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Oct 17, 2023sumi_sh rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
If you love time travel stories, the multiverse and fantasy, look no longer. This is your book. I could've read 500 more pages of Oona's life. Easily one of my favorite books this year.
Aug 08, 2023IndyPL_TheresaC rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Sometimes humorous, sometimes emotional time travel story of Oona Lockhart who begins her time travel journey on New Year's Eve of her 19th birthday. Oona travels back and forward in time experiencing her life at different ages, with…
May 05, 2023
"It was interesting to know what was coming but see how it actually came to be" - Karen M.
Apr 24, 2023
This unique story is about Oona, who "time leaps." Every January, she wakes up in a different year of her life, bouncing from an 18-year-old to a 51-year-old to a 27-year-old, and so on. She never knows in which year she'll end up. The…
Apr 14, 2023CareyMacaulay rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
"And maybe youth isn't wasted on the young; maybe the young know how to spend their youth just right." I am not a huge fan of time travel books -- unless it is of the "wibbily wobbly timey wimey" Doctor Who variety. Margarita Montimore…
Nov 22, 2022derilyn rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Enjoyable read, for me.
Oct 29, 2022Bookworm1136 rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
4 - 4 1/2 read. This book wasn't even on my radar until a friend recommended I read it and I enjoyed this quirky book. Oona is a time traveler, but a bit of an unusual one. Every year on New Year's Eve as she turns another year older…
Mar 11, 2022GremJet rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
I always appreciate original, to me at least, writing. This book screams carpe diem. Read it and decide for yourself.
Dec 26, 2021Crave83 rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Oona Out of Order by Margarita Montimore 339 pages also later published as The Rearranged Life of Oona Lockhart by one publisher. Genre: Science Fiction- Time Travel, Contemporary, Magical Realism Featuring: Sex, Drug Use, Music, Pop…
Sep 25, 2021
Recommended by Ellen - sep21
Aug 06, 2021blue_jay_436 rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I loved this book because it was fast-paced and interesting. I didn’t want it to end!
Jul 12, 2021kayreadsnow rated this title 0.5 out of 5 stars
The premise was promising but the reality was a big letdown. I can't understand all the praise heaped on this book.
Jul 09, 2021sunnyblonde rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
A really cute idea and well executed. A book that you will not quickly forget.
Apr 22, 2021
This book...wow. It's one of my favorite books I've ever read. When I first saw the synopsis, I felt like it was a confusing idea that I couldn't see being well written, but from the first few pages I knew right away it was a true gem. I…
Mar 28, 2021Casiepaws rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Perfection. This book stole my whole heart. The plot was seamless, Oona raw and real and flawed, the prose thoughtful and exceptional. Every single chapter a journey, filling in little bits here and there, growing Oona as a person weaving…
Oct 21, 2020
Wacky but wonderfully funny and insightful.
Oct 11, 2020closeReader rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
I think I enjoyed this book more as a physical book than as an audiobook. Both very good though, enough to immerse myself in both versions
Aug 29, 2020sarahjgrant rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
If you're drawn to time bending novels, this one may be worth a try. It is fairly entertaining to read about Oona's leaps back and forth through the different years of her life, and the bittersweet aspects of this are lightly…
Aug 20, 2020MillieBT rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
Loved loved this book especially when she leaps to the past and realize how much society has changed sometimes for the better and yes for the worse!!!!!! PLEASE READ THIS BOOK
Jun 22, 2020AMWayment rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Oona Out of Order is perfect for someone looking for something different! It is such a creative novel and so much more than I expected it to be. At the stroke of midnight on each New Year's, which is also Oona's birthday, she starts a new…
Jun 13, 2020ArapahoeChristineS rated this title 4.5 out of 5 stars
My only complaint is that it ended. This fast paced, surprising, bittersweet, and unique story was compulsively readable. I love a story where I start contemplating what my reaction to the situation would be, and this is a doozy of one! …
May 24, 2020fantasyqueen rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This was a most imaginative and cute story, but it was kind of hard to keep track of. Oona's leaps weren't only tough on her, they're tough on the reader as well. I also wished there was a chapter of older Oona, maybe looking back on all…
Apr 26, 2020brangwinn rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Oh, this is a delightful book, easy to be consumed in one day. Oona is celebrating New Year’s Eve in 1982, just before her 19th birthday. Then her live out of order when at 12:01am on January 1st, she wakes up in a different year of her…
Mar 12, 2020midori_hon rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
i had my misgivings, but this was rather a magical mystery tour. don't read the spoilers and let yourself discover oona's life progression as she does.
Mar 03, 2020Katie_____ rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Phenomenal! This novel is simply beautiful, but there is nothing simple about it. It's a complicated tale, but you've already read the synopsis and don't need me to explain that. A refreshingly unique premise, perfectly executed.…