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The Time Quake (The Gideon Trilogy #3)

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Time itself is splintering. If the catastrophic consequences of time travel are now impossible to ignore, Lord Luxon only has eyes for its awesome possibilities. He has his sights set on no lesser prize than America. Abducted to 1763, Peter and Kate begin to understand that history has arrived at its tipping point. Adrift in time, Kate transforms into an oracle, able to se...more

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Published October 6th 2009 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers (first published June 2009)

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Nov 16, 2012 Elevetha Houre rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Pretty much anyone

Recommended to Elevetha by: Miss Clark

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3 1\2 stars. The last book in the Time Travelers trilogy. I love this series to bits and the end was very disappointing. Love\hate relationship between me and this book. I love all the characters. Except Lord Luxon. But even he is written brilliantly. The book itself is my least favorite of the series but the ending.... I hate the ending.

Hate it. The rubbish, even though well-written, made me very angry. I question why she chose to write it that way. REAL ending must have gotten lost in editing...more

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Nov 01, 2009 Jason rated it 3 of 5 stars

Trilogies from the outset raise expectations. The reader expects the story to be so epic in scope that a mere single volume would never maintain its magnitude. It also creates anticipation for a climax that will eclipse the cliff-hanging endings of the two previous volumes. The Time Quake comes close to achieving these feats but falters in its final moments, betraying the impeccably detailed logic laid out throughout this engaging series. The resolution is a bit of an afterthought and convenient...more

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Nov 30, 2011 Laila Knudsen rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Lommetyven Gideon og Tjæremanden udkom begge på dansk tilbage i 2008 – og det er ved at være længe siden, når nu tredie og sidste del i Tidsrejsen er på gaden. Det kan godt være lidt af et problem i starten, for der er en del personer i Lord Luxon, og de befinder sig mange forskellige steder i tid og rum. Det er med andre ord pinedød nødvendigt at læse serien fra starten af.

Kate og Peter er blevet sendt tilbage i tiden på grund af det, der skulle have været en antityngdemaskine. Der er de blevet...more Lommetyven Gideon og Tjæremanden udkom begge på dansk tilbage i 2008 – og det er ved at være længe siden, når nu tredie og sidste del i Tidsrejsen er på gaden. Det kan godt være lidt af et problem i starten, for der er en del personer i Lord Luxon, og de befinder sig mange forskellige steder i tid og rum. Det er med andre ord pinedød nødvendigt at læse serien fra starten af.

Kate og Peter er blevet sendt tilbage i tiden på grund af det, der skulle have været en antityngdemaskine. Der er de blevet involveret med to mænd, der virker så forskellige som nat og dag: Gideon, der hjælper dem, og Tjæremanden, der er et grusomt menneske, som kun handler ud fra sine egne interesser (og næsten fremstår som mytisk ond i en sådan grad, at han totalt overtog de tidligere bind). Andre bipersoner render rundt i vor tid og forsøger at finde ud af, hvad der foregår, mens Tjæremandens chef, titlens Lord Luxon, har stjålet en tidsmaskine og rejser frem og tilbage efter forgodtbefindende. Han er chokeret over, at hans fædreland har mistet magten over Staterne under Uafhængighedskrigen, og det sætter han sig for at ændre.

Det viser sig, at tidsrejser skaber parallelle universer, og det “rigtige” univers er begyndt at vakle under byrden af alle disse afkom. Så både fortid og nutid rammes af voldsomme tidsskælv, og alt er ved at gå op i limningen.

Desværre er universet ikke det eneste, der bliver lidt overbebyrdet her i sidste del af trilogien – historien lider også under det. Der er lidt for mange personer, og de skal nå lidt for mange ting, før tiden løber ud. Det sørger naturligvis for, at handlingen bevæger sig derudad, men gør det også lidt sværere at engagere sig end i de tidligere bind. Men Buckley-Archer har stadig et både håndfast og legende greb om sine personer, og det er især dem, der fastholder læseren. Skurkene er så onde, at man næsten holder med dem, og så er det svært ikke at smile, når en flok barske rødfrakker fra 1700-tallet går i biografen og stortuder til Ringenes herre!

Samtidig får forfatteren leget med nogle gode ideer undervejs, og selv om der måske bindes lidt for pæn sløjfe til sidst, lader man sig gladeligt trække med undervejs. Lord Luxon lever ikke ikke helt op til de tidligere bind i historien, men den leverer stadig en spændende og fascinerende historie med både dystre og humoristiske sider(less)

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Apr 02, 2011 April Knapp rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s-chapter, historical-fiction, sci-fi

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This is a review for the entire trilogy.

