Someone in Time

(Sorry for duplicated review. This one got ate by data loss, but I'm still trying to have some record of everything I read this year.)

A chaotic love story between the narrator and the embodiment of the space/time continuum itself. The space/time continuum exists across all past, present, future, potential, and parallel timelines and so the narrative itself is incredibly fractured. As the space/time continuum says, "That events do indeed occur sequentially is perhaps the greatest lie of all."

Despite the story emitting a background radiation of what feel like nonsense one-off riffs, the story brings all of these tiny details back together for a surprisingly satisfying conclusion.

I read this online here as it's nominated for a Hugo this year.

This is a chaotic relationship story between the narrator and the space/time continuum. The space/time continuum is sort of embodied in different ways, exists across all previous and future and parallel times, and so the narrative is fractured as it jumps around through different times and places. As the space/time continuum says, "That events do indeed occur sequentially is perhaps the greatest lie of all."

In the middle of this nonsense roller coaster, I started to feel increasingly skeptical about there being something of substance here for me to feel satisfied by. The narration emits a background radiation of many small nonsense details that feel like one-off riffs, but in the end it manages to wrangle them all together into a satisfying payoff.