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tdeshler's Reviews (698)
There was promise in the world created here, but in the end I had more questions than answers. I guess that is why this is a series. What's with the dragons anyway? Seems a bit gratuitous.
This series has a clever premise that propelled the story along at a nice clip. There was certainly a dramatic finish but I feel like the real action is still to come in future books of the series.
I wouldn't have thought you could make a sinister hedge fund, but this book show it is possible. The story started a bit slowly and the author could have made VIXAL even more evil, but it was a quick and enjoyable read.
This was pretty entertaining, if you can get past a couple of the standard teen-lit conventions (deeply felt romance and minimal backstory). Would have been easy to wrap the up in a single volume, but from the teasers at the end, it sounds like there will be some added complexity in the next book.
Having read elsewhere this book is supposed to be one of the seminal works on time travel, I dove in with great anticipation. I quickly discovered, unfortunately, that the author was more interested in exploring the associated paradoxes than in telling a story. I never learned to appreciate the various incarnations of the protagonist and was finally thankful it was a short read. Also, it was rather unclear why the author felt the need to revise the novel 30 years after its Reginald publication in 1972.
The rich description of character and setting was ultimately not enough to support this book. Although tree were a few interesting plot twists, including the central premise of the oil industry's facade, the story was pretty thin.
I usually like to read a book before I see the movie, but didn't happen this time because I didn't know about this book. Of course when you do it that way, it is impossible to avoid picturing the characters other than the way they were portrayed in the movie, but that is ok I guess because the movie was pretty good.
Reading about the quirkiness of the boy was definitely entertaining, especially when juxtaposed against the grandfather's even more bizarre behavior. I like how the ending in the book was focused on the midnight run, rather than the key hunt.
Reading about the quirkiness of the boy was definitely entertaining, especially when juxtaposed against the grandfather's even more bizarre behavior. I like how the ending in the book was focused on the midnight run, rather than the key hunt.
This was a remarkable view of a people we really don't know much about. Who really knows how much truth is contained herein, but it makes for an entertaining read. The DPK characters are not exactly nuanced, but they are different enough from those we recognize to make them somewhat unpredictable.
Some of the essays were very interesting and filled with provocative ideas, but others were a bit dry, particularly the ones about businesses like Enron.
Having done about 225 miles of the PCT myself, I was curious to see how Cheryl fared. After chuckling at her naivete and ineptitude at the beginning of the journey, I finally gave up some grudging respect by the end. Sounds like she finally achieved what she was after.