66 reviews for:

The Thief of Time

John Boyne

3.44 AVERAGE


Can't decide if I liked this or not. Strong ending helped but I wasn't enthralled in the story and struggled to feel anything at all, negative or positive about the main character...I felt it dragged on a bit!
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
challenging slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Loveable characters: Complicated

Having loved all the John Boyne books I have read so far I have to say this was my least favourite.

Somewhat simply written without pompousness and yet trully enjoyable book! I would def recommend.
adventurous informative mysterious reflective slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Complicated
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes
challenging reflective slow-paced
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Character
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

This book had a reasonable story but what i did not like about it was the way it jumped backewards and forwards between different periods of time.
One minute your in the 1800's suddenly next chapter your back to prsent day, was not easy to keep track of what was happening.