Reread August 2 to 7, 2015 for #fivefaves

Maybe more of a 3.5/5 stars. NOT SURE.
Well I still really d this book, but I'm not sure if I can count it in one of my faves anymore. I still really love the story and overall concept - they are so unique and wonderful that it's hard NOT to love them. However the writing is so SO bad. It's something I definitely wouldn't have noticed as much years ago, but it's really bad. The character development is definitely lacking as well, and the characters being SO YOUNG (aka not 18) kinda makes things romances a little icky. SO I STILL LIKED IT but I now have more issues with it. At least now I recognize them!24 s Jessica (Goldenfurpro)901 268

Meet Bob

Now we can tell that Bob is going to work but what is his job?
He could be a businessman, a lawyer, a clown, an assassin, a secret agent, a doctor, or that might not even be his briefcase at all!
What about his personality?
He looks happy in this picture but what if one of his friends just died and he's trying to look happy since that's what his friend wants?
What if he has an evil plan inside that head of his?
The thing is...
We don't know Bob.
That's what I felt when I read this book.
I knew all of the character's names and maybe what they did but they didn't have any personality. The lacked the pizzazz I need in characters.
I absolutely love time travel but I had a hard time getting through this book since they didn't feel alive.
I probably knew them as much as Bob.bloomsbury hall-of-disappointment-2-or-1-star i-give-up ...more19 s NAT.orious reads ?877 380

This book is for you if… you enjoy to be emotionally detached from your characters
? Additionally.
It would be mean to describe this book as forgetful or shallow. In my opinion, though, the plot never really caught beyond a general "Consider me intrigued" vibe. Unfortunately, for me, a general basic interest is not enough to get me hyped. While I think it was cute to make an enemies-to-whatever out of a former crush, I just did not see many of the details of this book make any sense.

Additionally, I did not get to know these characters at all even though I spent hundreds of pages with them. I read what they do and say and sometimes how they feel even, but still had the same emotional connection to them as I do to the neighbours I never really see and greet politely. I genuinely had as much of an idea of who they are as I did at the end of this book.


It's sad because I love books about time travelling or interdimensional travel. The excitement of revisiting history or experiencing an alternative version of our world rarely fails to amaze me, but I just did not manage to stay interested. Additionally, Marianne's writing felt very unpracticed and stiff - even childish sometimes. That's just a whole concoction called 'I just simply couldn't.

? What’s happening.
spoiler alert : Enemies-to-whatever meets okay-ish time travel and some mysterieous supernatural dudes.
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3 STARS. Decent read that I have neither strongly positive nor negative feelings about. Some things irked me and thus it does not qualify as exceptional. 18 s Gem (Gem's Creeps & Geeks)494 238

*happy sigh* There's a reason I've read this series so many times. Ethan will forever be one of my favourite characters of all time. This world will always be one of my favourites of all time. It has been so awesome to go back and relive this!! On to book 2!
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