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TimeRiders
by Alex Scarrow
Where to start? Generally speaking I have to say that I liked this book and the idea behind it. An agency guarding time and setting things right. I liked the five main characters and the villians were good too. There was some techno-babble and history and adventure and character stuff. All in all things that I like very much.
But, there were also some things I really didn't like. Why oh why is this book set at a point in time I absolutely don't want to read about in order to be entertained and have troubles with dealing with. The base of operations for the Team is in New York and they are "trapped" in a timebubble which lets them relive September 10th and 11th 2001 over and over again. I just. Maddy (and the others) have to go through September 10th + 11th again and again and again and Maddy lost someone (a cousin if I remember correctly) in the towers. Sal has to sit on a bench and has to see and live through the impacts of the planes and the aftermath every two days. I just can't comprehend how someone would do this to these kids, hell to anybody, over and over again.
The characters are pulled out of their time, away from their families and friends but we don't really see them mourn and/or miss them?
When Kramer went back in time and everything changed - why was Sal still there? She's been outside of the bubble when the shift happened. Shouldn't she be "erased" or at least forget who and what she is? Especially since this was used in the end to make her alive again? *scratches head* Also, if there are a lot of such TimeRider Teams - why are only Liam and Bob capable of saving history? Shouldn't other teams travel back too and try to right things?
I really don't like how Foster, Liam, Sal and Maddy treated Bob while Bob was still learning. These comments about the clumsy idot and the fun they make of him learning to eat with silverware? *ugh*
While the setting of the case in WWII and not killing Hitler wasn't too original I was at least a bit happy that there was more shown of the aftermath what the bad!timetravellers did than with WWII directly. I was especially surprised how we got to see what being imprisoned for almost six months did to and how it changed Liam.
There were some other things I didn't like either or had to roll my eyes about (you have a time machine but not some kind of emergency power thing that isn't a 21th century diesel generator? Especially since you know that the disruption field of the time machine is rendering your stored fuel useless? o.O) and some other things I really liked (like showing that time travel has effects on the body).
All in all an okay book but I have to think a bit if I'm going to keep reading this series or not.
But, there were also some things I really didn't like. Why oh why is this book set at a point in time I absolutely don't want to read about in order to be entertained and have troubles with dealing with. The base of operations for the Team is in New York and they are "trapped" in a timebubble which lets them relive September 10th and 11th 2001 over and over again. I just. Maddy (and the others) have to go through September 10th + 11th again and again and again and Maddy lost someone (a cousin if I remember correctly) in the towers. Sal has to sit on a bench and has to see and live through the impacts of the planes and the aftermath every two days. I just can't comprehend how someone would do this to these kids, hell to anybody, over and over again.
The characters are pulled out of their time, away from their families and friends but we don't really see them mourn and/or miss them?
When Kramer went back in time and everything changed - why was Sal still there? She's been outside of the bubble when the shift happened. Shouldn't she be "erased" or at least forget who and what she is? Especially since this was used in the end to make her alive again? *scratches head* Also, if there are a lot of such TimeRider Teams - why are only Liam and Bob capable of saving history? Shouldn't other teams travel back too and try to right things?
I really don't like how Foster, Liam, Sal and Maddy treated Bob while Bob was still learning. These comments about the clumsy idot and the fun they make of him learning to eat with silverware? *ugh*
While the setting of the case in WWII and not killing Hitler wasn't too original I was at least a bit happy that there was more shown of the aftermath what the bad!timetravellers did than with WWII directly. I was especially surprised how we got to see what being imprisoned for almost six months did to and how it changed Liam.
There were some other things I didn't like either or had to roll my eyes about (you have a time machine but not some kind of emergency power thing that isn't a 21th century diesel generator? Especially since you know that the disruption field of the time machine is rendering your stored fuel useless? o.O) and some other things I really liked (like showing that time travel has effects on the body).
All in all an okay book but I have to think a bit if I'm going to keep reading this series or not.