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mrfrank's review
3.0
My first exposure to GLOBSTER TIME MACHINE was hearing author Jon Meyers do a reading from it several years back. That reading stuck with me, it was so goofy and genuinely funny. It was high time to read it in its entirety and GLOBSTER TIME MACHINE does not disappoint.
This ticks up the weird factor from Meyers PINK PLANET. GLOBSTER TIME MACHINE takes place in a fantastic world with fantastic creatures. There is a lot of weirdness here but its all laced together with a storyline. The storyline, however, is very loose. It heads in one direction and almost absentmindedly switches to another. Everything congeals at the end and all loose ends get tied up, albeit a bit haphazzardly.
My initial reaction at the end of GLOBSTER TIME MACHINE is that its the "Scenes From An Italian Resturant" of bizarro fiction. Two different stories stitched together as one. One not having much to do with the other save for some crafty orchestration. The abrupt ending and conclusion as an afterthoight kind of knocked this from a foir starvto a three star effort. Its still a fun and carefree read for when you just need something lighthearted to read.
This ticks up the weird factor from Meyers PINK PLANET. GLOBSTER TIME MACHINE takes place in a fantastic world with fantastic creatures. There is a lot of weirdness here but its all laced together with a storyline. The storyline, however, is very loose. It heads in one direction and almost absentmindedly switches to another. Everything congeals at the end and all loose ends get tied up, albeit a bit haphazzardly.
My initial reaction at the end of GLOBSTER TIME MACHINE is that its the "Scenes From An Italian Resturant" of bizarro fiction. Two different stories stitched together as one. One not having much to do with the other save for some crafty orchestration. The abrupt ending and conclusion as an afterthoight kind of knocked this from a foir starvto a three star effort. Its still a fun and carefree read for when you just need something lighthearted to read.
bryceoc's review
1.0
I received this book through a First Reads giveaway.
Terrible. It tries so hard to be edgy and funny, but it's painful to read. The main character is obnoxious and uninteresting. As I read this book, I tried to think of something positive, anything that I may have liked about it. I think I may have smiled once.
The second half of the book turns into a weird sexual misadventure, completely ignoring the main plot and not even attempting coherency. If it was trying to be funny/shocking, it failed. If it was trying to be sexy, it managed to make every sex scene absolutely disgusting. Yikes.
Terrible. It tries so hard to be edgy and funny, but it's painful to read. The main character is obnoxious and uninteresting. As I read this book, I tried to think of something positive, anything that I may have liked about it. I think I may have smiled once.
The second half of the book turns into a weird sexual misadventure, completely ignoring the main plot and not even attempting coherency. If it was trying to be funny/shocking, it failed. If it was trying to be sexy, it managed to make every sex scene absolutely disgusting. Yikes.
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