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Meh... Someone saw Donnie Darko and decided they could write a "Donnie Darko but better" novel, but then wrote something that wasn't.


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Backward Glass David Lomax Books Reviews

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I'm a chronic note taker when I'm reading something that I will review. A subconscious tell that I absolutely love a book, is when I become so engrossed, that I completely forget to take notes. I didn't write down a single word while reading Backward Glass.

When Kenny Maxwell's home flipping parents buy the old Hollerith house - a home notorious for the disappearances of the kids that live there - an entire series of events that have both not happened, and that are decades old, are set into motion. In a broken down wall, Kenny finds a long deceased baby, along with a note written specifically to him. The note asks Kenny to change the past, by stopping Prince Harming from killing the baby. It takes a girl, from ten years in the future, to step out of the Backwards Glass - an old mirror that came with the house - for Kenny to get an idea of how he could possibly prevent a death that already happened.

Backward Glass is constructed the way a seasoned storyteller tells a story. With a clear voice, and engaging tone, you are instantly drawn in and kept in suspense about what will happen next. The entire time I read Backward Glass I was working overtime to solve a puzzle whose pieces were revealed in such an expert way, that there was no chance of figuring everything out until you are supposed to. I had such a strong emotional response to this story and especially the ending because of how involved I became in the characters lives. On the surface the concept of the novel seems very complex - a mirror opens for one year a decade, allowing one kid the chance to travel back and forth through time - but the way its presented is straightforward, giving the illusion that the concept is simple.

The way time moves, and how time travel is approached, was very smartly done. Kenny's travels through the mirror are always the central focus. Even if the setting is anything but linear time wise, Kenny's story moves linearly. I really liked the select looks at what life was like for the past and future time traveler kids. Each traveler was relatable, unique, and played a specific and significant role in the outcome of the story. Everything and everyone was connected, even if it didn't seem like they were in the beginning. Finding out the connections was extremely satisfying for me as a reader. I have a perpetual need to solve the puzzle whether I'm reading or watching a movie, but I almost didn't want to solve the mystery or make the connections early, because I just wanted to savor the story, and not have it end.

Backwards Glass is a perfectly paced, completely engrossing mystery novel that I absolutely adored. The story is unique, the characters interesting, and the setting familiar, yet ever evolving. I can't recommend this book highly enough.

Rating 10/10

** I received a copy of this novel from the publisher to read and honestly review. I was in no way compensated.
Review courtesy of Dark Faerie Tales

Quick & Dirty One mirror, every ten years a kid is picked, but not older than 17, and time traveling begins.

Opening Sentence “Here’s what you need to know You’re my son and you’re something like negative twenty-two, because that’s how long it will be before you’re born.”

The Review

Kenny is 14 when his parents buy this old house that is a total fixer upper, and while cleaning out the place and checking everything out he stumbles across a dead baby and a note with several names on it, including his. He also finds some other notes and carvings that lead him to believe he can travel through the mirror, but he isn’t interesting in testing that theory until the night he meets Luka. The girl from 1987, and she explains the rules he wrote. Every ten years the mirror picks a kid and they can go backward, when they return home they can pull the kid from the past forward and after midnight you can always get home. Once the mirror chooses you, you can always travel through the mirror no matter your age.

Soon Kenny, Luka, Jimmy and the others begin a journey to save the dead baby, and try to stop Prince Harming. Along the way Kenny ends up trapped in the past with Peggy and Lilly, and they begin figuring out the connections between them and who the baby is. Kenny also begins to workout making doorstops that allow them to travel 30 years back instead of just ten, and that keys allow for longer jumps forwards and backwards.

He also finds out that sometimes no matter how hard you try to help, you just can’t undo things and sometimes it’s your messing around that causes problems. Will Kenny be able to save the baby and figure out who Prince Harming is so he can stop him from hurting his new friends?

This book was a total gem, and I was more than a little sad when I found that it’s not part of any series or trilogy. I was sucked in and reading from the moment Kenny started figuring everything out. I had to know what was going to happen. I will say in some places if you aren’t paying attention you can get confused because as with anything concerning time travel, it can get crazy if you aren’t really reading. That being said, I loved the world building and I loved the discovery process, and the connections. It was so amazing to see how this mirror picked kids randomly, but along the way you find it isn’t that random.

The mystery itself wasn’t that hard to figure out once the story gets going, but the suspense of confirming it really keeps you invested, and wrapping your head around who Prince Harming is totally feels like a reward at the end. I enjoyed every minute of this book and can only wish there was more. Seriously, I do wish for more, not because the end wasn’t satisfying, but because it was just that good.

Notable Scenes

“If I went out there, and nothing happened, my ticket into the story I had been living in my head would turn out to be a forgery I had made myself.”

“The last thing I heard in 1987 before I shoved my face into iced molasses sounded like a slap.”

“In every decade we could, there seemed to be nothing more than rumors and legends.”

“You’ll go down the backward glass.”

“It didn’t even register at first that he had shot me.”

“I guessed he made a pretty decent wise old man, though I had been hoping for a little more wisdom about the way the force worked and how to handle a light saber.”

FTC Advisory Flux provided me with a copy of Backward Glass. No goody bags, sponsorships, “material connections,” or bribes were exchanged for my review.
I love time-travel stories, but it's been a while since one has truly surprised me. There are only so many turns they can have. Or so it seemed until Lomax invented a whole trunkful of new ones, producing maybe the twistiest time-travel story I've read.

A great time-travel story, a great story.
I strongly recommend this. Just as I thought I had it figured out it took another twist. I recommended it to several family members after reading it and they all loved it too. If you want something different from the norm, interesting with plenty of surprises then this book is for you!
Meh... Someone saw Donnie Darko and decided they could write a "Donnie Darko but better" novel, but then wrote something that wasn't.