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A review by grayjay
All Clear by Connie Willis
3.0
I found it difficult to get through this book and it was mostly the sense of completion, it being the fourth book in this series, that got me through.
Somewhere in the two long books that make up the expasive Blackout/All Clear duo is one good shorter novel. There are very strong and likeable characters, there is a good overarching story, and there is good historical research.
Unfortunately, the good parts are overshadowed by tedious dialogue, internal monologue, and extremely repetitive actions and plot points. The characters are constantly reviewing possibilities: if I hadn't done this, than this wouldn't have happened, so this wouldn't have happened and this wouldn't have happened. If so and so hadn't done this than this would have happened. I know it's a novel about time travel and possibilities, but it's excruciatingly repetitive.
Somewhere in the two long books that make up the expasive Blackout/All Clear duo is one good shorter novel. There are very strong and likeable characters, there is a good overarching story, and there is good historical research.
Unfortunately, the good parts are overshadowed by tedious dialogue, internal monologue, and extremely repetitive actions and plot points. The characters are constantly reviewing possibilities: if I hadn't done this, than this wouldn't have happened, so this wouldn't have happened and this wouldn't have happened. If so and so hadn't done this than this would have happened. I know it's a novel about time travel and possibilities, but it's excruciatingly repetitive.