It is difficult to discuss Eversion without effectively spoiling the story, and yet the premise of the book is what truly ropes the readers in.

A sailing ship crashes into a fissure off the coast of Norway, an airship crashes into an icy canyon in Antarctica, and a spaceship explores the frozen oceans of the moons of Jupiter. All these missions take place hundreds of years apart, but have one striking similarity; physician Silas Coade is a member of all these excursions. 

It is 2023 and I am sick and tired of the overuse and abuse of time traveling, flashbacks, and multiverses. To its credit, Eversion takes place throughout 4 or 5 different time periods, and each one feels discrete and unique. Reynold's writing style remains consistent throughout each "time period", but subtle differences in overall description and character interactions feel progressive. I found myself excited to see how different the next time period would be.

The writing style itself can feel a bit clunky at times, but luckily emotion and intent can be relayed through passages of awkward and disingenuous dialogue. Descriptions can be distractingly long, and you can at times feel the sense of frustration as the author tries to share the image that exists solely in his mind's eye.

There isn't anything I truly hated about Eversion, but there wasn't anything I absolutely loved, either. One of my goals for 2023 is to read more science-fiction, and Eversion is a good jumping off point.