This is a 4.5 star review.An absolutely amazing series, but I am very glad I knew from the set out that "All Clear" was one book split out in two volumes, rather than two individual books. I would have been furious with the cliffhanger at the end of "Blackout" if I hadn't known this in advance.But v...
Super spoilery:The story had sucked me in, despite the long-winded whinging by the three main characters. I was even not so sorry when Mike died - one less whinger! But then he'd faked it and I was angry with him for hurting the other two. Then he died anyway and I wasn't sure what to make of tha...
Blackout/All Clear.The two books are really one novel (thanks, publishers, for getting me to pay double!) so there's no reason to talk about them separately.They're also part of Willis' time travel series, although they're not advertised as such. I really wouldn't recommend starting with these books...
I put this down in the middle of a sentence. Someone interrupted me to ask why I was still reading it when I was obviously not enjoying it and he was right. The place where I stopped is for sure a spoiler. It was in the middle of the eulogy for Mike at his funeral, where I am probably a couple of pa...
First of all, this is a review of both Blackout and All Clear, because they are not two different novels, they are one two volume story. All Clear picks up exactly where Blackout left off, as if there was no more than a chapter break. So if you are going to embark on this journey, have both books on...
This is the second half of Blackout and make no mistake, there's no point whatsoever in reading this if you haven't read that first. Which is a lot of reading -- along the lines of 1100+ pages altogether -- and there were many times when I didn't think it was worth it. But I ended up being incredi...
Think of the traditional war narrative: guy goes off adventuring, faithful gal waits at home. Because the guy goes off to do his warring elsewhere, the reader doesn't have to feel too bad about the death and destruction that is wreaked on them. The repercussions are all limited in time and place,...
Let's put aside the fact that Connie Willis only seems to write time travel books. I'm willing to forgive her for sticking to one theme because she does it very well.The rating is really for Blackout and All Clear together, since they are the same book (I think the publisher had to split it because ...
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