What a great and weird book this was! A story of technology and magic, following two children and their journey through life. The first few hours of the book are quite weird and a lot of unexpected things happen. I almost believed that Patricia was mental. 
 Our protagonists, Laurence and Patricia, are two weird kids who become friends in school. Laurence is an almost tech genius with a 2 second time machine and Patricia can talk to animals and trees. Both feel like outsiders at school and open up to each other about their weirdness. Laurence talks about his AI and Patricia about her ability to talk to birds and cats. 
 The story is written really well and the characters are so good. I loved the teacher/assassin and wish that some of the assassin school details were explained better. The birds are so weird that they're great in dialogue and not making much sense. Peregrim was also great; I did not expect it to play the role that it actually did. The end was in line with the rest of the book, weird. It was a pretty decent ending but as usual I wanted more answers. Dammit, explain your endings! 
 Thoroughly enjoyed the book! 4/5!