2025 book 73

Roisin Dunnet’s A Line You Have Traced

This was tough going at first—NOT saying it’s a bad book, but it does feature a dystopia and the specter of the Holocaust, so like… oy. Anyway, this is the story of three women—one, in the 1930s, who keeps seeing an angel appear (she and her family are clearly Jewish but the word “Jewish” does not appear and I found it VERY weird); the second, her descendant, hanging out with friends in contemporary times and imaging time travelers are observing her; the third, in a far future dystopia where humanity is maybe doomed, unless she can save them? It was interesting to see how these stories came together, and the writing is stellar. This is kind of an atmospheric/vibes sort of book, cool but also mildly confusing and maybe a bummer? I definitely get the David Mitchell comparisons. B+.