A review by kaa
Time Was by Ian McDonald

2.0

The writing was gorgeous, but the story was a bit of a let down for me. I knew going in that it was going to be light on the SF, but I was hoping for more focus on Tom and Ben's story. I didn't find Emmett very interesting, so I was disappointed that the story spent so much time on him. I never felt very connected to any of the characters, so the attention I had to give to follow what was going on ended up being kind of frustrating. I was also hoping that there was going to be something a little bit more surprising in the story, but
SpoilerI figured out pretty early on that Emmett was E.L., and I thought it was predictable that at least one of the time travelers was dead.