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A review by pammerhammer
Timeline by Michael Crichton
4.0
I've adored the last three or four Michael Crichton novels I've read so it's no surprise that I am a huge fan of Timeline. I also appreciate that Crichton took on a different type of tech, and took a new spin on how that tech might be used.
And while I try desperately to remember these novels are fiction, I also find myself wondering a lot about my misconceptions about what the middle ages might've been like. Crichton has a special skill for making all kinds of science fiction seem like non-fiction.
As for this book in particular, time travel is more outlandish than, say, genetically modified plants, so I was able to read it as more fiction. I loved what a badass the characters were in their own way. I do think about 75-80% of the way through the action started to get a little repetitive. Kate probably climbed / acrobatted her way across a castle two or three times, there was tons of running away from soldiers while Marek was a badass, etc.
Also around that mark, all of them had been injured at some point, but they keep running! It just felt like it dragged a bit.
All in all, solid read, and I'll be recommending it to any of my friends who like Michael Crichton.
And while I try desperately to remember these novels are fiction, I also find myself wondering a lot about my misconceptions about what the middle ages might've been like. Crichton has a special skill for making all kinds of science fiction seem like non-fiction.
As for this book in particular, time travel is more outlandish than, say, genetically modified plants, so I was able to read it as more fiction. I loved what a badass the characters were in their own way. I do think about 75-80% of the way through the action started to get a little repetitive. Kate probably climbed / acrobatted her way across a castle two or three times, there was tons of running away from soldiers while Marek was a badass, etc.
Also around that mark, all of them had been injured at some point, but they keep running! It just felt like it dragged a bit.
All in all, solid read, and I'll be recommending it to any of my friends who like Michael Crichton.