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Finally a Markham story!!! It was great seeing "not time travel" from a security team member's point of view. It did take me a bit to get used to it was not Max speaking, but that is expected after 7.5 Books/ Short stories. I mean Markham + Poo what more can we ask from Jodi. We ask and she delivers more that we could imagine.

4.5 Stars

ryanpfw's review

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4.0

I've been looking forward to this one for quite a while. The perspective of Markham was jarring but not unexpectedly so. We were in Dr. Bairstow's head in Very First Damn Thing and anything but Max seems a bit off. I had wished on more of Markham's backstory, especially the Nurse Hunter, but perhaps the more we know the worse.

A couple of bits did throw me out of the story. (ie. Markham suggests the the pod may sink and is laughed off by the historians....later it is said that the historians predicted it may happen...)

Still, anything from St. Mary's is a recommended read.

wellingtonestatelibrary's review

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4.0

Not quite as riveting a protagonist as Max is. I had to keep re-listening.

faitelle's review against another edition

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5.0

Another fun short story from the world of St. Mary's! Loved this, & think writing from Markham's p.o.v. was a great idea :) & I loved both the Christmas party *&* our trip back to 9th century Britain.

Piers Wehner was a *fantastic* narrator! Zara Ramm will, of course, always be the voice of Max for me but Wehner really brought the male characters to life. Listen out for his 'suspicious Dr. Barstow'...it's genuinely chilling...

faitelle's review against another edition

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5.0

Another fun adventure from St. Mary's! This time from the P.O.V. of the wonderful Markham. Also profers some tantalising questions ahead of book 8

tracey_stewart's review against another edition

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5.0

Oh my.

A jaunt into the past by the St. Mary's crew; a really nice close encounter with a major historic figure; chaos and calamity with a happy ending – it must be Christmas! Well, it was when it was released, and it was in the story, at least.

By now, the crew of St. Mary's are dear old friends, and it's tremendous to get inside Markham's head for this go-round. (If Ms. Taylor ever gets bored, she could start from the beginning of the story and flip POV's – [b:Just One Damned Thing After Another|29661618|Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)|Jodi Taylor|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1459230212l/29661618._SX50_.jpg|25626746] through Dr Bairstow's eyes, for example… Oo. That would be fun.

And this is fun. More fun than should be lawful. Chaotic, hilarious, moving, exciting – my lord, I love these books.

I was a little sad going into this because it wasn't narrated by Ms. Taylor's usual St. Mary's narrator, Zara Ramm – but she's Max, so that would be silly, so they got Piers Wehner. And … Someone, please, I'm begging you, find him many, many more books to read to me. I was going to say "books like this", but nobody does it like Jodi Taylor, and Jodi Taylor mostly uses Max's point of view, so he won't have much work there – but this man needs more books that let him be funny. More books, period. He's terrific. He was thoroughly in character, giving a little laugh here and there, putting in exactly the right pauses and inflections. Whoever is doing the casting for Jodi Taylor's audiobooks must absolutely love her, because every single book has been nearly perfect at worst. Although I've got every one of Jodi Taylor's books, I've never read a word she's written, just because of this. And I've loved every word.

whatshereads727's review

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adventurous challenging emotional funny informative mysterious relaxing tense fast-paced

Plot- or character-driven? Character
Strong character development? Yes
Loveable characters? Yes
Diverse cast of characters? Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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