Claims: Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review – this time-reversal melodrama is quantum hokum
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- title: Under Story by Chloe Benjamin review – this time-reversal melodrama is quantum hokum Source
- url: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/01/under-story-by-chloe-benjamin-review-this-time-reversal-melodrama-is-quantum-hokum Source
- summary: A grieving couple who have lost their son find a way to a mirror universe where time runs backwards – but the narrative machinery is shonky and distracting There is something farcical – grotesque, even – about life played in reverse. A child falling into a tree. A sandwich emerging from a mouth, bite by reconstituted bite. A doctor unstitching a wound. The world is strange in any order, but rewind helps us notice – makes the ordinary absurd. Novels that pick a fight with forward momentum tend to… Source
- published: Tue, 01 Sep 2026 08:00:49 GMT Source