Let me start with a little confession: I don’t often read time travel books because 1) the time travel going on is usually for dramatic reasons; and/or 2) there is some utterly ridiculous method for the time travel itself. Connie Willis avoids both these pitfalls and makes time travel and exciting, ...
It took me a few chapters to really get into the story, mostly because I kept getting confused as to who was who, but once I did, I couldn't put it down. Diving into All Clear now!
This is the third Connie Willis Oxford Time Travel book. One more to go "All Clear". Before buying the eBooks I did a little research. Although Time Trave back to WWII did not interest me I trusted Ms Willis' writing ability to entertain me. I am not disappointed. My research told me "Blackout...
2/12/13 ** Okay...yes, I tagged it as historical fiction, even though it's really science fiction (includes time travel). However, the main action takes place in WWII Britain (mostly the London Blitz & Dunkirk).I chose to read this because I am interested in WWII and had read little about Dunkirk. ...
A good idea ruined by hundreds of pages of mind numbing trivia. Does anyone really want to read so many pages about obtaining a black skirt or tying a parcel, and those awful kids, why go on about them so much when they contribute nothing to the story, after a while i found myself skipping ever page...
Christmas 2010: I realised that I had got stuck in a rut. I was re-reading old favourites again and again, waiting for a few trusted authors to release new works. Something had to be done.On the spur of the moment I set myself a challenge, to read every book to have won the Locus Sci-Fi award. That’...
Oh, I'm such a liar. This wasn't three stars, it was two. While I love some of Connie's other works, this one doesn't work for me. Logically inept, grossly meandering and strongly in need of some editing. While I liked pieces of the storyline, as a whole it lacked enough coherence to be enjoyable.
I didn't think I would ever finish this one. Over 17 hours of listening and this was a first book in a series. The writing style in this book wasn't really my cup of tea. The obstacle to my reading (or listening) pleasure?I kept thinking that it could have been about about 200 pages long if it had...
From other Goodreads reviews, you either love or hate this book. I fall into the former category. I borrowed it from the library and have bought it as well as the sequel.This appears to be one half of a larger book with its sequel, so I will write a longer review once I've finished it.
Warning: This is half a book! ;-) Do not start to read it, unless you have All Clear close by.For the same reason, I'm not going to review this by itself, but will make a joined review for All Clear.
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