All Our Wrong Todays

A Novel

By: Elan Mastai

Narrated by: Elan Mastai

One of Wall Street Journal’s Best of 2017

“Entertainingly mixes thrills and humor.”—Entertainment Weekly

“[An] amazing debut novel. . . . Dazzling and complex. . . . Fearlessly funny storytelling.”—The Washington Post

“Instantly engaging. . . . A timeless, if mind-bending, story about the journeys we take, populated by friends, family, lovers, and others, that show us who we might be, could be—and maybe never should be—that eventually leads us to who we are.”—USA Today

Elan Mastai's acclaimed debut novel is a story of friendship and family, of unexpected journeys and alternate paths, and of love in its multitude of forms.

It's 2016, and in Tom Barren's world, technology has solved all of humanity's problems—there's no war, no poverty, no under-ripe avocadoes. Unfortunately, Tom isn't happy. He's lost the girl of his dreams. And what do you do when you're heartbroken and have a time machine? Something stupid.

Finding himself stranded in a terrible alternate reality—which we immediately recognize as our 2016—Tom is desperate to fix his mistake and go home. Right up until the moment he discovers wonderfully unexpected versions of his family, his career, and the woman who may just be the love of his life.

Now Tom faces an impossible choice. Go back to his perfect but loveless life. Or stay in our messy reality with a soulmate by his side. His search for the answer takes him across continents and timelines in a quest to figure out, finally, who he really is and what his future—our future—is supposed to be.

Filled with humor and heart and packed with insight, intelligence, and mind-bending invention, All Our Wrong Todays is a powerful and moving story of life, loss, and love.

An Interesting Listen...

I can understand a little griping about the narration at occasional points, though I think overall the author did a good job.
The story felt a little silly at times but remained entertaining and later took on more depth with the main character as the story progressed.
The author has interesting ideas on time travel and various technologies that add to the joy of listening.

I wanted to love this but it gets annoying

I love time travel books even though more often than not they disappoint. I’m not sorry I listened to this one, but man, did it frequently grate.

I rated all the categories 4 stars, which was probably generous but after listening to so many hours of the author’s voice, I developed an affection for him. Mastai is earnest so in the end I couldn’t hit 3s, even if 4 might be too high for certain categories.

Mastai is an excellent narrator, except when he throws Tom into a sing song whine which happens WAY too often. That grates. And it happens many times.

The story premise is good. It’s horribly elongated with way too much navel gazing. So much TELL instead of show. So much tell. So very very very much tell. Did I mention there is a lot of tell? Was there an editor on this book?

Despite the above, I’d recommend this book to anyone who loves the genre. I like the time travel premise and it does a good job of sticking to its own laws. Mastai is likeable as is the main character. Just be ready to be annoyed .

Like nothing I've ever read!

What did you love best about All Our Wrong Todays?

I loved how unpredictable this book was!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Penny was my favorite character because she listened and thought critically.

What about Elan Mastai’s performance did you like?

I liked how when Elan read, it was like the main character was just talking to you.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

MAKE A FILM OF THIS BOOK!

Any additional comments?

This book was funny, sad, intriguing, exciting, and I didn't want to put it down!

Well narrated, fun story

Dystopian book about how wrong things can go if you meddle with time travel. I really liked the telling of this story and that the Author himself narrated it, I think he gave the character the voice I would have imagined had I read the book myself. I really liked/disliked the main character but I think that was the point. Everything fell into place nicely and for a time travel book, was surprisingly easy to follow, I typically struggle putting together timelines. I really enjoyed the character of Greta the most.

Great Way to Spend Some Time

Compelling subject, characters and storyline. Aside from the sound of the narrator/author’s possible head cold, it was 100% enjoyable.