Sea of Tranquility
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Sea of Tranquility 〰️
This was an interesting novel to read. As I read this novel, I knew each part had a different writing style, one to match each character. Yet I wasn't fully aware until the part where it was Gaspery's time to shine, and it was in 1st person, something completely different from the other parts. Only then do we see Gaspery play a more significant role, and he becomes the novel's true MC. (Although he was there all along, we didn't learn that until much later.)
It would have been nice to spend more time with you. Gaspery was the true MC, however. Yes, other characters like Edwin and Olive were MCs in their own right, and their stories were interesting, but they were mostly backstories for Gaspery's storyline. I mean, with Olive, we spent most of our time with her on a book tour going from city to city, and that's it. I'm not sure that was necessary. She could have just told us she's an author on a book tour, and they would have saved us time. But as an author myself, I have a soft spot for anything writing-related, so I admit I still enjoyed seeing her on a book tour.
I do wish we had learned more about Gaspery's timeline, however. His is the farthest in the future, and time travel exists, yet I feel like that huge achievement is just glossed over. We spend more time learning about the moon colonies (which is still cool) than freaking time travel and the Time Agency!
I did find it odd that there was such a big mention of pandemics (including the most recent, COVID-19), but that didn't affect the story at all. I mean, yeah, Olive is supposed to die of the pandemic, and Edwin does die of an old pandemic when his future was altered, but they were going to die anyway. They could have died in any other way, and the story would have been the same. So it just felt weird having pandemics be mentioned so much, but in the end, they didn't really matter. Cue Linkin Park.
Also, a side note that really has nothing to do with the story: Is Vincent an unisex name? I always thought it was a boy's name, but either way, it should be unisex cause Vincent as a girl's name is cool.
That said, if you're looking for a quick sci-fi read with a very interesting premise, I recommend this book. Will it stand the test of time? Who knows! But it was fun to read.
