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dunecello's review
adventurous
funny
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
4.0
Super fun read. I love how so many of our assumptions about the Middle Ages are challenged here. Yeah there are plot holes, inconsistent logic, clichés, but I had a great time reading and that's what matters.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Moderate: War and Misogyny
Minor: Homophobia, Animal death, Pandemic/Epidemic, Torture, and Sexual assault
timlucier's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
informative
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
I really enjoyed Timeline! Having seen the movie a dozen times I decided to read the book and I'm really glad I did. Crichton beautifully captures the student archaeological dig atmosphere, and creates a wonderful medieval adventure. While others have found that the science was explained too much before the action takes place, I found the pacing really nice and everything to be well balanced. I wish there was more!
As an audiobook reader, John Bedford Lloyd was fantastic and I would listen to him again in a heartbeat.
As an audiobook reader, John Bedford Lloyd was fantastic and I would listen to him again in a heartbeat.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Mental illness, War, Gore, and Violence
Minor: Torture
shieldbearer's review against another edition
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
There were some things I really liked and some things I really didn't. The premise is excellent. You can tell the book is very well researched. however, the weak point really is the characters, except for Lady Claire and Merrick. Kate.. man I really liked some things about her, but she didn't has a much of a presence as I'd have liked, though I do love the way her skills as a climber were so vital to so many sequences. I felt it dragged some with unecessary complications, and I really wish the character dynamics were better fleshed out between everyone. Fuck Chris though, like his development was rushed and hamfisted just so he could get to fuck Kate in the epilogue. I really don't see the point of making Lady Claire pretend to be a boy, though I do appreciate her relationship with Merrick was NOT the main reason he stayed in the past. I also wished the doctor and the cop from the start had a more significant role and didn't end up scapegoated.
Some of my dissatisfaction is from this not being the book I would have written, but I really, really disliked Chris.
Some of my dissatisfaction is from this not being the book I would have written, but I really, really disliked Chris.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence, War, Murder, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Infidelity, Child death, and Blood
Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexism, Confinement, Acephobia/Arophobia, Vomit, Medical content, Torture, Religious bigotry, Schizophrenia/Psychosis , and Pregnancy
Minor: Rape
ticktock's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
tense
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Content Warnings
Graphic: Death, Fire/Fire injury, War, Blood, Animal death, Torture, and Violence
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