Adam Hamdy

I didn't plan on reading two time travel books back to back, yet found myself in this position when reading The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy straight after The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown. Given to me by a friend, The Other Side of Night is David Asha's story told from multiple viewpoints and a series of excerpts and extracts.

Harriet Kealty is a disgraced police officer trying to clear her name when she stumbles across a plea for help and a potential kidnapping. Deciding to investigate, she soon recognises a familiar name, Ben Elmys.

At times reminding me of the TV show Fringe, the layers build to create a story-within-a-story covering big life themes, like this character insight about our very existence:

"In a hundred years our suffering and tears and laughter and happiness will all be forgotten, replaced by another generation whose existences are equally transient and meaningless, and yet deeply meaningful and significant to them and those they love. Our ability to know we are nothing while perceiving we are everything has driven some mad, and it almost broke me during those dark days." Page 275

The story-within-a-story structure began to grow thin for me as I struggled a little with the time travel aspects of the novel. In fact, I chuckled in recognition when I read the following line:

"I'm not sure she ever fully understood how to think in four dimensions, the idea that what happens had to have happened, but she smiled sympathetically..." Page 323

In hindsight, I should have taken some time (pun intended) before punching my time travel ticket again, yet I enjoyed untangling the mystery to reveal the clever twist at the end. Hamdy makes the reader question what we think we know about the past, the present and of course the future:

"Time is an illusion our minds create to give us a sense of direction." Page 331

The Other Side of Night by Adam Hamdy is a stand alone science fiction novel about love, loss, sacrifice, fate, the passage of time and memories and is recommended for fans of The Midnight Library by Matt Haig.… (més)

This is the third and final instalment in the Pendulum series and what a series it has been! Half of my was wanting to race through the pages to find out what happens next and the other half wanted to take my time and savour each page knowing that once I reached the end that was it, the last pages ever in this high stakes, fast burning action packed trilogy.

I must say though that you really do have read the previous books in order before this one otherwise you will not fully grasp the significance of the storylines and get the full pure enjoyment out of the characters, their personal storylines as well as plots.

This one starts with a bang and doesn’t let up right up until the end and the conclusion was spot on, it’s just sad to say goodbye to these memorable characters.

If you haven’t read them then I can’t recommend them enough, it will now be interesting to see what Adam Hamdy has in store for us next.

A big thank you to the author Adam Hamdy, publishers Headline and NetGalley for my copy of this book in exchange for and honest and independent review.

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It started with Pendulum and continues with Freefall. John Wallace is back and someone still wants him dead.

Picking up from where Pendulum left off it draws you straight back into the action with some familiar faces. Agent Christine Ash and Patrick Bailey are back and if they thought Pendulum broke them, they have no idea what they are up against this time!

A full on action packed thriller, twists and surprises and intricate plots and characters this book is like Pendulum but better!!

This is the second book in the Pendulum series and i seriously highly recommend reading that book first to get the full impact and enjoyment of this clever story!

Roll on the final instalment - I can't wait!!

Grab a copy now - Don't miss out on these books, they are simply too good to miss!… (més)