A review by monicalaurette
Time Salvager by Wesley Chu

Did not finish book. Stopped at 26%.
I DNFed this book at 26% and here’s why: From the first page, I was confused and off-put by the characters, how they handled situations, and what even was happening.

Obviously as I read a little more I got the point of the salvaging, but I felt like I was missing so much information as to the why, the purpose, and even the history of everything. I don’t want a seven-hundred page beginning detailing each year leading up to the present time of the book, but a little crumb would have helped.

The story didn’t grip me like I thought it would from the summary, and James as a character is not someone that I like to read, so it made getting through the few chapters that I did slow. Really all I liked was learning about Cole, who we didn’t hear from again after besides him getting sent to space-jail, and the mystery jumper at the base. But those two weren’t enough to keep me reading.

One quote that I did like from the pages I did manage to read is “It was no surprise mankind got so good at killing once they were in space.” because why would that be a surprise? We’re good at killing now (sadly).

I think the main part that really turned me off from the book was when James went back in time to the 1940s and was disguised as a N*zi. I get why he’d have to be one in that time but, choosing that time and area to begin with could have been avoided, and I wouldn’t have had to read a line where James had sympathy for the young N*zi he killed. I just think maybe choosing a different historical relic and time period would have maybe allowed me to read more of the book.
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