Questions About Just One Damned Thing After Another (The Chronicles of St Mary's, #1)

by Jodi Taylor (Goodreads Author)

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Answered Questions (18)

Jodi, if you were going to cast someone to play Max in a movie, who would it be?

Mary Kay Kare You'd really want a young Maggie Smith. Alas, I don't think we've got one.
MKK…moreYou'd really want a young Maggie Smith. Alas, I don't think we've got one.
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who is Ms. DeWinter?

Julie The Sybils were Oracles n ancient Greece.
Mrs Dr Winter's name is Sybil.
You can draw your own conclusion here.
It is just my theory.…moreThe Sybils were Oracles n ancient Greece.
Mrs Dr Winter's name is Sybil.
You can draw your own conclusion here.
It is just my theory.(less)

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Why does Farrell call Max ‘Lucy’ a couple of times? Her name is listed as Madeleine! Is it a mistake or did I miss something? Thanks

Peter Chapter 7

Madeleine alludes to a line from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and Leon responds by addressing her as Lucy. When Madeline corrects him he goes on to …moreChapter 7

Madeleine alludes to a line from ‘Alice in Wonderland’ and Leon responds by addressing her as Lucy. When Madeline corrects him he goes on to say: “No, you’re my Lucy; the girl in the song - the one with kaleidoscope eyes.”(less)

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I've read Connie Willis' take on the same concept, much of which is masterful. Would this merely pale in comparison? What are its own strengths?

Kelsey Doomsday Book isn't really the right comparison for this one - I was actually shocked at how many similarities this book and " To Say Nothing of the D…moreDoomsday Book isn't really the right comparison for this one - I was actually shocked at how many similarities this book and " To Say Nothing of the Dog" had in common, from the madcap tone, right down to the big revelation about time travel at the end <spoiler> Which is of course, that you can recover historical artifacts that will have been destroyed. They literally even give the same lists of artifacts that they want to go after, and in almost the same order. The specific plot details between the two are different, but there is a HUGE amount of world building in Taylor's book that echos Willis very closely </spoiler> Willis spends more time with the historians and their actions in the past, while Taylor focuses more on the drama of the time travel organization itself. (less)

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Does this fall into the YA or Adult/General Fiction category?