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Space Hopper by Helen Fisher
2.0

Faye goes on a time traveling journey to her own childhood after accidentally falling into a space hopper box and connects with her mum.

I decided to try this as someone whose parent died when I was young. Faye is probably ten years older than me, and I am still unsure that even if I could time travel to see my dad, would I? This story definitely didn't make me want to.. It was so almost a good story, the character almost fully formed... Just not quite there in any way for me. The writing was okay and I enjoyed the way Faye was trying to explore her past, even if I wanted to shake her a few times!! I felt by the end I enjoyed enough but felt the author could have perhaps explored other narrators than just Faye as she was a bit repetitive and acting in a way I didn't think she would if I was in her position.

I know time travel is meant to be scifi but this was trying to shoe horn it into a first person story of family loss so just missed the mark for me.