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rachelglazer's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
This was a great mystery thay did not go where I thought it would. In the first half, the writing tended to be a little on the nose, but once the action picked up it was hard to put down!
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Murder, Death, and Animal death
phan_boy's review against another edition
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
3.0
First half of the story is pretty underwhelming, but the latter half does a better job of fully realizing the mystery and characters.
Content Warnings
Minor: Murder, Death, Death of parent, Drug abuse, and Terminal illness
devynreadsnovels's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
inspiring
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Death and Violence
jennaem27's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Death of parent, Grief, and Death
Moderate: Chronic illness
Minor: Drug abuse, Alcoholism, and Drug use
azrah786's review against another edition
4.0
[This review can also be found on my BLOG]
**I was gifted a finished copy of the book by Head of Zeus & Black Crow PR for a blog tour in exchange for an honest review**
CW: blood, violence, gore, murder, death, death of parent, cancer, terminal illness, grief, drug abuse, vomiting
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A compelling time travel thriller that revolves around a murder mystery and a father daughter duo trying to solve it across time.
In a near future where crime rates have plummeted thanks to Absolom, a time machine that sends criminals back to the time of the dinosaurs as punishment, the daughter of Sam Anderson, one of the machine’s founding scientists, is wrongly accused of murder. In order to save his daughter Adeline, Sam confesses and gets sent back to the Triassic. However, Adeline having already lost one parent to an illness years ago isn’t ready to stop fighting to save her father and sets out to track down who framed her as well as a way to get him back.
**I was gifted a finished copy of the book by Head of Zeus & Black Crow PR for a blog tour in exchange for an honest review**
CW: blood, violence, gore, murder, death, death of parent, cancer, terminal illness, grief, drug abuse, vomiting
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A compelling time travel thriller that revolves around a murder mystery and a father daughter duo trying to solve it across time.
In a near future where crime rates have plummeted thanks to Absolom, a time machine that sends criminals back to the time of the dinosaurs as punishment, the daughter of Sam Anderson, one of the machine’s founding scientists, is wrongly accused of murder. In order to save his daughter Adeline, Sam confesses and gets sent back to the Triassic. However, Adeline having already lost one parent to an illness years ago isn’t ready to stop fighting to save her father and sets out to track down who framed her as well as a way to get him back.
"..time heals all wounds. But it won't work if you don't give time a chance."
Now this is very much a book where in order to fully enjoy it, you need not know much more going in. The beginning, despite involving the suspense of a crime occurring and a resulting conviction was a little slow in pacing, thus I found that it took me some time to warm to the characters and the story as a whole. However, as more is revealed about each of the characters and as all the pieces start to fit together the more you’ll want to see this one through to the end.
I have to admit that the dinosaur side to the story was actually the least exciting part for me. Sure Sam’s chapters had their moments of action when he was surviving from the dinosaurs but he was also randomly recalling past memories which were great for allowing us to understand his character but threw off the pace and tension for me at times. I was definitely more interested in Adeline’s chapters from the beginning and following her on this mission of puzzling out the truth.
"Time and life had taught her one thing: you do all you can, and at some point, it's either enough or it's not. The tides of life and your efforts either carry you in. Or sink you."
The writing itself is straightforward and though there are some discussions of quantum physics involved in the story, those moments for the most part didn’t make the overall narrative difficult to follow. The science bits were only really as complicated to get your head around as you would expect from a time travel tale. In fact there was some economics and finance terms involved in the story too that I was more baffled by if I’m honest.
The way the past, present and future came together was really impressive however, I did guess one of the big reveals early on so it took me some time to fully appreciate just how clever everything in this story was. Regardless of figuring that certain thing out there was still so many unexplained elements which kept me hooked as the story progressed and constantly trying to guess just how everything would line up. When that final piece slotted into place let me tell you I was blown away.
An entertaining time adventure with one hell of a satisfying end!
Final Rating – 4/5 Stars
Content Warnings
Graphic: Murder, Death of parent, Terminal illness, Death, Cancer, and Grief
Moderate: Blood, Drug abuse, Gore, Vomit, and Violence
emilylovesgoodbooks's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.75
Content Warnings
Graphic: Terminal illness, Death, Death of parent, Cancer, and Murder
natashaleighton_'s review against another edition
emotional
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
A clever and utterly addictive tale about a father and daughter—200 million years apart—trying to unravel a murder mystery across time. Full of high stakes action, dinosaurs and more plot twists than an M. Night Shyamalan movie, Lost In Time is a time travel centric, techno-thriller that, despite its grandiose ideas and mulitiple interwoven timelines (and universes) is a fairly light and easily digestible read that I thoroughly enjoyed.
