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adraper2323's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Content Warnings
Moderate: Violence and Murder
Minor: Death of parent
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
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
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