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nickymaund's review against another edition
2.0
It was ok, not really much going on. A bit confusing in some parts (I know, it’s a time travel novel!) I don’t think I’ll be continuing the series
dkscully's review
1.0
Terrible.
Sub-adolescent prose fails to lift the pedestrian plot. Where there were attempts at twists, they were obvious and signalled to the reader in neon lights from several miles away. Cardboard characters perform series of actions in locations described in halting statements. They have stilted conversations with each other and the reader is left hard pressed to care what happens to any of them. The crass backstory provided for the [beautiful, sexy, female] lead protagonist is unnecessarily graphic and reads like filler material while the author is trying to work out how to proceed.
There may well have been a very good reason why this, and the author's other works, languished with a publisher for years without seeing the light of day.
On the other hand, I'm certain that with a little tweaking (to remove those pesky European elements) Hollywood could produce one of those dull summer blockbusters full of tits and explosions from this mess of a book.
Sub-adolescent prose fails to lift the pedestrian plot. Where there were attempts at twists, they were obvious and signalled to the reader in neon lights from several miles away. Cardboard characters perform series of actions in locations described in halting statements. They have stilted conversations with each other and the reader is left hard pressed to care what happens to any of them. The crass backstory provided for the [beautiful, sexy, female] lead protagonist is unnecessarily graphic and reads like filler material while the author is trying to work out how to proceed.
There may well have been a very good reason why this, and the author's other works, languished with a publisher for years without seeing the light of day.
On the other hand, I'm certain that with a little tweaking (to remove those pesky European elements) Hollywood could produce one of those dull summer blockbusters full of tits and explosions from this mess of a book.
survivalisinsufficient's review
3.0
I don't think I'll read any others, but I did enjoy this well enough while reading it. I loved the first bit, but the plot got a bit bogged down.
appo's review
1.0
zzzz... what?
Usually I'd be all over mindfucks and identity crises and time travel and virtual worlds and and and... there's a tickbox list of things I should be interested in here but the fact it took me two attempts to read this should tell you something just by itself. It's not bad, it's just dull, even when the clock is ticking and everything hangs in the balance. Even the needlessly graphic flashback fails to deliver, just becoming some tacked-on rape-as-backstory. To add insult to injury, one of the novel's central conceits ends up feeling like a deus ex machina written in because the author was backed into a corner and couldn't find any other way out. Do yourselves a favour: skip this, even if it's at the low price of free.
Usually I'd be all over mindfucks and identity crises and time travel and virtual worlds and and and... there's a tickbox list of things I should be interested in here but the fact it took me two attempts to read this should tell you something just by itself. It's not bad, it's just dull, even when the clock is ticking and everything hangs in the balance. Even the needlessly graphic flashback fails to deliver, just becoming some tacked-on rape-as-backstory. To add insult to injury, one of the novel's central conceits ends up feeling like a deus ex machina written in because the author was backed into a corner and couldn't find any other way out. Do yourselves a favour: skip this, even if it's at the low price of free.
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