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Summary: kept turning pages looking for better writing
Review: Was very disappointed in TimeLine....book needed editing, first 150 pages could have been cut by half and all the 'saids' removed to save a tree.Characters were flat and a reader couldn't really care about them; or feel the suspense. TV's Sliders was more thrilling!
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Summary: Disappointing.
Review: Time travel has always fascinated me, that's why I jumped a t the chance to buy this book. Imagine a time travel by Micheal Crichton! . I found that his time travel method (this is fiction, of course) was plausible and well thought out. Also, his research on medieval matters was impressive. BUT the story in itself was weak and the characters neglected. Those should be the main attraction for the reader, and they were not. At least not for me. It was a very ambitious book by Crighton... maybe too ambitious for only 500 pages.
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Summary: Good but historically flawed
Review: This book is great. I have a hard time putting it down and will probably finish it within 3 days. Unfortunately there are quite a few historical flaws in it making it a typical american view of medieval europe. I dont't think he could do any different however. A certain literary freedom was necessary to make some of the passages work.
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Summary: Reads like a screenplay.
Review: Wait for the movie. There won't need to be a screenplay. This is it
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Summary: Something of a disappointment
Review: Not one of Crichton's better efforts. This is a really good story of time travel, but it isn't well handled. Suspense is weak; deus ex machinas seem to abound, especially in the last third of the book, and it reads as if it were hurriedly written, with too little attention devoted to resolving plot elements. Connie Willis' Doomsday Book, a similar story, is vastly superior in every respect.
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Summary: Good read, but story done better elsewhere
Review: I enjoyed reading "Timeline" as I have all of Mr. Crichton's books. However, I felt that this particular story was done as effectively and more poignantly in Connie Willis' "Doomsday Book" written in 1993.
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Summary: Jurassic Park meets time travel
Review: I usually like Michael Crighten, but this book is a rehash of some of his old story lines. It is like he rewrote Jurassic Park, with a time travel theme. Smart, arrogant protagonist. Poor dupes as secondary players. Stuff goes wrong, way wrong. Tedious action. My biggest gripe about this book is that the characterization was not very good. I didn't get to know the characters, all I did was see them go through a number of meaningless terrible events. But I didn't care because he didn't bring me into their world. I didn't feel like I really knew any of these characters except on a very superficial level. Take my advice. Reread Andromeda Strain instead.
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Summary: Good but a little bogged down by all the scientific stuff
Review: I enjoyed this book but had a hard time with the scientific stuff. I'm not a scientist and enjoyed his explanation of "How" it could happen but a short explanation is quite enough. Fascinating characters as well as setting!
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Summary: Best book I ever read!
Review: I remember being a bit hesitant at the thought of beginning such a long and complex book. But as soon as I got into it, the pages just flew by. The plot is very interesting (though I must admit that I found the sientific aspect a bit confusing) but I still managed to understand the story without understanding how time travel "works". To sum it up, Timeline is by far the best book I have ever read and I would recommend it to anybody.
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Summary: Time for a Movie
Review: I haven't read a Crichton novel in a few years, but this one caught my eye. To call it a page turner would be an understatement. I actually found myself struggling to finish this book during a recent power outage before the sun went down. I needed to find out how it ended! I enjoyed this book very much. I liked the time travel/multiverse aspect and thought that it was as well thought out as anything Crichton has put to paper. The action was breakneck and the suspense was good. All in all, another good one from Michael Crichton.
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