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robotnik's review against another edition
I picked up this book because I was promised fun time traveling with HG Wells. A hundred pages in and none of that happened. Instead, I've been reading a hundred pages of this sad sack rich boy who wants to shoot himself but is too busy waxing poetically in his head while some obnoxious narrator thinks he's Lemony Snicket or something. At this point, I just wish he'd shoot himself already and put us all out of our misery.
There's almost 600 more pages in this book. I simply cannot bring myself to 600 more pages of this, even if maybe there is time travel involved though reviews seem to suggest that the time traveling, which was honestly the selling point of this plot, has very little to do with anything and probably isn't real.
I'm just going to go waste my time on something that I actually find enjoyable rather than painful, thanks.
There's almost 600 more pages in this book. I simply cannot bring myself to 600 more pages of this, even if maybe there is time travel involved though reviews seem to suggest that the time traveling, which was honestly the selling point of this plot, has very little to do with anything and probably isn't real.
I'm just going to go waste my time on something that I actually find enjoyable rather than painful, thanks.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore and Sexism
petmom's review against another edition
I didn’t like it. Too violent for me. Didn’t mind the main character or the style of writing, but not really into Jack the Ripper and all the gore that comes along with it. It’s just not the novel for me. I only read about a hundred pages and then I stopped, the sex and violence are not up my alley.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gore, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Suicide attempt, Murder, and Classism
budge's review against another edition
adventurous
dark
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
2.0
I enjoyed it because of the plot twists and interesting dilemmas about time. It was fun to read in a way and I really wanted to know what would happen next, but I found the female characters were all classic male fantasy women, ie mumsy or wenchy, or both. That was quite annoying. Also there is quite gruesome violence to one woman that made me uncomfortable in the way it was dealt with and with the book being quite flippant overall.
So Yes had it's good points but made me squirm a lot.
Advice to male authors just write the book with all male characters then swap the gender of a few of them, then all your characters might be relateable. (I know some male authors write women well but haven't come across very many so far)
So Yes had it's good points but made me squirm a lot.
Advice to male authors just write the book with all male characters then swap the gender of a few of them, then all your characters might be relateable. (I know some male authors write women well but haven't come across very many so far)
Content Warnings
Graphic: Sexism, Violence, and Murder
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