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A review by jesssika
The Map of Time by Félix J. Palma
4.0
I am honestly stuck between 2, 3, and 4 stars, but choose to go with the latter due to personal notions. Those notions are that I am tired of people and there incessant need to rewrite history or the continuous desire to only pick the most widely known crimes to play their novels from. Isn���t it more notable to look into something that isn���t easy to find rather than play on what everyone has already played with? It���s sloppy seconds when it comes to yet another Jack the Ripper story, but like I said, I knew that going in. So, for plot, character, and development I went with the higher score. Inventiveness gets a 0.
So, the story is not new in virtually any aspect, but the writing is good. I read before getting the book that the writer appears to ramble and give a lot of drivel for the reader to trudge through and that the writer continues to overuse adjectives. I was prepared going in to sidestep these flaws. It can be difficult to know what is enough, too much, or too little. So, throw it in there because the reader will delete what they don���t like anyhow. I wasn���t taken back so much by the overuse but that it seemed to give a melancholy air about the story. The beginning is difficult to follow, as from paragraph to paragraph I had to guess who was even telling the story (the flip-flopping between Andrew POV and the Narrator telling me to forget so and so).
Then, by the time we get to the huge dramatic event that has caused Andrew to want to end his life���it flounders. There���s no real climax because the protagonist at this point doesn���t seem as enthused about the story so why should I be? Andrew wonders throughout the story in a fog and that makes it difficult to get on board. The people in the story really have to be a part of their story or else the reader can���t. Maybe that���s why it���s gotten bad reviews?
So, the story is not new in virtually any aspect, but the writing is good. I read before getting the book that the writer appears to ramble and give a lot of drivel for the reader to trudge through and that the writer continues to overuse adjectives. I was prepared going in to sidestep these flaws. It can be difficult to know what is enough, too much, or too little. So, throw it in there because the reader will delete what they don���t like anyhow. I wasn���t taken back so much by the overuse but that it seemed to give a melancholy air about the story. The beginning is difficult to follow, as from paragraph to paragraph I had to guess who was even telling the story (the flip-flopping between Andrew POV and the Narrator telling me to forget so and so).
Then, by the time we get to the huge dramatic event that has caused Andrew to want to end his life���it flounders. There���s no real climax because the protagonist at this point doesn���t seem as enthused about the story so why should I be? Andrew wonders throughout the story in a fog and that makes it difficult to get on board. The people in the story really have to be a part of their story or else the reader can���t. Maybe that���s why it���s gotten bad reviews?