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So I'm kind of mixed on this book. On the one hand, I loved the pacing and forward momentum of the story, which kept events feeling really exciting. On the other hand, I wasn't feeling much for the actual characters themselves, and so I felt like the story lacked emotional depth. The overall result was a little...unsatisfying.
I did like the writing, and I still want to try some of Graudin's other books. I enjoyed Invictus well enough while I was readin ...more
So I'm kind of mixed on this book. On the one hand, I loved the pacing and forward momentum of the story, which kept events feeling really exciting. On the other hand, I wasn't feeling much for the actual characters themselves, and so I felt like the story lacked emotional depth. The overall result was a little...unsatisfying.
I did like the writing, and I still want to try some of Graudin's other books. I enjoyed Invictus well enough while I was readin ...more
Entertaining, if a bit light on characterisation and technical details (which I’m ok with, really). Fast paced and diverse.
I was a little concerned about reading this, because time-travel stories often bother me - so many paradoxes! Also, YA often bothers me. However, I didn't need to worry - nothing annoyed me in this book :)
After failing his final exam to become a legal time traveler, Farway McCarthy gets an offer to work for the black market and steal antiquities from the past that won't be missed. Note: I now have a new theory about where all my lost stuff went :). His friends are his crew - and it a fun group - ...more
After failing his final exam to become a legal time traveler, Farway McCarthy gets an offer to work for the black market and steal antiquities from the past that won't be missed. Note: I now have a new theory about where all my lost stuff went :). His friends are his crew - and it a fun group - ...more
2.5 stars. This started out with a lot of promise but in the end just didn’t work very well for me.
I was just not in the mood for this. I also didn’t really care for the writing style, and found the narration irritated me in several spots, as well as the way Imogen expressed herself. I suspect the problem was my mood, rather than the author’s work itself, as I normally enjoy stories comprising time travel, heists and fast-paced action.
3.5 stars
I was in the mood to read a time travel book, and this one hit the spot.
I enjoyed the premise and concept of this book most of all- a boy is born on a time traveling ship in between jumping from the past into the future. So he really doesn't have a birthdate. If you don't have a birthdate, what does that do to the fabric of time? I really enjoyed all the discussions of time travel and the ethics behind it.
The time travel adventures the crew of the Invictus takes were also really fun t ...more
I was in the mood to read a time travel book, and this one hit the spot.
I enjoyed the premise and concept of this book most of all- a boy is born on a time traveling ship in between jumping from the past into the future. So he really doesn't have a birthdate. If you don't have a birthdate, what does that do to the fabric of time? I really enjoyed all the discussions of time travel and the ethics behind it.
The time travel adventures the crew of the Invictus takes were also really fun t ...more
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