Lost in Time by A.G. RiddleMy rating: 3 of 5 stars
Not nearly enough dinosaurs, and a little too heavy-handed on the metaphors.
Aside from that, not too bad a read.
Firstly, let me be clear - Very little time is spent in the age of dinosaurs. That's what drew me to the story, so I was a little peeved by the plot. We're supposed to be getting story about Sam - exiled to the past for a crime he didn't commit - and his daughter in the present, doing all she can to clear his name and bring him home.
But this is mostly Adeline, trying to solve the past. Sam gets a few token chapters in which he is beset by prehistoric trials, but otherwise the Triassic is a massive disappointment.
Now, obviously there's a lot of time-travel shenanigans, but for the most part it comes with rules that are (mostly) easy enough to follow. Some of it was a little too bland for my tastes, but once the mystery-solving began in earnest I did find myself yearning for an answer.
The writing's not great - prepare to be beaten over the head with the metaphors, for example - but the pace is not too bad. It definitely over-sells itself with the blurb, but eventually there's so much going on that you do get swept up in it. The ending was a little too out of place for my liking, and I felt it didn't really suit the whole story at all.
Not particularly memorable, but a fun enough time travel novel that focuses on family and doing everything we can to save them.
View all my reviews
No comments:
Post a Comment