It’s set in a (not too distant) future where a state of the art machine which allows governments to send the worst criminals of society (terrorists, serial killers and dictators) into millions of years into the past of a another timeline.
Dr Sam Anderson is one of the founders of ABSOLOM, the company that invented the machine that can send people into the past, but when he and his daughter are framed for the murder of his co-worker/ lover, Sam’s invention will become his undoing. In order to save his daughter, Sam confesses to a murder he didn’t commit and finds himself 201 million years into the past—in the midst of a mass extinction event.
Having lost her mother to Cancer three years ago, Adeline refuses to lose her father too, plunging herself into an all consuming quest to prove her father’s not the killer and more importantly, to find a way to bring him back. Everyone is a suspect, everyone has secrets. And what Adeline uncovers will change everything…
This was such an gripping read! I’m fairly new to the Sci-fi genre so I very much enjoyed how easy to read and straightforward the science/ tech aspects were. The short chapters were also well appreciated and definitely contributed to my super late binge reading sessions—although, given how incredible the twists were, the late nights were absolutely worth it.
The intricately woven narrative is told through two POVs (Sam and Adeline’s) and alternate between multiple timelines that really picks up in the second half of the book and doesn’t let up at all until the conclusion. I can’t go into to too much detail without accidentally dropping spoilers, but I can say that things do eventually make sense and the intrigue, action and suspense were all worth it in the end.
The characters were all very believable and realistic but I definitely had a soft spot for Adeline. She’s a flawed yet relatable character and I loved how she deftly navigates each and every situation she encounters no matter how complex or daunting it may be. Likewise, the struggles of the other characters were also well written and felt organic to each individual—Elliot’s grief was particularly emotional and the contrast in his and Sam’s own period of mourning really highlighted that everyone processes grief and trauma differently.
Overall, Lost In Time was an addictive, fun and fairly quick mystery that fans of plot twisty, time travel stories or Michael Critchon are bound to enjoy.
A massive thank you to Head Of Zeus and Black Crow PR for the finished copy.
It’s set in a (not too distant) future where a state of the art machine which allows governments to send the worst criminals of society (terrorists, serial killers and dictators) into millions of years into the past of a another timeline.
Dr Sam Anderson is one of the founders of ABSOLOM, the company that invented the machine that can send people into the past, but when he and his daughter are framed for the murder of his co-worker/ lover, Sam’s invention will become his undoing. In order to save his daughter, Sam confesses to a murder he didn’t commit and finds himself 201 million years into the past—in the midst of a mass extinction event.
Having lost her mother to Cancer three years ago, Adeline refuses to lose her father too, plunging herself into an all consuming quest to prove her father’s not the killer and more importantly, to find a way to bring him back. Everyone is a suspect, everyone has secrets. And what Adeline uncovers will change everything…
This was such an gripping read! I’m fairly new to the Sci-fi genre so I very much enjoyed how easy to read and straightforward the science/ tech aspects were. The short chapters were also well appreciated and definitely contributed to my super late binge reading sessions—although, given how incredible the twists were, the late nights were absolutely worth it.
The intricately woven narrative is told through two POVs (Sam and Adeline’s) and alternate between multiple timelines that really picks up in the second half of the book and doesn’t let up at all until the conclusion. I can’t go into to too much detail without accidentally dropping spoilers, but I can say that things do eventually make sense and the intrigue, action and suspense were all worth it in the end.
The characters were all very believable and realistic but I definitely had a soft spot for Adeline. She’s a flawed yet relatable character and I loved how she deftly navigates each and every situation she encounters no matter how complex or daunting it may be. Likewise, the struggles of the other characters were also well written and felt organic to each individual—Elliot’s grief was particularly emotional and the contrast in his and Sam’s own period of mourning really highlighted that everyone processes grief and trauma differently.
Overall, Lost In Time was an addictive, fun and fairly quick mystery that fans of plot twisty, time travel stories or Michael Critchon are bound to enjoy.
A massive thank you to Head Of Zeus and Black Crow PR for the finished copy.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death of parent and Grief
Moderate: Death, Blood, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, and Car accident
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