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Time/Life is a deeply personal sci-fi centred around a journalist's journey into the future and her subsequent reflections on the past. I found the story to be a good mix of sci-fi with more human feeling literary fiction elements. I particularly liked how Catherine Mayer's own personal experiences were skillfully interwoven throughout the book, making the protagonist's journey feel believable.

This may be due to listening to the audiobook version, but I found the changes in time to be slightly confusing for the first 50%. There were no clear indicators of when this was happening within chapters. However, the narration by Annie Aldington was fantastic, and I felt that the tone was captured well. I also loved the inclusion of a song that was co-written by the author that linked to both her own life and the story within the book. This was a lovely and personal touch. 

Overall, I enjoyed Time/Life and its use of time travel as a starting point for a moving story of love and loss.

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