This book was super hyped for me, and I'm sad to say I'm a little... disappointed. It didn't blow me away! I had a hard time getting into it, and even though I ended up liking it a bit more once Henry was introduced, I grew to dislike Addie * a lot.* Toward the end, I was simply bored with her character and everything she did I rolled my eyes at. This book also heavily lacked diversity and was *super* white. 300 years and this woman stayed in Europe and North America? Not once did she travel to Africa, Asia, or South America? She could have experienced so much culture and knowledge from other places but she stayed in white countries throughout her 300+ years. If there was any book/storyline out there that had the potential to explore other cultures-- it was THIS one. But alas, it did not. I did like Henry and Addie's romance, I loved the LGBTQ+ representation, and I loved how art was weaved into the whole story. But honestly, the plot for this book has so much potential and could have been *so* much stronger, and overall I'm just a bit let down.

 

→ Things I Liked: short chapters, LGBTQ+ rep, multiple timelines

 

→ Things I Disliked: sub-par characters, severely eurocentric, unnecessarily long