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This twist on the time-travel genre posits that there is a genetic mutation that allows people to travel through time. Because this is the start to a trilogy, some of the information isn't explained quite as fully as it could have been. Also because this is the start of a trilogy, the writing and plot aren't as tight as I would have liked.
Jackson's experiences alone would have made for an interesting book, ditto his "experiments" with Alan. Throwing in a secret CIA department and the EOT people ...more
Jackson's experiences alone would have made for an interesting book, ditto his "experiments" with Alan. Throwing in a secret CIA department and the EOT people ...more
The beginning totally had me hooked - the story moves at a nice clip, the characters were just interesting enough, and I have a small weakness for time travel stories. Perhaps because I'm completely willing to go along with the premise and I don't worry about deconstructing the logic of each particular theory of time travel? At any rate, I was enjoying the quick pace and the mild suspense, right up to the big showdown at the end, where I completely lost track of who was where and when and why I
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Usually I'm a fan of anything involving time-travel, so after reading the blurb, I was really eager to read this book. Unfortunately it couldn't quite live up to my expectations as the "rules" around the time-travel got really confusing with all the exceptions and variations and what not, and I didn't really warm up to the story until rather late in the book.
I did enjoy the half-jumps Jackson took back to his past once he figured out what he was doing though - especially those where he got to se ...more
I did enjoy the half-jumps Jackson took back to his past once he figured out what he was doing though - especially those where he got to se ...more
Jul 08, 2011
Krista the Krazy Kataloguer
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