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3.77 AVERAGE
3.77 AVERAGE
Ik vond dit zo boeiend om te lezen, het zat behoorlijk slim in elkaar, en ik vond het erg leuk om na te denken over de psychische gevolgen van tijdreizen alsof het iets is wat zou kunnen bestaan. De psychologische gevolgen voelden voor mij geloofwaardig aan, er was echt over nagedacht.
Ik ben niet zo goed in recensies schrijven dus ik laat het hier verder bij, maar ik kan dit boek absoluut aanraden!
Ik ben niet zo goed in recensies schrijven dus ik laat het hier verder bij, maar ik kan dit boek absoluut aanraden!
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
2,5 - sidder tilbage med en følelse af at have læst en bog uden nogen reel handling, en bog fyldt med en masse forskellige karakterer og begivenheder, der til tider virker mere forvirrende end de bidrager til den allerede manglende handling
adventurous
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
mysterious
reflective
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
adventurous
emotional
mysterious
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
mysterious
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:
N/A
I found this book very easy to get into. I like that in the first few chapters when we meet the pioneers the author doesn’t go too far into the science of time travel, and keeps things interesting but light. As the story progresses I enjoyed seeing a different take on time travel to some that I’ve read before. I particularly liked how Mascarenhas covered topics such as wages and taxes, and how relationships could work between time travellers and non travellers. The fact that she went to the trouble of creating terms for different types of relationships (between past and future people) showed she had given this serious thought. I also enjoyed the questionnaires at the end of the book for the same reason.
Character wise I thought the characters were well drawn. I intensely disliked Margaret from very early on, and this didn’t improve as the book went on. I always think that disliking characters to that level shows that I’ve really engaged with the book, and with all of the characters involved, almost as if they are real people.
In terms of the ending I was definitely happy. Without giving too much away, I liked that the author didn’t leave us with a promise of the time travel industry being magically fixed, but did provide a plan for how to improve things.
I did have one other thought whilst reading this book, and that was that I noticed that the male characters were all very minor, and in general the time travellers and other large groups of people were always referred to as women. At first I thought this was a little odd, but as I thought about the idea more I realised that if that was the other way around it probably wouldn’t be questioned. This isn’t a criticism of the author, or of the book, more a point of interest that I noticed, that made me question my preconceptions of how things should be.
Overall I’m going to give this 4*, I really enjoyed it and found it a refreshing take on time travel. It’s the first book by Kate Mascarenhas, and I’d definitely recommend it. I’ll be keeping an eye out for her next novel.
Character wise I thought the characters were well drawn. I intensely disliked Margaret from very early on, and this didn’t improve as the book went on. I always think that disliking characters to that level shows that I’ve really engaged with the book, and with all of the characters involved, almost as if they are real people.
In terms of the ending I was definitely happy. Without giving too much away, I liked that the author didn’t leave us with a promise of the time travel industry being magically fixed, but did provide a plan for how to improve things.
I did have one other thought whilst reading this book, and that was that I noticed that the male characters were all very minor, and in general the time travellers and other large groups of people were always referred to as women. At first I thought this was a little odd, but as I thought about the idea more I realised that if that was the other way around it probably wouldn’t be questioned. This isn’t a criticism of the author, or of the book, more a point of interest that I noticed, that made me question my preconceptions of how things should be.
Overall I’m going to give this 4*, I really enjoyed it and found it a refreshing take on time travel. It’s the first book by Kate Mascarenhas, and I’d definitely recommend it. I’ll be keeping an eye out for her next novel.