The Gideon Trilogy is a well-told story that keeps you coming back for more. I had a hard time putting the books down, especially the first two. Buckley-Archer is compared to J.K Rowling. I wouldn't go THAT far, but it is a good, entertaining story.

The character development is decent. I read this trilogy after reading the amazing 100 Cupboards Trilogy which has phenomenal character development, so try as I may, it was hard to...more

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Jul 19, 2010 Rhiannon Ryder rated it 4 of 5 stars

I won't lie, I picked up The Time Travelers, part one in the Gideon trilogy, mainly because it had awesome cover art. James Jean is such a deadly awesome artist, and I was so excited that he'd illustrated a middle school book, I just had to read it.

As a first book, The Time Travelers was a bit cumbersome. The story was a lot of fun and I was digging the characters, but I found her style was a bit stilted. It was almost as if she was attributing a 7 year olds' way of reading to her 9-13 year old...more I won't lie, I picked up The Time Travelers, part one in the Gideon trilogy, mainly because it had awesome cover art. James Jean is such a deadly awesome artist, and I was so excited that he'd illustrated a middle school book, I just had to read it.

As a first book, The Time Travelers was a bit cumbersome. The story was a lot of fun and I was digging the characters, but I found her style was a bit stilted. It was almost as if she was attributing a 7 year olds' way of reading to her 9-13 year old age category. Lets face it, Harry Potter wasn't talking down to kids and they ate it up like candy, so why should anyone else have to?

The second book, The Time Thief, was a huge improvement. She seemed to have found her stride and the book was sounding a lot less like a young children's book and a lot more like a confident middle school book. The time travel aspect was getting just the tiniest bit complicated but I liked where she was going and enjoyed the time flip from the first book.

The Time Quake, the third and final part of the series was definitely her piece de resistance. All the complicated ins and outs of the time travel were set up, so although it remained complicated, it was by no means confusing, the characters were finally and fully fleshed out in a revealing and interesting way, and the adventure was fast paced and page turning. Full confidence was given to her audience, and not only did she not dumb it down but covered almost adult level historical material, in such a way that many kids will thank her for.

Although not one of my all time top ten middle school series, I look forward to Linda Buckley-Archer's next book or series. She's definitely an author to look out for.

The Time Quake, By Linda Buckley-Archer
Published by Simon and Schuster Children's Publishing, October 2009

P.S- I have to point out that Entertainment weekly's review tag line for these books "for kids who love Harry Potter" is a bit of a stretch. It's not in anyway similar either in it's subject matter or the way the story is told. Obviously a kid who read Harry Potter (i.e 90% of children) could love this book, but I wouldn't say it's a given. And it certainly wouldn't be my number one suggestion to a parent who was looking for their kids next great read based on the fact they loved Harry Potter. So be warned!(less)

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Nov 29, 2009 Jon Cox rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: children-s, fantasy-sci-fi, philosophy-religion, travel

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. I think I might have liked this book better than the previous one in the series, only because I had months to become accustomed to the premise on which the whole book rests. Unfortunately, the resolution to the whole series is dependant upon that premise, and Buckley-Archer takes way too long to finally get to the resolution.

Basically, throughout the whole series, Buckley-Archer makes her characters assert that time can not be undone, and that if you change the past, it only creates more altern...more

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Dec 03, 2010 Ben rated it 3 of 5 stars

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. This book is about 2 kids who travel through time and get stuck in the 1700's . This is the 3 book.If you are going to read it you might want to read # 1 and 2.It is by Linda Buckly-Archer. I rate it 3 because it is boring at times. It has real history but is altered. The main characters are Gideon , Peter and Kate.

In the beginning the time machine is stolen by an evil guy named Lord Luxion and the other one is with another evil guy (who later turns out to be a hero's brother and is good) the Ta...more

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Feb 15, 2010 Traci rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. Despite the anticlimactic ending, there were still some very interesting ideas that were explored in this book.
1) Lord Luxon's plot to change the course of history for his own personal gain ended in a satisfying "you reap what you sow" kind of way. I found myself getting very concerned for the safety of George Washington and the future of America. It was fascinating to consider that changing one event could have cost the colonist their freedom and their new country. Pride in country (and capita...more

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Dec 19, 2010 Truly rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

"Apakah semua keteraturan sudah tercabut dari dunia ini?" seru Tar Man
"Apakah alam telah sakit parah?"

