hilarious at times, you wouldn't have thought a story about a 20 something man from 2019 travelling back to the 1960's could be so moving, but I teared up a number of times.
The story provides a lot of parallels between the frenetic and often vacuous lifestyle we lead nowadays, against a slower and more rewarding pace of life in the 60's. Our hero finds himself initially missing many of the comforts of modern life, before finding his true self in the past.
Of course, not everything was better back then - and things that have progressed in our time, such as sexism, racism and bigotry, are also explored in the book.
Pearson writes characters you can believe in, and become invested in. Throw in some head spinning time travel paradoxes, and this book is a really good fun read.
January 10, 2020
Outstanding
This is the final book of Keith's I have read, all have been absolutely superb, but this is my favourite.
Having spent years reading Horror/Sci Fi, these are not the sort of reads I would have normally picked, but since reading The 86 Fix I can not recommend these books highly enough.
After a few rough years some of the themes and messages in his books have played a part in me getting back on the right track putting my life into perspective.
Thank you for re igniting my love for reading.
This is the final book of Keith's I have read, all have been absolutely superb, but this is my favourite.
Having spent years reading Horror/Sci Fi, these are not the sort of reads I would have normally picked, but since reading The 86 Fix I can not recommend these books highly enough.
After a few rough years some of the themes and messages in his books have played a part in me getting back on the right track putting my life into perspective.
Thank you for re igniting my love for reading.
June 17, 2024
When I downloaded this book I didn't realise I had previously read it on my kindle in 2019. I remembered the odd bit of the story but my memory must be terrible because the majority i had forgotten. Giving it 4 stars second time around because I really enjoyed it.
December 13, 2021
I wound up really enjoying the book although I doubt I have ever met IRL or otherwise, a more unlikeable, self-entitled, whinging, and clueless protagonist. Toby is absolutely a clueless wanker, (that from an American!). From whining about the unfair and unrealistic manner in which he is held to task for doing a meager job performance, to insisting his father constantly undermines his ability, his attitude, his wage-earning, and his wardrobe (all of which were on-point and supportable) Toby established himself in my opinion, and early on as a moronic Millenial without a workable clue how to succeed in life.
Busted by a constable in a poshy Yorkshire park for public indecency, he even has the nerve to blame his stupidity on any and everything other than himself and his toxic attitude. Nothing that happens to Toby that is his fault. Teased into trying to right a wrong caused by another toxic individual more than 50 years his senior, Toby suddenly undergoes a radical shift in his real-world engagement and time travels back to 1969. The summer of love suddenly becomes the summer of "Oh my god, when am I?"
Chaos ensues. But here is where Toby just got under my skin and into my deeply seated bin of annoyance, he manages to offend, annoy, and surprise just about everyone he meets. He knows he's traveled back in time but he has all these ridiculous habits of the 21st-century life he just won't admit are as foolish as he is. But here's where the story takes a turn for the truly bizarre, which is how this over-indulged jerk suddenly manages to find a sympathetic priest who in turn helps him obtain not just a Sunday dinner, but a life of some meaning and reason. And in a manner of a good storyteller, Keith Preston manages to give Toby at least one or two redeeming experiences and character traits. All turns out to be not actually lost, just temporarily reordered in time.
But again, with Toby's overwhelming attitude of entitlement, he even manages to complain about everything and mourns the loss of his I-phone, I-watch, and instant coffee. You know, all the things that really matter.
I couldn't help myself, I loathed this character and his whiney self-important, and kind of bitchy reasons to feel like the victim.
But as with most stories where redemption takes its own time showing up, things do change, Toby manages to finish up with somewhat of a clearer perspective of life, love, time, and hope. I am ready for the next one.
I love time travel books, and for a rocky start, this one satisfied on most of the points, even finally managing to make Toby somewhat human and therefore, appropriately salvageable.
Busted by a constable in a poshy Yorkshire park for public indecency, he even has the nerve to blame his stupidity on any and everything other than himself and his toxic attitude. Nothing that happens to Toby that is his fault. Teased into trying to right a wrong caused by another toxic individual more than 50 years his senior, Toby suddenly undergoes a radical shift in his real-world engagement and time travels back to 1969. The summer of love suddenly becomes the summer of "Oh my god, when am I?"
Chaos ensues. But here is where Toby just got under my skin and into my deeply seated bin of annoyance, he manages to offend, annoy, and surprise just about everyone he meets. He knows he's traveled back in time but he has all these ridiculous habits of the 21st-century life he just won't admit are as foolish as he is. But here's where the story takes a turn for the truly bizarre, which is how this over-indulged jerk suddenly manages to find a sympathetic priest who in turn helps him obtain not just a Sunday dinner, but a life of some meaning and reason. And in a manner of a good storyteller, Keith Preston manages to give Toby at least one or two redeeming experiences and character traits. All turns out to be not actually lost, just temporarily reordered in time.
But again, with Toby's overwhelming attitude of entitlement, he even manages to complain about everything and mourns the loss of his I-phone, I-watch, and instant coffee. You know, all the things that really matter.
I couldn't help myself, I loathed this character and his whiney self-important, and kind of bitchy reasons to feel like the victim.
But as with most stories where redemption takes its own time showing up, things do change, Toby manages to finish up with somewhat of a clearer perspective of life, love, time, and hope. I am ready for the next one.
I love time travel books, and for a rocky start, this one satisfied on most of the points, even finally managing to make Toby somewhat human and therefore, appropriately salvageable.
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