Book Review: It Took Me 1265 Summers to Realize

 

   

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John, a socially inept teenager, has led a frustrating life for as long as he can remember. Until, at the end of a summer, he discovers a magic sphere. Now, instead of going back to school, he can go back two months in time and experience this summer again. As many times as he wishes!

John soon realizes that the more times he experiences this summer, the better he makes it. And the better he makes it, the less inclined he is to finally let this damned fall come.

And so, he willingly stays in this time loop for years, decades, centuries. He thinks that he's in control, but the truth is that the magic sphere has taken control of his life.

Little by little, without him realizing it, this process turns him into something horrific, something he had never imagined he could become.

Don't miss this psychological thriller.

I bet all of you have heard of the time loop trope and most of you have read/watched something related to the aforementioned trope. The Groundhog Day movie is a popular example; most likely, all of you have heard of that film, even if you have never actually watched it. Myself, I haven't either. 

Anyway, one day, when I was aimlessly walking on the streets, it occurred to me that I could make way better use of the time loop trope than anyone else ever has. And so, I wrote this novel. 

Just as in most of my novels, the main character is a teenage loser. This time, the loser the story talks about finds himself in a time loop, except that, as opposed to most works of fiction that use this plot device, he is not trapped in it. He can break the time loop anytime he wishes; he just opts to stay in that situation. And so, he experiences the same summer 1265 times, with each time lasting two months. In other words, he experiences 210 years and 10 months worth of summer vacation.

Wow, you can do primary school level math calculations! Your mom should be so proud! 

 

Shut up!

During this centuries long (from his perspective) time loop, John (that's the name of the main character) interacts with bullies, his annoying little brother, forest animals, two dangerous sociopaths (Abe and Bob) and a teenage girl called Vicky. While writing 'It Took Me 1265 Summers to Realize', it struck me that, in my novels, it's really hard to tell who the villain is. Most of my characters, including the main ones, are so humanized, capable of both good and evil.

Technically, '1265 Summers' is not considered a novel, since a book has to be at least 40.000 words long to be classified as such, whereas '1265 Summers' is only 35.000 words long. In other words, it's a novella. But, in my defense, it's still longer than any of RL Stine's books. 

 

Speaking of which, although I consider myself the best writer in the world, I admire that guy and his Goosebumps books (so many childhood memories!) really inspired me. '1265 Summers' is written in a similar style (miserable, teenage situations, cliffhangers at the end of every chapter and all), though more adult rated than Goosebumps; for starters, while reading my novella, you will enjoy some mind blowing sex scenes (my style is always M rated, baby!)

If you want to know how that story ends, give me your money and get a copy. Also because I'm so desperate for your money and your attention.

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