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firstknight's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
Graphic: Sexual assault, Death, Murder, Rape, and Sexual content
Moderate: Miscarriage
Minor: Suicidal thoughts
mblanke's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Graphic: Death, Sexual content, and Sexual assault
lryickinard's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.75
Moderate: Sexual content
etoothpaste's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.0
Graphic: Sexual content
Moderate: Sexual harassment
jesswp's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Loveable characters? Yes
5.0
Moderate: Violence, Rape, Gun violence, Gore, Miscarriage, Sexual content, and Suicidal thoughts
bebidocrimes's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Graphic: Grief, Cursing, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Death, Violence, Alcohol, Animal death, Blood, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Vomit, and Medical content
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Suicidal thoughts, Animal cruelty, and Miscarriage
leslie_overbookedsocialworker's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.25
Moderate: Medical content, Violence, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment
grace_bunty's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
2.0
Graphic: Miscarriage, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Murder, and Sexual content
_haggis_'s review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
1.5
I feel rather mixed about the book. The first half was really enjoyable - fast paced, interesting characters, quirky plot - and I devoured it in hours. The concept - time travelling historians - was really fun and the book seemed the perfect light-read entertainment novel.
BUT. About midway it just ---- flopped? I dunno. Max is a fun character and had good comradery with the others and then there was this wonderful tease of a romance (I'm a sucker for slowburn) and then suddenly BAM! They're randomly having graphic sex on the bonnet of a car. Like comeon. really? It felt lazy writing and a bit of a betrayal as the goofy-clumsy characters were inexplicably sex-crazed and horny. I didn't think it fit with the story at all....
This was a weird but forgivable change in the book's development but I do wish I had stopped reading at that point because it just got worse. I mean true - we got to hang out with dinosaurs - but this gets side-lined by a lazy, boring (and frankly upsetting) plot twist. At this point I put the book down and refused to pick it up for days
There's a distinct lack of character development and promises/foreshadowing hinted at earlier in the text never fully come to fruition.
Ultimately I thought the premise was very cool and so 1.5 stars were given for the first half but it was just so disappointing. I will not be reading the rest of the series.
Graphic: Sexual content and Sexual harassment
emjrey's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Violence