**spoiler alert** Waiting for the narrator finally to get her just desserts was fairly compelling, but I can't say I got much out of the juxtaposition**spoiler alert** Waiting for the narrator finally to get her just desserts was fairly compelling, but I can't say I got much out of the juxtaposition of plagiarism, cultural appropriation, and exploitation. The latter two just never seemed significant relative to the plagiarism at the heart of the story. And the protagonist wasn't a clever enough thief to be a good anti-hero....more
I mostly enjoyed this book. It felt about 20% too long, but I did like that it gave their relationship time to breathe. I found it occasionally hard tI mostly enjoyed this book. It felt about 20% too long, but I did like that it gave their relationship time to breathe. I found it occasionally hard to track which was which between Red and Blue and their associated faction, but I guess that's part of the point.
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The time travel logic didn't always hold up. Characters often acted like they were under a time crunch, which didn't make sense. And it seems the author wants it to be a big reveal when one of them goes back in time to change something that already happened.
The book also suggested that Atlantis was real? Boo.
But, even though it didn't hold up for me as pure sci-fi, the relationship between two soldiers on opposite sides of a war was compelling. The author made a budding romance between killing machines work, which is no small feat. And a lot of creativity went into some of the time/place settings through which they hopped....more
I loved this book, as others have mentioned, the main character's voice reminded me a lot of Huckleberry Finn. Some plot points stretched believabilitI loved this book, as others have mentioned, the main character's voice reminded me a lot of Huckleberry Finn. Some plot points stretched believability for me, but mostly it worked....more
An earlier reviewer wrote that it "felt like a snapshot of a bigger, more interesting story that was unwritten", and that pretty well sums up my respoAn earlier reviewer wrote that it "felt like a snapshot of a bigger, more interesting story that was unwritten", and that pretty well sums up my response to it. It's an interesting scenario, but the characters all behaved so unbelievably passively and homogeneously that it was hard for me to take it seriously as a critique....more
I very much enjoyed this book. It's a fairly quick read. Characterization and drama are light and it might seem dry to some, but I like the slow reveaI very much enjoyed this book. It's a fairly quick read. Characterization and drama are light and it might seem dry to some, but I like the slow reveal and focus on the discovery over the discoverers....more
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