★★★★★ Johnny Nys 31.08.2023 amazon.de

With the book voucher that I received as a parting gift from my former colleagues, I bought myself some lighter reading. "All Our Wrong Todays" by Elan Mastai is one of those books.It starts promising. The main character addresses the reader with a (in his eyes) true story about time travel and teleportation. We almost get an essay in non-fiction style on the scientific side, and it reads as "The Adventures of Brian Greene".Tom Barren lives in an alternate world: in 1965 a special motor was activated that provided infinite, clean energy and gave the world immense technological progress in which even time travel is possible. Tom, however, returns in time, accidentally prevents the engine from being turned on, and that is how we get the world as we readers experience it today.Tom now faces a dilemma: will he correct his mistake, activate the engine and return lonely to a life to be compared with "The Jetsons", or will he adapt and stay in our world with his beloved?The book remains exciting, although it is very telling rather than just showing. But the book reads at light speed and I wish it was much bigger.In the end, something unbelievable happens, when suddenly the equivalent of a super villain pops up, and Tom just undergoes everything instead of going crazy. I had to think of "The Flash" meddling with time. Yet this is the best book I have read this year so far.

★★★★★ Marcus De Gasperi 31.08.2023 amazon.de

The book is entertaining and easy to read / listen to. The idea and the plot are principally interesting. The writing is rather plain and comes in very very short chapters of 1-2 pages. This was a bit interruptive and you have to get used to this. The reason for this may be intentional, as the book is written from the perspective of the main character, Tom, trying to write a book, and - especially at the beginning - seemed not quite know how to do this. You may like this very casual style or you may not like it (I did not like it very much, but as mentioned you get a bit used to it). Similar to the storytelling, the science behind the story seems rather superficial and inconsistent in many places. Still, the story and the plot, contain interesting twists and developments. At the end, for me, it gests a bit too much, meaning to phantastic and a bit naïve.In conclusion, an easy to read or easy lo listen story that raises interesting possibilities but did not leave me with a very lasting impression.

★★★★★ Andrea_R 31.08.2023 amazon.de

... aber ich hatte mir ein wenig mehr erwartet. Stellenweise war es nicht plausibel, und der Cowboy-Schreibstil war mir manchmal etwas zu viel. Der Vater stammt angeblich aus Österreich, aber "Barren" ist kein österreichischer Name. Das Ende war mir zu sehr Deus-ex-machina. Aber hey, es ist kurzweilig und schnell ausgelesen (teilweise deshalb, weil die meisten Kapitel nur 1-2 Seiten haben - was für eine Platzverschwendung) und manchmal ist sogar ein Lacher dabei.