The Day Tripper, James Goodhand
The Day Tripper, James Goodhand
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The Day Tripper

Author: James Goodhand

Narrator: James Meunier

Unabridged: 11 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/19/2024


Synopsis

"I loved it!”—Shelby Van Pelt, New York Times bestselling author of Remarkably Bright Creatures 

“An essential, profound read.” —The Washington Post

The right guy, the right place, the wrong time.

It’s 1995, and Alex Dean has it all: a spot at Cambridge University next year, the love of an amazing woman named Holly and all the time in the world ahead of him. That is until a brutal encounter with a ghost from his past sees him beaten, battered and almost drowning in the Thames.

He wakes the next day to find he’s in a messy, derelict room he’s never seen before, in grimy clothes he doesn’t recognize, with no idea of how he got there. A glimpse in the mirror tells him he’s older—much older—and has been living a hard life, his features ravaged by time and poor decisions. He snatches a newspaper and finds it’s 2010—fifteen years since the fight.

After finally drifting off to sleep, Alex wakes the following morning to find it’s now 2019, another nine years later. But the next day, it’s 1999. Never knowing which day is coming, he begins to piece together what happens in his life after that fateful night by the river.

But what exactly is going on? Why does his life look nothing like he thought it would? What about Cambridge, and Holly? In this page-turning adventure, Alex must navigate his way through the years to learn that small actions have untold impact. And that might be all he needs to save the people he loves and, equally importantly, himself.

About James Goodhand

James Goodhand has written two YA novels. His YA debut, Last Lesson, was called ""a powerfully charged study in empathy,"" by the Financial Times. This is his adult debut. He lives in Englad with his wife and young son. 


Reviews

The story in this book starts in 1995 when Alex Dean is a young man who met the love of his life and has a bright future ahead of him. Or this is what he thinks. But after a fight and trauma to his head, he starts to live every day in a different year of his wrecked life. How could it happen that he......more

Time travel is one of my favorite tropes, so I was sadly disappointed when this book did not work out for me. I did not like how it started at all. There was no world building. When you are going to be jumping around every single chapter, you need to prepare the reader for this somehow, or have such......more

Goodreads review by donna

The first few chapters of this book left me cold, completely unable to engage. I can't tell you how close I came to walking away and finding something else. But somehow I hung on, determined to persevere because the unique time traveling premise had so much potential. Now I've just finished and I'm s......more

Goodreads review by Jessica

I love the time travel trope in stories. Especially when it comes to traveling through times in one’s own life. Having the chance to fix mistakes and realize things you’ve taken for granted. That is what drew me to this book. After reading it, I’m honestly a little surprised I haven’t seen higher rat......more