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First of all, the girl on the cover looks nothing like the Q in my head.

Second of all, Mandery's writing leaves a lot to be desired and tainted my opinions from page 2. A large portion of the book is devoted to random diatribes on anything from the play by plays of a miniature golf game to the relevance of Douglas Adam's work to a detailed synopsis of The Twilight Zone (none of which are relevant to the themes at hand).

Thirdly, the unusual device of time travel is butchered. Seriously, Mandery should have avoided the whole matter if he couldn't even attempt to address the issues surrounding time travel, especially given the dexterity and creativeness that other authors have (i.e. Audrey Niffeneger). One minute, he avoids the science and paradox theories; the next, Mandery is diving in so deep not even he knows what he is saying. At one point there are three I's running around and two Q's. Nowhere do we deal with the problem of the original/current self/narrator following in his older/future self's path, although there is a long rant about the problem of money moving between timelines. Don't get me started on the multiple future selves presenting themselves with different advice on how to change his life. Of all the interesting things that could be done with time travel...

Lastly, I disagree with the title and name of the title character. Q stands for Quentina and the child they have in one path is named QE2. Does he think he's being clever? I think definitely not.