Two and a half stars for me by the GR system; 'okay' verging on 'I liked it.' My appreciation could probably benefit from a second read. Ultimately, I can see where others liked it, but it's not executed in way I enjoyed.In some ways, it reminds me of Connie Willis' To Say Nothing of the Dog in that...
This is a high octane story of a historian who travels back in time and becomes intimately aquainted with the very people and times that he was studying, and in ways which he did not quite expect.I was gripped by this story from the beginning; you don't have to wait around for much preamble. The act...
I was a little slow getting into this because Egyptian mythology isn't really my cuppa. Ah, but after the set up there was so much for me to love. The thieves and beggers of London in 1810, sword fights, plots against the king, Byron and Coleridge, a werewolf, body-swapping, and loads of action an...
For about 360 pages of this book I kept asking myself why I was sticking with it. I couldn't remember all the various plot twists and characters and magical terms, and I couldn't garner any appreciation for the main characters-I pretty much just wanted them to die so I could finally be done with the...
An almost perfect time travel novel, from the school of "whatever you do in the past was already a part of the past" time travel plotting. Powers throws in tons of crazy elements, from obscure nineteenth century poets to ancient Egyptian sorcerers, but every element is fully exploited and pays-off;...
Brendan Doyle is an expert on Samuel Coleridge and a contemporary of his, William Ashbless, hired by a crazy millionaire to take part in a trip through a hole in the river of time. Rich clients have paid Darrow, the millionaire, a million dollars each to travel back to a Coleridge lecture in 1805. ...
Brendan Doyle is a biographer and researcher specializing in poetry and prose of the early 19th century. In fact, it's his knowledge of Coleridge and the obscure contemporary William Ashbless that leads Doyle into his time traveling adventure. An eccentric named Darrow has discovered a method of t...
Not really what I expected - ancient Egyptian stuff barely figures in it. I guess, the sorcery in it is supposed to be of Egyptian origin, and it does have some scenes in Egypt - but overall the atmosphere is much more Dickensian than Egyptian, with a significant dash of horror. It's a time-travel r...
I need to get back the time I spent on this convoluted fantasy. Interesting premise, but simply too long, too tedious. It is a pity because I started reading this looking forward to it, but after a while, just could not care less. Goes to show just because it won an award, it does not follow a work ...
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