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katielsimon's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 20%

Felt unpolished. Typos were frequent, there was no depth to any characters or their interactions, and even the interesting things weren’t explored enough to make them meaningful. 
adventurous emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
adventurous funny lighthearted tense fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: No
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: No
adventurous lighthearted fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

Mum recommended this, really enjoyed it. Easy to read, completely action packed with a new disaster every other chapter. Good characters. Nice teen fiction. Interested where(when) on earth it will go next.
adventurous emotional funny informative medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven: A mix
Strong character development: Yes
Loveable characters: Yes
Diverse cast of characters: N/A
Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

Enjoyable, headlong rush of a read.  Especially apt for historians.

Nards.

I love Taylor's tongue-in-cheek sense of humour, but the messing with history stuff just drives me crazy. At times the writing was awesome, but then the character interactions were confusing and/ or unrealistic.

I think the idea behind this series is every true historian's [to be a tad crass] wet dream, but my disbelief is not to be suspended that high, I'm afraid!!

It's a fun "romp" as one reviewer said, and that's about it.

I would read other stuff from Taylor outside this series, however, as she has that good, dry, British humour.
adventurous funny fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven: Plot
Strong character development: Complicated
Loveable characters: No
Diverse cast of characters: No
Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated
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libraryofphee's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH

Dnf af 76%
I didn’t like how things were being done or written about
el_c's profile picture

el_c's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 47%

Had to return to the library.
adventurous fast-paced

Thoroughly enjoyed this tale of historians who go back to the past to observe and document... and who have a problem from the future to solve, as well. Fun, engaging, all the best things.