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A Rip Through Time by Kelley Armstrong

8 reviews

kwthor's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Death, Drug use, Homophobia, Racism, Sexism, Violence, Stalking, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

ms_read's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Blood, Medical content, and Murder

Moderate: Cancer, Cursing, Racism, Torture, Violence, Xenophobia, and Kidnapping

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Bullying, Drug use, Gun violence, Homophobia, Infidelity, Misogyny, Alcohol, and Classism

raelle37's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

I enjoyed the developing mystery of this if this plot. It kept me engaged and definitely has some interesting twists. The characters are interesting, varied, and the relationships between them are multifaceted. 

 Some of the time travel elements felt a bit off at times, but it did introduce some unique elements which I enjoyed. I did find myself wondering, much like the main character, what was happening in the modern world as a result of the time-traveling body swap. I certainly enjoyed it enough to be looking forward to picking up the next book.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Violence, and Murder

Moderate: Homophobia, Misogyny, Racism, Torture, Xenophobia, Kidnapping, and Stalking

Minor: Alcoholism, Drug use, Gun violence, Hate crime, Forced institutionalization, and Classism

mysticserenity's review against another edition

adventurous dark informative mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror

Moderate: Addiction, Death, Racism, Sexism, Murder, Colonisation, and Classism

Minor: Bullying, Child abuse, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Violence, Police brutality, Religious bigotry, Stalking, and Schizophrenia/Psychosis

livreads2much's review against another edition

adventurous dark hopeful mysterious medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Torture, Medical content, and Kidnapping

Moderate: Violence, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Alcohol, and Colonisation

silver_valkyrie_reads's review against another edition

adventurous mysterious fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

 While I don't spend a lot of time in the 'time travelling romance' world, I've been around the edges enough to know I really appreciate a few things about this book:

*This man mostly knows how to keep his shirt on. Major props. 

*The main character is not a complete idiot. Most of her struggles with time travel and fitting into a historical culture are very relatable, like wishing she could just google how to get details right, and she makes a solid effort at fitting in.

*The main character mostly restricts her feminist anger to genuinely problematic things, like women not being able to just go get a medical education, and her (relatively few) complaints about life as a servant are similarly reasonable, not just whiny.

*While I can see the slow burn romance coming a mile away, it actually moves slow enough so as not to make the characters seem unhinged. Yay!

 Overall, a very engaging story that was only mildly annoying. Definitely plan to continue the series!

(Edited to add: For the time being I've actually decided to give up on this series, as it's starting to push some modern political/anti-Christian worldview beliefs that have made me lose interest.)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder

Moderate: Death, Torture, Kidnapping, and Classism

Minor: Drug use, Blood, Dementia, Death of parent, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail

suzanneloving's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny hopeful mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Torture, Violence, Stalking, and Murder

Moderate: Bullying and Kidnapping

Minor: Drug use

kassidyreads's review against another edition

mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Torture, Violence, and Medical content

Minor: Cancer, Child abuse, Drug use, Hate crime, Homophobia, Infidelity, Racism, Sexism, Xenophobia, and Antisemitism