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elspethw's review against another edition
1.0
Gave this a try based on the mountain of positive reviews and am now positively baffled. What an awkwardly written, repetitive and trite mess this was. Full of plot holes. Dialogue that made me cringe so hard I think I sprained something. Flat characters with relationships that never feel fully real. Time travel that follows no sensible logic. No sense of time or place. This is just bad. Really bad.
ewebrown's review against another edition
4.0
Really imaginative, some writing issues, not outstanding writing. Read it with my daughter for mother-daughter book club. The author used the wrong word - "pouring" over books - should be poring. Definitely a good read.
keri91's review
5.0
I read this book as a quick afternoon read. Very good book. I liked that it was a "coming to terms" with the inevitable type of deal and all characters grew well throughout the novel. I also liked the bittersweet but heartwarming tone to it all. Would recommend as a lazy day read to others.
glire's review
5.0
"Perhaps I could change my fate, but in the end, I realized, my destiny may have already been written."
Hay dos tipos de libros:
-Aquellos que comienzas a olvidar apenas terminas de leer.
-Y aquellos en los que no puedes dejar de pensar, aun días después de haberlos terminado.
Y aunque apenas termine de leer este libro ayer, estoy segura que este forma parte del segundo grupo. No creo que pueda olvidar esta historia nunca. En parte porque me rompió un poco el corazón, y en parte porque te hace preguntarte muchas cosas.
Es una hermosa historia de amor y familia. Y de lo que eres capaz de hacer por ellos.
tracyslawson's review
5.0
Most of us have regrets, and wish we could go back and do things differently. We say things like, “If I knew then what I knew now…” The Clay Lion by Amalie Jahn is a thought-provoking and sensitively written story of Brooke Wallace, a young woman reeling from the unexpected death of her younger brother. Brooke would do anything to change the past—and she’s got a plan. Modern science has perfected time travel, and everyone’s allowed one official trip to the past. Brooke knows it’s against the law to try and change past events, but she’s determined to do everything she can to save her brother.
Brooke’s journey back in time is fraught with obstacles she couldn’t forsee, and she’ll have to make some very tough choices.
Brooke’s journey back in time is fraught with obstacles she couldn’t forsee, and she’ll have to make some very tough choices.
giralka's review against another edition
2.0
I am sorry to say this but, this book has been a complete waste of time. Let me just summarise the whole thing here. The Clay Lion is about Brooke who lost her brother, Branson, and is now having a very hard time coping because they were very close and all that.
Anyway, they live in an alternate universe where time travelling is not only possible, but each person gets a ticket once they turn eighteen. The catch is, you only get one chance.
Naturally, once she lost her brother, Brooke had the dumbest idea to travel back in time to save Branson from dying even if it's illegal to do such alteration. Of course, everyone agreed... smooth as butter. But then Brooke messed up during her first trip, so in the present time, Brandon is still dead!
Again, naturally, she wants another go because she's an idiot like that (but you can call her brave if that's how you see it) and she gets another chance because she's the main character right? What's new? Oh yes I'll tell you what's new, a boy named Charlie who seemed to be THE ONE within a few days of meeting. My eyes, at this point, have rolled out of their sockets. Bitch literally lived in the past for a few weeks...
Guess what? She messed up during the second trip AGAIN! This time more people died because of her selfishness and recklessness. Honestly I wouldn't mind if she died too.
The third trip, idiot Brooke decides that getting herself into a car accident would be the best solution to prevent her brother from going to the camping trip that would kill him. She nearly died in that timeline. She's so stupid??
In the end Branson is STILL DEAD in the present timeline! And to think that this is the first to a series of, I don't know, three books??? Hahahahaha
Anyway, they live in an alternate universe where time travelling is not only possible, but each person gets a ticket once they turn eighteen. The catch is, you only get one chance.
Naturally, once she lost her brother, Brooke had the dumbest idea to travel back in time to save Branson from dying even if it's illegal to do such alteration. Of course, everyone agreed... smooth as butter. But then Brooke messed up during her first trip, so in the present time, Brandon is still dead!
Again, naturally, she wants another go because she's an idiot like that (but you can call her brave if that's how you see it) and she gets another chance because she's the main character right? What's new? Oh yes I'll tell you what's new, a boy named Charlie who seemed to be THE ONE within a few days of meeting. My eyes, at this point, have rolled out of their sockets. Bitch literally lived in the past for a few weeks...
Guess what? She messed up during the second trip AGAIN! This time more people died because of her selfishness and recklessness. Honestly I wouldn't mind if she died too.
The third trip, idiot Brooke decides that getting herself into a car accident would be the best solution to prevent her brother from going to the camping trip that would kill him. She nearly died in that timeline. She's so stupid??
In the end Branson is STILL DEAD in the present timeline! And to think that this is the first to a series of, I don't know, three books??? Hahahahaha
silver_valkyrie_reads's review
4.0
I'm surprised so few people have read/reviewed this one on Goodreads. It's well written, made me cry, and has a reasonable theory of time travel. Plus, not just the same old recycled YA plot. Recommended!
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