Apa jadinya jika anda ingin mengubah sebuah sejarah?
Apakah masa depan akan menjadi lebih baik dan seperti yang ada harapkan, atau malah menjadi lebih buruk?

Lord Luxon terobsesi dengan kemungkinan ia mampu mengubah sejarah. Dengan mesin waktu yang dikuasainya, Lord Luxon hidup dengan sangat mewah dan diterima dipergaulan kalangan atas. Ia membawa barang-barang yang ada dijamannya untuk dijual dim...more

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Sep 05, 2010 Maria rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: young-adult-fiction

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I’m not a big fan of time travel stories and, as a rule, I generally avoid them. Time travel is fraught with a host of problems which this book does not shy away from: There are the risks of creating multiple parallel timelines, and the possibility that time will collapse under the stress of these events. I feel that my general dislike of this type of story has resulted in what sounds like a negative revie...more *Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*Spoilers*

I’m not a big fan of time travel stories and, as a rule, I generally avoid them. Time travel is fraught with a host of problems which this book does not shy away from: There are the risks of creating multiple parallel timelines, and the possibility that time will collapse under the stress of these events. I feel that my general dislike of this type of story has resulted in what sounds like a negative review and I would like to say that I liked this trilogy and I wouldn’t hesitate to put it in my classroom library. I thought Peter and Kate’s story was sweet and enjoyable, and the language was vivid and drove the story well. I find that my biggest issues arise from the construction of this final volume and the internal logic of time travel as created and explained by Linda Buckley-Archer; I’m not a scientist, I don’t understand the physics of time travel, but I am willing to suspend my disbelief and go with the explanation offered in the book. If I have a complaint it is that some of the time-travel elements don’t make sense within the logic of the story, and their inclusion is predicated on the need to drive the plot. For example, Kate’s ‘blurring’ in the first book is used to inform her parents that she and Peter have travelled in time to 1762; once this need is filled, she loses this ability and develops a new ‘fast-forwarding’ ability in the second and third installments. Similarly, the Tar Man learns how to blur, which is how he is able to taunt Lord Luxon with his new status and the revelation that there are two time machines, but he too develops a new ability that allows him to use antiques to travel to the time the item was made. No explanation is offered for the Tar Man’s and Kate’s time-travel abilities which, in a book heavy with explanations about the possibility and implications of time travel, undermine the consistency of the story.

Another element that doesn’t make sense is the use of entries from Gideon’s diary interspersed through all three books. The final book only contains two such entries: one at the beginning of the book and one prior to chapter 4 and the reason for the insertion of these is never made clear; they seem to be a kind of odd, abandoned plot device and don’t offer any new information.

The first chapter of the story begins somewhat confusingly with Lord Luxon, who has stolen the time machine and travelled to present-day New York in the attempt to learn why Britain lost the colonies so that he can go back in time and sabotage America’s successful bid for independence in the 1760’s. It isn’t confusing that he has travelled in time, this was the whole point of tricking the Tar Man into bringing him the anti-gravity machines; it simply takes a considerable while to figure out why Lord Luxon is in Manhattan at all. The logic behind the self-absorbed and vain Lord Luxon’s sudden patriotic endeavor is never fully explained: Is it an attempt by Luxon to make a name for himself, or a misguided effort to prove to his (deceased) father that he isn’t a failure? In addition to this sudden and somewhat odd turn, is the fact that the only two time codes known by any of the characters is the original code that took the children to 1763 and the mistaken code that took Kate and Nicholas Schock to 1792. It is never explained how Luxon figured out how to get himself and his henchmen to Trenton, New Jersey on precisely December 25, 1776, a feat that not even Drs. Dyer and Perretti, who understand the anti-gravity machine best of all, could attempt successfully.

