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4.15 AVERAGE
4.15 AVERAGE
slow-paced
adventurous
challenging
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
Content Warnings
Moderate: Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Sexism, War, Classism
funny
mysterious
medium-paced
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
My Victorianist friends would probably find the characterization of the period frustrating, but I enjoyed this and thought that the ending was very satisfying.
funny
informative
lighthearted
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Loveable characters:
Yes
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
Loveable characters:
Yes
There's a scene in the movie Brazil, where Sam Lowry has been given a promotion and sent up to meet his new boss. Empty corridors suddenly fill with noise as the boss strides briskly by, a throng of other men at his heels, which Sam is quickly swept into, and instructions are yelled to him between orders to the various other men.
This is what the early chapters of this book feel like. Dropped in medias res, the reader is swept along with very little explanation provided, and our protagonist Ned barely in a state to keep up with any of it. The pace hardly slows for a breath through the entire book. The characters are all a bit broad, leaning toward parody, and tend to talk over and around each other, adding to the sense of chaos. It's fun in bursts but a little exhausting in longer stretches.
The time travel is solid, based on chaos theory and a single self-correcting time stream, which was quite well implemented and fascinating to follow.
Overall enjoyable, well worth the read. It wears its influences on its sleeve, so if you enjoy the comedic works of Wodehouse, Chesterton, or Wilde, or the mysteries of Sayers, Conan Doyle, or Christie, this will probably do it for you.
This is what the early chapters of this book feel like. Dropped in medias res, the reader is swept along with very little explanation provided, and our protagonist Ned barely in a state to keep up with any of it. The pace hardly slows for a breath through the entire book. The characters are all a bit broad, leaning toward parody, and tend to talk over and around each other, adding to the sense of chaos. It's fun in bursts but a little exhausting in longer stretches.
The time travel is solid, based on chaos theory and a single self-correcting time stream, which was quite well implemented and fascinating to follow.
Overall enjoyable, well worth the read. It wears its influences on its sleeve, so if you enjoy the comedic works of Wodehouse, Chesterton, or Wilde, or the mysteries of Sayers, Conan Doyle, or Christie, this will probably do it for you.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Misogyny, Fire/Fire injury, Classism
Minor: Animal death
adventurous
funny
mysterious
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
mysterious
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
Loved this. Perfect mix of funny and science fiction-y, with a bit of romance, a mix of historical eras, and all the references were to books I grew up with! Jerome K Jerome, PG Wodehouse, Dorothy Sayers- what could be better?
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Plot
Strong character development:
No
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated