The Square Root of Summer

Reviewed by: Kara Reiman - Walker Memorial Library, Westbrook, Southern Maine Library District

Review Date: February 7, 2017

Review

Gottie has had a rough year, with the death of her grandfather and a breakup with her boyfriend. But now that summer has arrived, everyone is back home and she keeps blacking out and waking up at a different time. She thinks that she is travelling through a black hole, back and forth to different versions of her life. The author tries to cleverly mix theoretical physics with a teen romance, and ends up failing on both accounts. The crazy equations and physics discussions serve only to confuse and distract from the story, and the actual storyline gets lost in the changing timelines. The result is a confusing mess.

Overall Book Score: poor