I saw this recommended online and was looking for something new and the synopsis grabbed me so I gave it a read. I finished it this afternoon and really enjoyed it, I'm kind of surprised to see that it's pretty much all negative reviews on here. When I read a book I want to be entertained, nothing more, and this definitely kept me engaged all the way through.

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e never once explained how Jason2 was able to send Jason1 precisely to his world. What a huge hole to never fill.

Now that I think about it you're right, we don't get that explanation. But honeslty it never even crossed my mind until right now. In hindsight yeah that's a pretty big plot hole, but it never lessened my enjoyment while reading.

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The other major issue I had is with all the Jasons at the end acting like a bunch of deranged killers

I can definitely see it. I mean think abour your own life...if your wife nad child that you'd built the last 15 years of your life with were all of a sudden no longer yours and belonged to some weird offshoot of you, wouldn't you be willing to do just about anything to get YOUR life back? I know that since we aren't actually in that predicament it's fun to discuss our options, but I can at least understant WHY so many of them were like that.

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There was not much separation J1 from all the other Js, and he even goes as far to make sure the reader knows they act and think alike, yet somehow they were cold blooded killers.

It was also explained that each jason is a delineation from some point in time from the original. J2 for instance, the one that started all this mess, was the exact same person as "our" Jason, original Jason, up to the point that daniela found out she was pregnant. That instant multiple timelimes with multiple outcomes. In "our" world that we know for original jason, he's married to daniela for years and charlie is 15. In J2's timeline they are only together a brief period (never married) and certainly don't hav ea child or a long history. Our jason even tricked J2 by giving false information about a christmas vacation that never actually happened by J2 had no idea it wasn't real. J2 for all practical purposes was a completely and totally different personality than the one we know.

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It was frustratingly bad at times, which is annoying since he created a really cool universe with a ton of story potential.

it certainly wasn't steinbeck or anything, but as you mentioned it was a cool universe and a neat concept. I won't ever read it again but I definitely enjoyed the ride this go around.

I'll also be sure to check out the other book recommend up above.