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tome15's review against another edition
2.0
This book illustrates the principle that action is not enough. You also need character and plot.
shinyfox's review against another edition
1.0
This book was very frustrating. At first I liked it. It had an interesting plot and characters, even the main character's wife fascinated me. But somewhere around the middle I lost interest rapidly. For one thing there's pretty much two rape scenes where in each a woman or women try to/succeed in having sex with the main character. This scene was portrayed in a manner that made it seem 'good' and 'appealing'. This was where I wanted to strangle something. The scene was disgusting and in very bad taste, also it did not add anything to the book at all. The scene only really stopped when a man came in intending to have his way with the main character.
From there it went down hill. Characters began to annoy me and stunts that the Main character proceeded too do were rather hard to imagine a man in perfect shape doing, let alone a man who is sleep deprived, on the run from law enforcement with an injured arm. Also a side character named Neil had me sighing in frustration. He was portrayed as rather dull witted, which is all well and good. But some of the lines he said made me do a double take in disgust at how low the author wrote the character. He didn't strike me as the kind of character to say 'My pee-pee shrunk.' However at this point in the book I was skimming pages to get the gist of it and the character could have been doped up on some random drug. Drugs seem to be used a lot in this book as well.
It started out as a 3 star book but as soon as the rape scenes were depicted in such a manner it dropped down to a 1/2 star book for me. I will never recommend this to anyone, nor will I ever read it again.
From there it went down hill. Characters began to annoy me and stunts that the Main character proceeded too do were rather hard to imagine a man in perfect shape doing, let alone a man who is sleep deprived, on the run from law enforcement with an injured arm. Also a side character named Neil had me sighing in frustration. He was portrayed as rather dull witted, which is all well and good. But some of the lines he said made me do a double take in disgust at how low the author wrote the character. He didn't strike me as the kind of character to say 'My pee-pee shrunk.' However at this point in the book I was skimming pages to get the gist of it and the character could have been doped up on some random drug. Drugs seem to be used a lot in this book as well.
It started out as a 3 star book but as soon as the rape scenes were depicted in such a manner it dropped down to a 1/2 star book for me. I will never recommend this to anyone, nor will I ever read it again.
skateanddonate's review against another edition
4.0
what a fun read. great world building. love the raccoon. had me lol many times. 4 stars
amia's review
4.0
I really enjoyed Timecasters, it might make a B movie but it provided a ton of entertainment and a few laugh-out-loud moments for me. There is also almost constant action and quite a few surprises. I can't spoil this for you with details so you'll just have to read it and make your own decisions.
imzadirose's review
4.0
Joe Kimball (aka J.A. Konrath) writes some crazy stuff. Some I've enjoyed, some I haven't.
This one was definitely enjoyable. It starts of nuts and stays nuts. I mean there's something REALLY bizarre in it that just made me laugh (WARNING ~ quite sexually bizarre) Some crazy stuff, but really fun and enjoyable! Can't wait to read the next one.
This one was definitely enjoyable. It starts of nuts and stays nuts. I mean there's something REALLY bizarre in it that just made me laugh (WARNING ~ quite sexually bizarre)
Spoiler
There was a genetically created elephant, about the size of a raccoon, having sex with a rolled up towel.
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