Kelli Crawford has it
all—gorgeous looks, a successful modeling career, and a hunky boyfriend. No
wonder her “pudgy” sister was always jealous of her. But what happens when the
young supermodel wakes up at 50? Yikes! What a nightmare!
“Yesterday,
[she was] young, unmarried, and…firm, and, now [she was] old, married, and…saggy!”
(268) Oh, the horror!
So many
things have changed in the future, like the ubiquitous use of an auto-driving,
talking car with coffee maker, for instance. And what the heck was an e-pad? The
future sort of reminded me of Marty McFly’s travel experience to his own
future, which had holograms and flying cars.
I was
perplexed and somewhat perturbed by how quickly we delved into the character’s
old self without a single clue or reason to how she got there in the first
place. I mean, even in Back to the Future,
we at least knew it was the Delorean that got Marty McFly to a different time.
Most of the
book revolved around the confusion of Kelli’s senior life. We had to learn the “who,
what, where, and why.” Well, of course! Reading it was like watching a comedy
movie set in the U.K.
I especially
loved her foot-in-the-mouth moments and the scene with her struggling to squeeze
her fat body into a slim suit.
In the end,
this unexpected leap to her future was a real eye-opener for the conceited
model. According to the psychic, there was a reason she was propelled into the
future. But what? One had to hope that Kelli would figure out a way to get back
to her former, young life, where she belonged.
My main
criticism was the amount of time spent on all the gushy family drama. The
character drawled on and on about people she didn’t know and all that went on
with the facial. I think it deviated too much from the time-travel idea. The
concept was good, but the execution of it could’ve been better—it could’ve been
shortened and more focused.
My rating: 3.5 stars
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