“现代城镇和一战时期交替出现的场景和视角会令你不禁想知道，究竟发生了什么”——Kirkus评论
“小说以独裁专制为背景，讲述了一个充满田园风光而又压抑的爱情故事，故事本身也是对战争本性、滥用科技等的思考。”——Maxim Jakubowski
“《如果那时》是一部爱情小说，讲述了一段婚姻历史，反映出对资本主义的深思，最棒的是，这还是一个令人刻骨铭心的英国幻想作品。小说想象了历史的结局究竟是怎样的，究竟什么才是关键，以及，或许我们能做些什么。”——Simon Ings， 作家
“我极力推荐这本书，这是一本很棒的奇幻类虚构小说，适合知识渊博的读者。小说颠覆了我对于文学体裁的期待，让我感觉自己穿越时空来到了文学的未来世界”——Boldly Read
“《如果那时》是一部令人难以置信的原创小说，扣人心弦，读完几周后，至今仍令我思考。对于推理小说迷而言是一本必读读物。”——Smash Dragonsv
“我们被迫反思现代社会令战争及冲突变得正常的方式。《如果那时》提出了这样一个问题：我们对于超越其角色的人置于怎样的价值？如果我们能够真正体会到他们的结局，我们是否会重新审视自己的行为？”——Astounding Yarns
“The alternating viewpoints set in a modern town and during World War I will have you itching to know what’s really going on.”– Kirkus Reviews
"Both bucolic and an oppressive love story set against the background of an enigmatic dictatorship of sorts, this tale of reality askew is also a powerful meditation on the nature of war, the misuse of technology and the grit and determination of the common man. Thoughtful, at times frustrating but well worth the final reward, and stylically elegant, a different kind of science fiction." - Maxim Jakubowski, Lovereading
“If Then is a love story, the history of a marriage, a topical meditation on the end of capitalism; best of all, it is a bone-deep, blood-sweet British fantasy, naive and ingenious as William Morris and as warpedly nostalgic as Richard Jeffries’ After London. As disturbingly hyperreal as any Pre-Raphaelite painting, If Then imagines what the end of history really will really look like, what’s really at stake, and maybe, just maybe, what we can do about it.”Simon Ings, author of Wolves
“Sumptuously written, with prose that glitters with a dark lustre like a Damien Hirst fly collage. intricately plotted, and a satirical point as sharp and and accurate as the scalpel of a brain surgeon: De Abaitua operates on the smiling face of the present to reveal the grimacing skull of the future.”--Will Self
“I can’t recommend this book more highly. It’s slipstream fiction for polymaths. If Then flips off expectations of genre and leaves me feeling like I’m riding its shockwave into the future of literature.”– Boldly Read
“If Then is an incredibly enthralling and original tale that still has me thinking about it weeks after I read it. A brilliant entry onto the scene, If Then is a must read for anyone even remotely interested in speculative fiction.”– Smash Dragonsv
“A fascinating read.”– Susan Hated Literature
“Six out of five stars.”– One Breath Book Reviews
“We are forced to reflect on the way modern society normalises war and conflict for the many by concentrating the horror of it in a few. If Then asks us what value we place on people beyond their role as economic units, and whether we would rethink our actions if we were able to truly experience their consequences at first hand.”– Astounding Yarns
“If Then is a very interesting combination of science fiction and war literature, questioning what people are capable of and how far they should go. The book poses some great questions on artificial intelligence and technology without really giving you any answers, but it definitely makes it worth it reading this book with someone else and then discussing it to death. If Thendefinitely demands your attention and if you’re looking for a mind-boggling and challenging read then you should definitely give this one a try.”– Bored to Death Book Club