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3.68 AVERAGE
3.68 AVERAGE
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
sad
fast-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
emotional
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
No
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
What an imaginative premise!! But kind of boring for all that … nothing really interesting happens. Minus one star for including some of the worst sex scene dialogue I’ve ever read in my life.
A little bit of romance, a little bit of time travel, a little bit of historical fiction. It's a very gentle sci-fi-esque book wrapped in a good story with wonderful characterizations and language.
I enjoyed it immensely and plan to continue in the series.
I enjoyed it immensely and plan to continue in the series.
i didn't get very far, didn't like it, not the writing, voice of narrator, just put me off, don't think i'll ever try again
I was pleasantly surprised by this. the premise is so interesting I feared that it would not be good. but it grew on me quickly, despite the obvious path it was following. From the stack of books from my friend the Ninja, the infamous stack the Gor series came from (don't even bother looking it up, awful).
Interesting and very well researched. An intriguing look at Tudor England and many of its eccentricities. Not heavily Sci-fi though, mostly historical.
Okay, the love story part of this book should have made my rating only 3 stars, but I loved the premise so much that I decided to be generous.
It is the future. Dr. Zeus (also known as "The Company") has invented time travel. And in order to prove they could travel through time, they invented immortality too. Immortality, though, comes with a price. Cyborg transformation, anyone?
And time travel is really expensive. But it can also be quite lucrative when you have agents working on your behalf to acquire wealth, knowledge, soon-to-be endangered plants and animals, and lost works of art for you. Don't try to change the past though. If the past is recorded, you can't monkey with it. Luckily, there is plenty that happened in the past that no one bothered to write down.
This first novel takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and the reign of Mary I (Bloody Mary). Holy crap, did I stumble into yet another Tudor historical novel without even knowing it?
Once again, didn't much care for the love story part but really loved the history part.
Thanks for the recommendation Adele.
It is the future. Dr. Zeus (also known as "The Company") has invented time travel. And in order to prove they could travel through time, they invented immortality too. Immortality, though, comes with a price. Cyborg transformation, anyone?
And time travel is really expensive. But it can also be quite lucrative when you have agents working on your behalf to acquire wealth, knowledge, soon-to-be endangered plants and animals, and lost works of art for you. Don't try to change the past though. If the past is recorded, you can't monkey with it. Luckily, there is plenty that happened in the past that no one bothered to write down.
This first novel takes place during the Spanish Inquisition and the reign of Mary I (Bloody Mary). Holy crap, did I stumble into yet another Tudor historical novel without even knowing it?
Once again, didn't much care for the love story part but really loved the history part.
Thanks for the recommendation Adele.
Fascinating concept and well researched (without being pedantic). Not necessarily a great plot or inspired writing, but overall a very readable combination of sci-fi and history.
A secret cabal of high-tech cyborgs with instructions from the future, operating throughout all of human history: beat that as a science fiction premise.
I did feel the plot, engaging and moving as it was, had enough material for a short story, not a novel. But it's a debut, and I will definitely pick up more volumes in this series.
Recommended to fans of Connie Willis!
I did feel the plot, engaging and moving as it was, had enough material for a short story, not a novel. But it's a debut, and I will definitely pick up more volumes in this series.
Recommended to fans of Connie Willis!