All Our Wrong Todays: A Novel

This is not only the best time travel novel I've read, but it's also one of the best works of literature I've read. And yes, I do read a lot. It's brilliant, insightful, smart, compelling, thoughtful and deep. The characters are distinctive, and the writing is clever and intelligent. I can't think of anything I don't like about this book. It's spot-on and amazingly good. It's also fully believable in the use of science to make the "impossible" technology seem real. But the best characteristic of this novel is that it's human. It's about people rather than technology. And it's about the core of what life is. It delivers from beginning to end.

All Our Wrong Todays is one of the few books where the actual story lived up to the book’s hype and summary. (Mastai’s ability to form letters into words into sentences doesn’t hurt, either.) We follow our bumbling protagonist Tom Barren – through his mother’s death, a string of one-night stands, and an omnipresent patriarchal disappointment – into a split second decision to time-travel to the moment his society’s technological know-how accelerated in 1965 – and he fracks it up. (Because of course he does.) And so Tom gets teleported (transferred?) into the Tom Barren who lives in our 2016. Trippy sci-fi time travel hijinks ensue.Although the romantic B-plot underwriting the entire story became a little too pronounced by the book’s end, I still inhaled this. (Because time travel!!!)

Fantastic time travel tale that is also heartfelt, witty, and unpredictable. And incredibly well written.

I really liked the start of the book. It was interesting and fast paced. I felt the middle was a little flat and I was getting a little impatient. I pushed through and the ending came on like a freight train. It was enjoyable. I think I would give this author another try for his next book.

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I read a lot of sci-fi so I was super excited to read this, based on the high reviews. I would rather put this book behind me but I have to write a negative review. I have never written a negative review for a book before; usually there are some redeeming qualities. This book reads like you are reading the diary of the whiniest, blame-shifter on the planet. One line in the book is literally: "It's amazing how much damage one penis can do." Yessss, we get it, Tom. Your dad hates you. You are a mistake. Wah wah wah. If this character was someone I met in a bar in real life, this would be the first time I ever punch someone in the face. I don't even want to give this book away. If someone was in jail for murdering my family members, I would provide them only with this book.

Some overelaborate novel you might want to use to kill time. There are already many good time travel stories on the market, so I’m not particularly thrilled. Carpe diem.

Don't understand the great reviews. The content is highly creative and interesting enough.The writing style is very unusual and amateurish. Very short choppy sentences like it was written by a student. Not much description. Dialogue snappy. One page has only the f word written about 50 times. No professional does this--for no purpose. Needs much editing...but its a fast read...if you don't mind stupid foul language in the narrative. (It is more customary in dialogue)