The Tar Man, who was manipulated into bringing Lord Luxon the anti-gravity machine at the end of the second book, spends the entire third book waging a desperate attempt to return to the future he was tricked into leaving. He’s discovered that he likes, and has become accustomed to, the technological advances, and he isn’t ready to be “stuck” in his own time. In another interesting and unexplained development, the Tar Man discovers that if he holds certain antiques he can travel to the time in which they were manufactured. For example, he can hold a Roman coin and travel to Roman-occupied Britain. This plot development is a mere curiosity until the conclusion of the series when the Tar Man uses it to save the day, and I never understood how he gained the ability or was able to use it after his return to 1763. For most of the third novel he remains as cutthroat as ever, but the reader discovers that he is Nathaniel, Gideon’s oldest brother, and in the final pages of the trilogy the brothers must unite to stop the destruction of the world. Despite the help he gives his brother, however, all he does is motivated out of a sense of self preservation: He only helps his brother because he is made to understand that if he doesn’t the world will be destroyed under the weight of the countless timelines created by himself, Peter, Kate, Mr. Dyer, and Lord Luxon.

By contrast, Gideon remains faithful to the children and their attempts to return home throughout the entire trilogy. He is the “good” brother, and he never questions the personal risks he has to take to ensure the children’s survival. It must be because of this steadfast devotion that the books are referred to as the “Gideon Trilogy,” because he is otherwise barely present for most of the second and third books. The majority of his appearance in The Time Quake is in the last third of the story, and so much time is devoted to Kate’s deteriorating physical condition and Luxon’s plans to change history that Gideon is reduced to a minor player in the series named for him.

Meanwhile, Kate’s ability to “blur” has abandoned her, but now she has come untethered from time and has begun having disturbing episodes where she moves at hyperspeed while the world remains normal around her. While she is in this mode she feels as though everything is normal, but everything around her is frozen while she is moving at normal speed. (I explained it to my husband by saying that she is like Hammy on caffeine in the movie Over the Hedge.) Kate’s condition worsens throughout the story to the point where she can no longer prevent these hyperspeed episodes, though this is alleviated by the discovery that Peter can “ground” her as long as she is touching him. Unfortunately, she is afraid to tell Peter about her condition, and he spends most of the book puzzled by why Kate insists on clinging to his hand.

Peter’s big conflict—the terrible argument with his father at the open of the first book—was resolved in the middle volume, “The Time Thief,” so in the third book he, like Gideon, becomes a lesser character. Peter’s parents disappear from this book and are barely mentioned, and most of the emphasis seems placed on Kate’s rapidly deteriorating health and his drive to return her to the present so she can be made healthy again. Despite his greatly reduced role in the final book, however, his relationship with Kate continues to be the heart of the story, and the moments in which the children figure things out and make decisions continue to be some of the most meaningful and critical to the series.

In addition to the five main plot lines, there are a slew of minor characters that bring additional color with varying degrees of success. Inspector Wheeler is back, this time helping the Dyers and Dr. Perretti with getting the necessary materials to build a third (never completed or used) anti-gravity machine to rescue the children. Anjali, the grifter, also makes an appearance, and the reader discovers that Tom (the Tar Man’s henchman) survived his fall down the stairs in The Time Thief. Anjali decides to “do the right thing” and help Tom out by bringing him to the Dyers, and Tom ends up travelling with Inspector Wheeler to New York to help identify Lord Luxon. Inspector Wheeler and Tom don’t travel to New York alone, however; they are accompanied by the French aristocrat Lord Montfaron, who travelled to the present from 1792 with Kate at the end of the second book. I’m still not quite sure what Montfaron’s role was in the final book, because he doesn’t really seem to serve any purpose in the story aside from distraction for the Dyer family. Dr. Perretti also returns in this final installment, and it turns out that she is hearing voices. More precisely, she is hearing her own voice, but from one of the alternate universes created by the multiple trips back and forth through time. Her alternate reality self seems to know a lot more than she does, and it is through this alternate self that the Dyers are able to telepathically “send” Kate the code for the operational machine of the two that the Tar Man stole at the end of the second book in the trilogy. Yes, it is another moment in the story where there must be a forced suspension of disbelief. There are more plot threads, but these are the most important, and it seemed at times that they distracted from the story rather than adding to it.

Although I generally liked the book, I found myself getting frustrated with it and putting it down for a day or more before I could bring myself to resume reading. The first book promises the narrator will be revealed and the importance of the diary entries explained, and this felt like a completely unfulfilled promise, although I did manage to figure out that Dr. Perretti is the narrator. There are glimpses of deep emotion and heart throughout the story, but Buckley-Archer clutters her story with too many unnecessary details and plot lines which distract and distance the reader from the characters who matter the most. Ultimately, the end of the story feels rushed and somewhat like a sugar free dessert: I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed and unsatisfied.
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Jan 16, 2011 Beth rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Feb 15, 2011 Nathan rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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The Time Quake starts when Lord Luxon goes to modern New York and loves it. He meets an American historian who innocently tells him how to best sabotage the Revolutionary War. In europe, Anjali helps Tom recover. In 1763, Gideon refuses to accept that he and the Tar Man are brothers! He fights with the Tar Man. The first time quake happens, because time is being messed up. Then, the party storms the Tar Man's house. Gideon finally accepts that the Tar Man and he are brothers. The Tar Man injures...more

