![]() ![]() Moreover, in spite of the fact that James has turned into a monster, Em has difficulty killing him. So there are a number of paradoxes that might cause Einstein to shudder. Also, none of the previous efforts by Em and Finn, in which they took actions that should have changed the future, actually did change anything. Presumably, this note instructs her to kill James, but this will be especially tricky because it was James who invented time travel. This time, she says to her future self in the note, “You have to kill him.” ![]() They have apparently tried before: Em has left herself a note explaining that she has escaped thirteen previous times, and failed in this mission. They need to figure out how to escape and go back to the past to stop all this from happening. And the future James goes back to prevent it.Īs the book begins, Em and Finn are in separate prison cells, getting tortured regularly. Em and her boyfriend Finn go back to the past to kill James, who is Em’s first love and Finn’s best friend. What is also different about this time travel story is that the future versions of people can interact with the past versions. This is a YA time travel story, unique in that the narration not only alternates between the same characters, but between their past and present selves. ![]()
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