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Adult science fiction standalone novel

In near-future America, struggling documentary filmmaker Hayes Figuerido learns that an alternate version of himself from a parallel universe created the Envisioner, a device that can predict the future, and sent it to his reality

When he joins a team of scientists studying the Envisioner, Hayes meets physicist Yusuf and learns the two of them are married in another universe and finds himself falling for Yusuf in this one

As Hayes learns more about the multiverse, however, it becomes clear that while their lives are inextricably linked, their story often ends in tragedy and saving Yusuf could risk the univerise

Explores multiverse theory and questions of how far you will go to save the one you love

Gay main character with depression; Egyptian, Muslim love interest; M/M romance; aromantic asexual Japanese side character

#ooh i read this one a while ago let me try to remember what i thought #i think the first third or so when they're just studying the envisioner and yusuf and hayes are falling in love is a bit slow #enjoyed the multiverse-hopping stuff #some of the filmmaker stuff like envisioning the world as a script got a little tedious #well fleshed-out protagonist who feels very realistic and flawed #also i liked yusuf #i have seen at least one review by an autistic reader saying they read him as autistic #the aroace representation felt a little questionable to me because the character in question is very cold/calculating?#didn't expect that there would be so much world-building around the near-future america setting which was interesting #like androids being common and also an indigenous sovereign state #also there's one world with a movie crew stuck on the moon that i thought was super interesting #the alternate realities are all cool #okay BIG SPOILERS NOW #i was kind of unconvinced by the ending #basically the main character is given the choice between saving yusuf's life and letting an asteroid destroy earth in another reality #he picks yusuf and it like 'now to compartmentalize my horrific guilt and live happily with him'#and i was like. bro. you are going to be eaten alive by guilt in a few years #i don't know i wasn't convinced by it!!#would love to hear thoughts from someone else who has also read this book tbh #a fractured infinity #nathan tavares #2023 reads #books #lulu reads a fractured infinity #lulu speaks #lulu reads

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