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Mar 01, 2012 Brian rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Nov 08, 2010 Sarah rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: grades 5-8

Recommended to Sarah by: series

Shelves: children-historical, children-science-fiction, audio

The Time Quake is the third and final book of the Gideon Trilogy, and I'm so sad that it's over. I enjoyed this series so much and I'm shocked that it wasn't more popular with the kids.

I was lucky to get my hands on the audio book version; I ended up having to request it from another library in this state. It's so good to listen to and was totally worth it!

Admittedly, this was my least favorite of the three books, only because the reader not only follows Peter and Kate, but also Lord Luxon, the...more The Time Quake is the third and final book of the Gideon Trilogy, and I'm so sad that it's over. I enjoyed this series so much and I'm shocked that it wasn't more popular with the kids.

I was lucky to get my hands on the audio book version; I ended up having to request it from another library in this state. It's so good to listen to and was totally worth it!

Admittedly, this was my least favorite of the three books, only because the reader not only follows Peter and Kate, but also Lord Luxon, the Tar Man, Anjali and Tom, and of course Peter and Kate's families...which makes for a lot to keep track of. Plus, Peter, Kate, and Gideon were the characters I was most interested it and found myself a little impatient that so much time is dedicated to other characters. For example, Lord Luxon's plans on changing history were interesting, but I felt like I didn't know him well enough to really feel anger towards his character; rather, I disliked what he wanted to do more than the character himself. I found myself sort of sighing whenever the story focused on him.

There were also very serious parts to this story, such as Kate becoming more and more transparent (and fast-forwarding), Tom wanting so badly to go home (after we thought he was dead!), the Tar Man's ability to somehow travel back and forth between times, the secret about Gideon and the Tar Man, and, finally, the big ending where Peter has to make a choice about fixing everything that went wrong with time.

Speaking of the ending, I found it to be confusing--so much that I went back and listened to it again to see if I was missing something. I suppose that, when writing about time travel, events are bound to get jumbled up in a way that makes things difficult to keep track of. I kept playing the scene over and over in my mind (keeping in mind the other time travel book I read and loved: The Time Traveler's Wife) to make everything work out and makes sense.

Despite these issues, I found the series in its entirety very enjoyable and I look forward to watching for whatever Buckley-Archer sets her sights on next.

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Nov 15, 2010 Libby rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: historical-fiction, fantasy, young-adult-fiction

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Jan 08, 2010 Greta rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

First off, there was so much time in between my reading of the second book and this one, that I couldn't remember everything that had previously happened. I should have re-read book 2 just prior to reading the third one. Now, having said that, I did find myself struggling to focus throughout this book. Things kept jumping around in it and there were "time warps" or jumps of train of thought, or glitches in the writing so things were unclear to me, the reader. At least that is my opinion. Maybe I...more

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Jan 27, 2010 Kit rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked the book, and I liked the way the story ended, with one long heartstring tug that was well done and never turned sappy. I just felt that the focus from book one was changed abruptly partway through the trilogy - probably at the same time the first book was reissued with a title change from Gideon the Cutpurse to The Time Travelers. I kept waiting for Gideon to take center stage again, and he didn't. In some ways that's a shame, because the eighteenth century is the author's forte much mo...more

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Oct 24, 2011 Edna added it · review of another edition

Disappointing to say the least. In this book the author didn't research properly and there is a major glaring mistake about the past. Change what she did and it wouldn't work out the way she had it. I was also disappointed with the end. All the good done was lost. And there was far too much technical/scientific information which drove me nuts, when all I wanted to do was carry on with the adventure. I also have these 3 books on audio tape and won't bother reading or listening to this particular...more

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Sep 23, 2010 Margaryta rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: action-adventure, chapter-books, history, medicore, modern, reality-dramatic, sci-fi, time-travel

I nice conclusion to the series.

