The Impossible Lives of Greta Wells

from laurieindra

I really liked this book. Great writing and an interesting premise. Not your typical time travel book. In fact, I don't think I'd call it a "time travel" book. It made me think about how timing and circumstaces shape the people we are and how choices we make have far reaching consequences.

from Myckyee

I really enjoyed this book. It was a bit confusing here and there - I had to stop and think several times about which character was in which era. However, that is a minor complaint; the story is funny, sad, bittersweet and the writing is excellent. The characters are well drawn and I especially l...

from bobbieharv

An interesting concept: that who we are, how we behave and interact with the people in our lives depends on the external circumstances and era we happen to be born into. Unfortunately, it wore a little thin for me by the end, possibly because I can only seem to deal, in fiction, with things that ...

from mckait

I enjoyed every minute of this book. Greta Wells is grieving. She has lost a beloved family member, and can't seem to find a way out of the darkness. It is recommended that she submit to Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). Although she is reluctant to do so, she gives in. That is when her life chang...

from whitreidtan

Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been like had I made different decisions at key points in time. There are many books that take that curiousity and use it as a plot device. But how many of them actually posit multiple universes where the same people live in vastly different time periods...