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Paradox Bound
by Peter Clines
Eli lives in a town that time forgot. Nothing has changed for an age until one day when he spies Harry in her vintage car. Eli meets Harry a few more times over the years and Harry reveals she is part of a large scale scavenger hunt along with other history travelers. They're in search for the American dream which was stolen in the 1960s, whoever possesses the dream can shape the future of the country and of course everyone has a different dream for what their ideal country should look like. Pursued by the faceless men (once protectors of the dream they're now tracking down and killing travelers) Eli and Harry travel through history in search of the great American dream.
I loved this book so much, I want a series with the adventures of Eli and Harry. Time travel - sorry history travel - is a favourite genre of mine but it is so easy to do badly. Clines has a great balance of humour, a robust storyline, and some great history. The characters were fully developed, the dialogue witty and funny, and the paradoxes of time travel well thought out. For a book about the American dream it could have been OTT patriotic or overly critical of the current state of affairs but (and others may disagree) I didn't find that. There was no great speaches about America being the best or tirades about the many ways it isn't, it was just a statement that America was founded with some idealistic values and how great it would be for people to be inspired (by the dream) for greatness again. I hope to see more of the dream and Eli and Harry in the future (or the past).
Reread 2020: still love this book, even more so on the reread. It is so clever and has so many moments which make me smile. I hope to meet Eli and Harry again
I loved this book so much, I want a series with the adventures of Eli and Harry. Time travel - sorry history travel - is a favourite genre of mine but it is so easy to do badly. Clines has a great balance of humour, a robust storyline, and some great history. The characters were fully developed, the dialogue witty and funny, and the paradoxes of time travel well thought out. For a book about the American dream it could have been OTT patriotic or overly critical of the current state of affairs but (and others may disagree) I didn't find that. There was no great speaches about America being the best or tirades about the many ways it isn't, it was just a statement that America was founded with some idealistic values and how great it would be for people to be inspired (by the dream) for greatness again. I hope to see more of the dream and Eli and Harry in the future (or the past).
Reread 2020: still love this book, even more so on the reread. It is so clever and has so many moments which make me smile. I hope to meet Eli and Harry again