The book Time Lines by Giulio A. Savo is a sweeping and intricate story about memory, survival, and the fragile threads that connect our lives across timelines. It doesn’t just tell a straight tale. Instead, it bends and folds, presenting fractured futures, failed worlds, and the human struggle to get it right just once. Through characters like Samantha, Elly, Max, Sunita, Renée, and Andori, we move between the Nazca desert, space stations, collapsed civilizations, and alternate ages of humanity. At its core, it’s a meditation on memory, how it defines us, betrays us, and sometimes saves us. The science-fiction framework of neural resonance, timelines, and echoes is really just a way to explore grief, hope, and the longing for continuity in a fractured universe.

Reading this book felt like getting pulled into a dream. The writing is bold, lyrical at times, and not afraid to get messy. I loved how the narrative leaned into confusion rather than fighting it. Memory isn’t clean, and this story doesn’t pretend it is. I felt unsettled, even frustrated at points, but that seemed intentional. The voices of the characters lingered with me. Some chapters felt sharp and fast, almost brutal, while others slowed down into reflection, like drifting through echoes of lives I half-remembered myself. It reminded me of that strange sensation of déjà vu; familiar but haunting, like something just out of reach.

At the same time, I’ll admit there were moments where the complexity threatened to overwhelm me. The constant shifting between timelines and the weight of so many interlaced fates made it hard to follow at times. Yet, even in that chaos, I felt a strange intimacy with the story. The ideas about time as a thief and memory as both a curse and a gift hit me hard. There’s a raw humanity underneath all the science and cosmic scale, and that’s what kept me turning the pages. The book made me think about my own life, about the memories I cling to and the ones I’ve lost, and it left me feeling a little haunted in the best way.

Time Lines is a powerful and ambitious book that blends science fiction with philosophy and heart. It’s not for someone looking for a simple space adventure. It’s for readers who enjoy being challenged, who want a story that asks them to sit with uncertainty and lean into wonder. If you like novels that blur the line between speculative fiction and poetry, or if you’ve ever felt the pull of memory you can’t explain, this book will resonate deeply with you.

Pages: 399 | ASIN : B0FHHSYDDQ