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A review by humvee
Paradox Bound by Peter Clines
3.0
Despite giving it three stars, I paradoxically liked this story
I've read everything from Peter Clines that I could find, save his most recent trip titles ("Dead Moon", and "Terminus". In sure I'll get to them eventually. "Paradox Bound" is my least favorite of his stories - but that doesn't mean I didn't like it. I just wasn't as captivated as I have been with his other works. Harry is a good character. If this story were made into a movie today, I'd envision Keira Knightley starring as Harriet 'Harry' Pritchard. I enjoyed the character Eli less. He's drawn as an educated and clever fellow, but then he just can't get his head wrapped around the time (history) traveling that is central to the story. It's annoying. After all, he's a fellow that has been fixated on his three encounters with a certain young woman (who doesn't seem to age) and very old car over a span of twenty years. So much so that he's devoted himself to the study of American automobiles. And yet he keeps referring to the seat he's sitting in while traveling with Harry in a Ford Model A Business Coupe as a "rumble seat". Which is highly unlikely. It's clear he's in the cab with Harry - so he can't be in the rumble seat. That contraption is a flip up seat located where the rear trunk on most modern sedans and coupes would be. Out in the open air. Not in the cab. That niggling detail aside, the story is entertaining and ends well. I don't recommend this story as your first exposure to Peter Clines. I'd recommend his Ex-Heroes series. Or his novels, "14" or "The Fold". Save this one until you're already a fan.
I've read everything from Peter Clines that I could find, save his most recent trip titles ("Dead Moon", and "Terminus". In sure I'll get to them eventually. "Paradox Bound" is my least favorite of his stories - but that doesn't mean I didn't like it. I just wasn't as captivated as I have been with his other works. Harry is a good character. If this story were made into a movie today, I'd envision Keira Knightley starring as Harriet 'Harry' Pritchard. I enjoyed the character Eli less. He's drawn as an educated and clever fellow, but then he just can't get his head wrapped around the time (history) traveling that is central to the story. It's annoying. After all, he's a fellow that has been fixated on his three encounters with a certain young woman (who doesn't seem to age) and very old car over a span of twenty years. So much so that he's devoted himself to the study of American automobiles. And yet he keeps referring to the seat he's sitting in while traveling with Harry in a Ford Model A Business Coupe as a "rumble seat". Which is highly unlikely. It's clear he's in the cab with Harry - so he can't be in the rumble seat. That contraption is a flip up seat located where the rear trunk on most modern sedans and coupes would be. Out in the open air. Not in the cab. That niggling detail aside, the story is entertaining and ends well. I don't recommend this story as your first exposure to Peter Clines. I'd recommend his Ex-Heroes series. Or his novels, "14" or "The Fold". Save this one until you're already a fan.