I found that this book wasn't all as flashy as I had expected it to be, with the action and plot going way over the roof. It was a calm, good ending to the series

Honestly this is one of those series that I enjoyed reading but just wouldn't buy for my personal library. In my opinion it was good enough to read once, but totally not to be read more than that.
This can't even compare to Harry Potter like one of the professional reviews suggest - Harry Potter is more in...more

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Oct 24, 2009 Kevin rated it 3 of 5 stars

The final volume in this trilogy didn't grab me quite as much as the first two. Perhaps it had been so long between books that I lost the connection a bit.

But it is still a great series. Two plot twists make this one interesting: Lord Luxon's plot to undo the American Revolution and Gideon and the Tar Man being forced to work together.

I found the Time Quake aspect of the story a little thin at times, and the "science" behind the technology sometimes seems to slow the story down, but quest to get...more

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Jan 10, 2012 Amanda rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Ooooh, I liked this one. It was a further continuation of the story and the implications of books one and two. Fits well in the series. Reading it as an American, I had a few gasp moments. Turns out I'm pretty loyal to my country. There were a few moments that were like the equivalent of nationalistic mom jokes, the author did a really good job with them. I can't remember the last English book I read that made me conscious of being an American. (except obviously when everyone always shouts oi!)
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Sep 12, 2010 Karen rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

I liked this conclusion to the trilogy: though it had its boring moments, I found the end satisfying. I thought this series would have been better with only two books: it simply went on too long. Many of the characters were frustratingly one-dimensional (Gideon, Dr. Dyer, even Kate and Peter), and some were downright annoying (Dr. Piretti). Tom and The Tar Man were two of the more three-dimensional characters. The themes related to science, history, and time were compelling and thought provoking...more

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Oct 30, 2009 Yara rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Sep 02, 2011 Elizabeth rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

While this book contains some truly extraordinary ideas and scenes, I found it to be a somewhat disappointing conclusion to an otherwise strong trilogy. Peter and Kate are still stuck in the 18th century, and while the Tar Man is still a major threat to their health and eventual return to the 21st century, it is Lord Luxon who serves as the super-villain this time around.

Buckley-Archer has developed a more sophisticated take on time travel in this installment, exploring both its physical and eth...more

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May 26, 2013 Anne Freya rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Spoiler ending cerita, bagi yg tdk ingin keasyikan membacanya rusak gara-gara iseng klik "view spoiler", jangan baca spoiler. :)

Fiuh... Trilogi yg satu ini akhirnya berhasil ditamatkan setelah ditunda-tunda bacanya selama bertahun-tahun. Aku tdk begitu suka dgn ending-nya, soalnya (view spoiler)...more

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Jan 09, 2011 Ashley rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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What the first two novels of this series did--create an entertaining and complex while age-appropriate story about time travel--this conclusion does not. Firstly, the author creates far too many new problems to be solved satisfactorily in this one book. As a result, the ending is abrupt and too simplified for what I felt the conflicts warranted. While the conclusion does make sense, it is not satisfying and it does not ring true in light of all the complex problems that sprung from the character...more

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Jan 27, 2011 Erica rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

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Jan 20, 2010 bookme4life rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fantasy, series, youth

If I could give half stars, 3.5 stars. As other reviewers have noted, I would have probably done better rereading book 2, or at least skimming it, before starting this one. At times I struggled to remember events from the previous book that would make better sense of some scenes on first read.

Lord Luxon is a less compelling bad guy than the Tar Man. The evil he does is more interesting than the man he is. He strikes me as extremely self-centered rather than having a burning vendetta that drives...more

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Jan 28, 2011 Miss Clark rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: adventure, anglo-phile, fairytale-fantasy-sci-fi-mythology, brambleberry-library

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. US publication date is October 2009, so am looking into importing the UK edition, as they get it in June.

In this final installment of the Time Traveler's Trilogy (although it has any number of other series titles), Kate is rapidly diminishing as a fatal effect of her time traveling journeys; Peter and Gideon need to stop Lord Luxon and his minions from destroying history and thus irrevocably destroying time and the universe (including all the sub-alternates); Nathaniel, a.k.a. The Tar Man, seeks...more

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May 26, 2013 Andrea Learning rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

If I could give this series 4.5 stars I would.

Unlike most series this one got better with each successive book. I am glad that I decided to read them all.

The books became less predictable as the series continued and while I was hoping for an ultimate happy ending there was no way to make it anything except bittersweet. Still, it was a satisfying conclusion and putting the book down seemed like a real shame.

This series is definitely going on the shelf in my classroom and I am going to keep a lo...more

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