How to Stop Time

How to Stop Time

2017 • 352 pages

Ratings220

Average rating3.8

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If you're wondering how to deal with a lost loved one, read this book.

Anyone who says: “To talk about memories is to live them a little,” has a grip on the truth. I previously read THE MIDNIGHT LIBRARY by the same author. While I think that book was a little better, both books are excellent.

Also, if you've ever wanted to live forever, it might help to look into this book. Though fiction, the novel plumbs the depths of a long life, particularly in relationship to those with an average life span. While it's not a book about time travel, it does jump back and forth between centuries in an enticing way.

Overall, it was a quick read. However, I felt it was important to take time and think about what the author was exploring. He is a thought-provoking philosopher as well as a student of physics. I think a delightful side note explored how almost every idea comes and goes out of fashion, whether it's getting your tonsils out or climate change. What is believed today as fact, may prove to be folly tomorrow... or in a century, should you live that long.

April 4, 2021