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The idea behind the book immediately intrigued me when I read the back cover. Through some unknown phenomena, the town of Grantville, West Virginia and it's surroundings are transported back in time to 1632 in Germany.

How would the 20th century Americans cope? How would the 17th century Germans react? What sort of alternative history would result?

Unfortunately, for me, not one that was very compelling. The characters all felt one dimensional. The Americans hit the ground running with barely a moment to catch their breaths and set out making their collective and remarkably unified presence felt in a Germany caught up in the Thirty Years War.

The book is full of interesting history but the characters just never felt real to me and ultimately caused me to be unable to suspend disbelief.

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