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Paradox Bound

Peter Clines

3.84 AVERAGE

falinter's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous tense fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

The concept of this book was pretty unique. I enjoyed the design of the antagonists. I highly recommend this book!

fineplan's review against another edition

5.0

This was an excellent ride through time. The characters are charming, the action is perfect, the world building solid -- or as solid as can be with time travel novels, anyway. Despite the characters being "paradox bound" this may be the first time I have read a time travel novel -- and I've read quite a few! -- where I didn't get knocked out of the story thinking, "Wait... That doesn't actually make sense with time travel..." True, not everything is explained in any detail, but I had enough faith in the book to just believe that things worked as advertised. I'd also say that the ending was perfectly satisfying. I was worried as I neared the end, because I wasn't sure how the Dream could be found in so few pages and have everything work out in a way that made sense with the characters. Clines did it though!

ruhlen's review against another edition

4.0

Why have I read so many time travel stories? Anyway, this one is pretty great with very interesting characters and all the makings of well done time travel, including confronting most of the paradoxes it presents. The writing was visual, and I liked the added touches of real places and real people. This would make a good tv miniseries. I listened to the audiobook, and it was very well done, keeping me engaged with the story. Was the story profound? No, not really, but it was very entertaining. I would read another story with these characters.

chukg's review against another edition

4.0

This book was a lot of fun. It has a neat setup/concept and only a couple of viewpoint characters (and sticks much more with one of them than the other). I don't think it's really setup for a sequel. It'd make a good movie.

sspaghettiboness's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny mysterious fast-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: Complicated

Bioshock Infinite meets The Umbrella Academy Season 1 in this fantastic novel. Peter Clines brought the energy from the first page, there was hardly a dull moment or pause in the reading. Each character was enjoyable to know, and the twists were both fun and unexpected.

It’s hard because I read this after The Fold, which is probably one of the best science fiction books I’ve ever read, and I don’t think Paradox Bound is as good (but it’s close).

This was a fun read, not too much to have to think about, just enjoying the ride.