Looped by Munmun Singh Nagpal
Book Cover:
The cover is showing a black cat sitting on tree branch looking at sky. Tree
leaves are colorful. This is soothing and cute.
Blurb:
"Toby Sezoe, the newly appointed time traveller
finds himself falling in love with a woman. The only problem is that the woman
lived on the same spot centuries ago. Luckily enough, the woman can't see him
when he travels back in time to her because he is only present there as
waveform, but he doesn't know what the future (or past), has in store for him.
Assisted by the man who built the time machine himself, for reasons unknown to
any one person, will he be able to bridge this gap of time between the past and
present? The tale of a true enthusiast, a hard-core romantic and a loyal fan.
An uncanny description of the future. An enthralling epilogue, binding all the
elements together and introducing the idea that we are all characters of the
same play, puppets bound by the same thread. A fascinating turn of events,
reinforcing the laws of time but defying the concept of time as a whole."
Review:
The story takes place in
future. Foenze, A scientist has devised a method of time travel. But the physical
body cannot travel. Only the waveforms are able to be sent back and forth in
time in a specially designed suits. So the time travellers are mere observers
and people in that time can’t see them and they can walk through them. Toby
Soeze is a time traveller and he falls in love with a lady from past. As it is
obvious they can not meet his situation is precarious. Will they ever meet?
The concept of time travel is
shown multiple times in books and movies. But that is mostly American and this
is a rare attempt from an Indian author to try this science fiction story.
The time travel process is
described thus:
“What happens is, a Time
travelled is asked to wear a special suit designed for the purpose, and then he
enters the Time Transporter. The Transporter converts his body into waveform
and he finds himself standing in another time. The traveller will not be able
to touch anything, nor even the ground. He will remain at the level of the time
transporter. He’ll be able to move past anything. He will be invisible to
anyone, even to himself because the waves do not touch the visible range.
But it is not only a sci-fi but
a romance too. Please see this beautiful description of her:
“She was first thing I saw
today. She stood there, looking out her window, serene and calm. Nothing could
disturb her composure. Her brown locks kept flowing across her face and she
stood there, oblivious to the effect. If only I could know what it was that she
was thinking, or read her mind, or even see what and how she sees, I would
consider myself lucky. She is magical.”
Story keeps moving
back and forth in time and keeps you engrossed. The book has a lot of
information of process of time travel and scientific jargon. Being an Engineer I like that.
Positive points:
The story is very interesting.
English is very good and there are no grammatical. Munmum has a lot of
knowledge of science. This has science and romance both and that’s a good
combo.
Negative points:
The story is
confusing at times. The rules are not consistent from beginning to end. But at
the end of the day it is fiction.
Recommendation
and rating:
I would recommend
it all my friends who like to read fantasy romance. I give the book a 4/ 5
stars (3.0 for story and narration and 1.0 for the effort to write Sci-fi in
India)..
Where to buy:
About the author:
Munmum Singh Nagpal was an MBA in marketing
who decided to leave her job for writing. Looped is her first published novel.
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