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A review by gwalt118
Time After Time by Lisa Grunwald
2.0
I was SO excited for this book. Historical fiction + romance with a bit of magical realism thrown in - sign me up! The premise of Manhattenhenge is fascinating and quite a clever element around which to build a novel.
Yet, I found the story to be unexciting. It didn't bring out any emotions in me. I wasn't particularly drawn to the characters. I actually found Nora, the female protagonist, to be quite obnoxious. I thought she was selfish for the majority of the novel. I found myself waiting for something to, well, happen throughout the middle part of the novel. The characters felt very flat to me.
With that being said, I liked the ending. I thought it was going to go one way, and then it went in a completely different direction. There was a redemptive element there that almost makes me give it three stars.
It wasn't a great novel. It wasn't a bad novel. It was, as the two star rating says, "okay." What a bummer.
Yet, I found the story to be unexciting. It didn't bring out any emotions in me. I wasn't particularly drawn to the characters. I actually found Nora, the female protagonist, to be quite obnoxious. I thought she was selfish for the majority of the novel. I found myself waiting for something to, well, happen throughout the middle part of the novel. The characters felt very flat to me.
With that being said, I liked the ending. I thought it was going to go one way, and then it went in a completely different direction. There was a redemptive element there that almost makes me give it three stars.
It wasn't a great novel. It wasn't a bad novel. It was, as the two star rating says, "okay." What a bummer.