Time Squared, Lesley Krueger
Time Squared, Lesley Krueger
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Time Squared
A Novel

Author: Lesley Krueger

Narrator: Helen K. Taylor

Unabridged: 11 hr 52 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: ECW Press

Published: 09/28/2021


Synopsis

A richly atmospheric portrait of women’s agency and the timelessness of love, Time Squared explores the enduring roles of rights, responsibility, and devotion throughout history The game will change when you remember who you are Robin and Eleanor meet in 1811 at the British estate of Eleanor’s rich aunt Clara. Robin is about to leave to fight in the Napoleonic Wars, and her aunt rules out a marriage between them. Everyone Eleanor knows, including Robin, believe they’ve always lived in these times. But Eleanor has strange glimpses of other eras, dreams that aren’t dreams but memories of other lives. And their time jumps start as their romance deepens. Robin fights in the Boer War, the First and Second World Wars, in Vietnam and Iraq. Meanwhile, Eleanor struggles to figure out what’s going on, finally understanding that she and Robin are being manipulated through time. Who is doing this, and why? Arriving in modern times, Eleanor sets off to confront the ones she discovers are behind this — chessmasters playing her like a pawn. Eleanor’s goal? To free herself to live out her life on her own terms. Time Squared examines the roles women are forced to play in different centuries, the power they’re allowed, the stresses they face — and what this does to their relationships.

Reviews

Goodreads review by AtomicBooks on August 24, 2021

This book starts like you’re in a Jane Austen novel and finishes like a Margaret Atwood one. I started off wondering where it was going and getting myself a bit confused as it didn’t seem anything like I thought it was going to be but then I realised I was actually just enjoying the story for itself......more

Goodreads review by Laurel on October 19, 2021

Time Squared by Lesley Krueger is so incredible. I honestly loved it so much. It was surprising and intricate, and compelling. It's like a puzzle but also a remarkable story with wonderful characters at its core. I loved the threads of feminism, the futility of war, the love story, and the repetitio......more

Goodreads review by Michelle Only Wants to Read on June 18, 2023

I should’ve known something was wrong when I found this on Libby’s “available now” tab. Nothing good is ever available in my library system.......more

Goodreads review by Chrissie on June 23, 2024

This one is more about my journey and less about the review, but we can do both. Time Squared works to explore women's agency across different eras. Eleanor and Robin meet in 1811, but Eleanor begins experiencing memories of other lives, revealing a mental time-jumping she calls 'glimpses.' As Robin......more

Goodreads review by Tredaran on December 30, 2021

I really struggled to engage with this strange time lapse story and to get anything out of it. I wondered whether a pause before writing my review would help but it only served to convince me that it was a highly forgettable novel, more interesting conceptually than in the reading of it. Sorry, but......more