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arcookson 's review for:
The Emerald Atlas
by John Stephens
Full review available here.
It’s an interesting premise, but for many reasons I was unimpressed with the novel. First, I didn’t particularly care about the children. There was never any doubt whether or not good would triumph over evil (sorry if that’s a spoiler for you), the tale wasn’t as funny as the jacket copy led me to believe, and as too often happens with time travel plots, the timelines became far too mixed up and illogical. I recognize that I’m not the target audience for this book, and perhaps if you’re 10, you won’t be as concerned as I was with whether or not all this time travel makes sense.
I had rated it three stars, then realized that with no desire to read further in the series, two stars is more appropriate.
It’s an interesting premise, but for many reasons I was unimpressed with the novel. First, I didn’t particularly care about the children. There was never any doubt whether or not good would triumph over evil (sorry if that’s a spoiler for you), the tale wasn’t as funny as the jacket copy led me to believe, and as too often happens with time travel plots, the timelines became far too mixed up and illogical. I recognize that I’m not the target audience for this book, and perhaps if you’re 10, you won’t be as concerned as I was with whether or not all this time travel makes sense.
I had rated it three stars, then realized that with no desire to read further in the series, two stars is more appropriate.