All Our Yesterdays - Likewise Book Reviews
"Teens Em and Finn have been imprisoned and are now on the run from a repressive government that uses time travel as a weapon and a tool of social control. Their only hope is to travel back in time themselves to thwart "The Doctor", the sadistic, cold blooded genius who created time travel in the first place. Tragically, "The Doctor" is actually someone both Finn and Em once loved. Will they be able to kill a younger innocent version of "The Doctor" before time runs out? A gripping, heartbreaking suspense tale that asks some hard questions: how does a good person become evil, and do the ends ever justify the means?"
"There were parts of this that I really enjoyed once I got into it, but as an audio book, it was very hard to get into at first, especially as the whispers were almost inaudible and the shouts spiked badly. It was also odd that I was rooting for Em but I liked Marina's voice better."
"This was a riveting read. And really sad. Most of the story is figured out early on but it made for a great read. There are several stories that takes place in this, thanks to the time travel plot. Watching Em and Marina, it's easy to see how it would be hard to face this new task. I felt pulled into Em's side of things and how she was feeling and it made it hard even for me to accept the task she had at hand.<br/><br/>Em and Finn have failed 14 times that they know of before this new timeline starts. It's interesting with all that they change as they are back in time, how much they have to guess because they've changed the future a little bit. What I liked about this was they didn't have a new set of memories all of a sudden to make the story move along easier. They had to guess and figure out what was going on themselves since they are from two different timelines. I think this had a lot of thought put into it and enough creativity to not make it childish or dumb.<br/><br/>Overall, this was an exciting, emotional read. The ending was sad, but it felt right. I've only read a few time travel books and this one is definitely one of the better ones that I've read (and the first young adult one, I believe). With that in mind, this does read like a stand alone novel so I'm not sure how the sequel will work out."