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Rebecca Phelps

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Down World (2021) 74 copie

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Read this because it was the Once Upon a Book Club selection and I actually enjoyed it despite some of the frustrating plot holes or flaws in the logic of how the down world worked. The explanations of how it worked just had too much going on in my opinion. While I liked that it wasn’t a traditional happy ending where everything is okay and back the way it should be, it still seems overly complicated.
 
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mancinibo | 7 altre recensioni | Nov 30, 2023 |
A little more than a year after Marina's last trip through the portals into Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow in the basement of her school, Marina is adjusting to her life with the consequences of the changes she made in the portals. Marina is now a senior in high school and making college plans. However, Marina has a new history teacher, Mr. Martel who might derail her plans to never go back through the portals. Mr. Martel has secrets and plans of his own concerning the portals and plans to drag Marina back through to help fix his own mistakes in the portals.

Yesterworld is the second book in the Down World series and I highly recommend reading the books in order to understand the portals and how they work. Yesterworld picks up soon after the events in Down World where Marina is trying to adjust to the changes she caused while in the portals. Marina believes that she stopped the portal to the corrupt Down World from being created. She soon learns from Mr. Martel, or rather Adam, that the Down World still exists and that his friend is trapped there. Yesterworld is action packed, suspenseful and full of surprises. It was interesting to see how Marina's current timeline was altered by her trips through the portals. The introduction of Adam's character brings another layer into the story and creates an unexpected relationship. I was a little unsettled by Marina and Adam's relationship; however, the portals do have that effect. I was glad to learn about how the portal formed and how they were tied to events during World War II. The creation of the portals also explains how the Down World became controlled by the Russians. The changes Marina and Adam made in the portals this time seemed to have caused even more changes, even though they fixed a bigger issue. I can't wait to see what happens next for Marina.

This book was received for free in return for an honest review.
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Mishker | 1 altra recensione | Dec 5, 2022 |
This is the second novel in the Down World series and builds very much off of the events of the first novel, so it isn't a standalone.

Interdimensional travel mixes with time travel and intrigue to create an original and exciting tale.

Coming to terms with the new reality, after her trips through the dimensions to save her brother during the first book, Marina is simply trying to survive her senior year in high school and not mourn the parts of her life that she treasured before they were changed. At least, her brother is now alive. But guilt weighs down as she sees the lives of her friends changed, sometimes, for the worse. When her ex-boyfriend appears in front of the doors, a different version of the one she once knew, her heart breaks more. To add to the problems, the hot, new history teacher possess a key to the doors with an offer he won't let her refuse. Mariana's not sure he isn't working for her evil mom, and every trip seems to make something else worse. But the more often she goes in, the more sinister secrets she uncovers.

After reading the first book in this series, I was curious what would happen with Marina and the dimensions next. The first pages didn't dive right into the action, which was nice since it did give us a chance to see Marina's 'new normal' as she coped with her changed reality. Her unsettled feelings are understandable as she's stuck comparing what she had to what she ended up, especially in respect to the lives of her friends and family. It makes her easy to relate with, and her more risky decisions of entering the doors again sympathetic.

This is, for the most part, a quick-paced read with action and tenser moments, especially when it comes to the 4th door, Down World. The warped, historical twists are interesting and offer a grim outlook on how things might have been. But then, world building is a stronger aspect of these novels, which does make flipping through the dimensions grabbing. While the darker and tense side of the intrigue Marina stumbles on thrusts this tale forward, the more personal, relationship side isn't forgotten. Some characters from the first book do seem a bit left-by-the-wayside, but other ones come out stronger and gain depth. I'm not a huge fan of the various romantic strands, but they aren't completely illogical considering the various timelines. I just wish her head was more in the main game. But romance fans get do get their nice dose of tense scenes on that end, too.

It's a good continuation of the series, and I am hoping Marina isn't done quite yet because it'd be interesting to see where things go next. I received a complimentary DRC and found it to be a grabbing read.
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tdrecker | 1 altra recensione | Oct 13, 2022 |
Marina lost her brother 4 years ago in an accident on the train tracks and now she is about to start as a Senior at the local government school. The school is on the site of an old military base and she befriends a cool boy who somehow shows her the entrance to the DW (Downworld) - three doors in the basement labelled "yesterday", "today", & "tomorrow". Marina goes into the only one not bricked up "Today" and finds a version of her life where her brother is still alive - she comes back but soon realises going into Downworld is addictive - and when a girl in town disappears , Mariana also learns that there is a price to be paid for these visits.

A fairly complex yet satisfying science fiction novel that I think teens will enjoy as it logically makes sense for the most part. I did find the end bit with the hippy commune a little strange and wasn't sure that I quite understood what was going on at the end but I think it will reach a teenage audience with its romance undercurrent and twists and turns of betrayal as well as the teens trapped in a science fiction world no-one believe element.
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nicsreads | 7 altre recensioni | Jan 17, 2022 |

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