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Choose Your Own Adventure #50

Return to the Cave of Time by Packard, Edward [Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012] Paperback [Paperback]

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Profile Image for Jesus Flores.
2,537 reviews61 followers
October 16, 2021
Releido para el reto popsugar
Estos libros solia leerlos cuando estaba en primaria o secundaria, me gustaba por que tenias muchos finales, y trataba de sacarlos todos.
Bonito recuerdo de mis primeras lecturas
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338 reviews19 followers
March 16, 2019
Having almost died in previous Cave of Time escapades, this book has you decide at random to head back and attempt to die again. In contrast to most books in the Choose Your Own Adventure series, this entry contains no endings with a positive outcome; in the end, you're either dead, stranded in time, stranded out of time, or you accidentally temporally kidnap a neanderthal. That last option is seemingly the best of the worst, but getting to it involves only two consequential choices and just nine pages of text (though the alternative starting path eventually has an option to loop back to that spot, if you want to take the long way around). Much as frequent CYOA writer R.A. Montgomery was prone to treating all non-white people as magical creatures, his equally prolific compatriot Edward Packard was prone to obnoxiously heavy-handed moral posturing about social issues, which is fully on display in this book.
Profile Image for Saad Chaaban.
12 reviews1 follower
August 4, 2022
كتاب خفيف لطيف يقدم تجربة مختلفة عن غيره ويضع القارئ أما نفسه بشفافية تبين ما تكنه نفسه. يعيب الكتاب قصره إذا اتبع القارئ مسارا واحدا، وكذلك هناك مآخذ على ترجمته إذ من الواضح طغيان التركيب الأجنبي عليه وعدم توليفه للعربية كما ينبغي من حيث التراكيب وعلامات الترقيم.
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2,543 reviews177 followers
July 5, 2020
La serie de Elige tu propia aventura es, literalmente, un clásico de nuestra infancia. He releído algunos, años después, y me parecen un poco cortos de miras, limitados en las posibilidades, pero cuando tenía 10 años cada uno de ellos era una maravilla lista para ser explorada hasta que hubiera dado todo lo que tenía dentro.
Al final siempre sabías que ibas a recorrer todos y cada uno de los caminos posibles. La emoción estaba, por tanto, en ganar y pasarte la historia al primer intento. Si no podías, pues nada, seguro que en el intento 18 acababas encontrando el camino. A veces los autores iban "a pillar", poniéndote los resultados buenos detrás de decisiones que eran claramente anómalas.
Recuerdo haber aprendido tanto palabras como hechos y datos en estos libros. No nadar contra la corriente cuando quieres llegar a tierra, dónde colocarse cuando un avión va a despegar, un montón de cosas interesantes y un montón de historias vividas, decenas por cada libro, que convirtieron a las serie en una colección fractal, donde cada vez podías elegir un libro nuevo entre los que ya tenías.
Llegué hasta el tomo 54 y dejé de tener interés por la serie, pero la serie siguió hasta superar los 180 títulos. Tal vez mis hijos quieran seguir el camino que yo empecé. Si quieres que lo sigan, pasa a la página 7.
Profile Image for Jennifer Juniper.
49 reviews86 followers
June 14, 2018
I loved CYOA books as a kid and as an adult I still pull them out for a quick, fun read sometimes. Unfortunately, Return To The Cave of Time is not one of my favorites. The idea and story is good and I like the illustrations and so on. The problem with this particular book is that it is mostly “Turn to page X” rather than actually making any choices of your own. And making choices is the entire point of the series. The fact that there are only 16 possible endings is a sign that this is a weaker CYOA book. Not the worst way to spend reading time but there are so many superior CYOA entries that it would be best to start elsewhere.
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26 reviews
October 28, 2025
It has the weight , spirituality, mystery, and unwavering loyalty to the possible terrors that may occur, which are hallmarks of this truly magical series and what a reader who has read the series for 40 years like me would want as far as that " weight " and spiritual longing , regret, and hope for answers But it has a dearth of hope , and very importantly - Fun (maybe kind of like life) and has an overhanging dourness and tinge of sadness throughout (kind of like life , especially when older).
2 reviews2 followers
October 19, 2017
no se que podria decir de cosas malas del libro porque en todos los libros de este autor hay un monton de finales alternativos,solo digo que los recomiendo a todos los libros porque pueden leerlo como 20 vezes y tener un final muy distinto al anterior.
Profile Image for Mary Mittmann.
6 reviews
September 12, 2017
This is the firat book I read that was a choose your own adventure book. And I have to say I enjoyed it.
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3,470 reviews155 followers
May 15, 2020
Ah, the second direct sequel to the original Choose Your Own Adventure book, The Cave of Time!

Return to the Cave of Time isn't as good as The Cave of Time or The Forbidden Castle (the first sequel to The Cave of Time), but I've always liked it. The story has a different feel than the first two, delving into philosophy and the meaning of the universe. The adventure aspect of the narrative, though, will take you just about anywhere you can imagine. The Choose Your Own Adventure series celebrated its fiftieth entry in this book, and it seems fitting that Edward Packard marked it with a return to the roots of the series, roots that will always be firmly planted in that cave in Snake Canyon.
Profile Image for Jamie.
147 reviews26 followers
April 12, 2012
A little different than the original in that one of the story paths leads you to a time where you are "out of phase" with the timeline you observe. I remember that blew my mind when I first read it - it wasn't until I was in college, reading about phase shifts, that this concept came back to me.
Overall, a decent book, but I was already older than I was when I read the first Cave of Time, and I was already on to Stephen King novels by the time CYOA #50 came out. Still, a good entry in the series - likely one I will read with my kids.
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39 reviews8 followers
March 28, 2009
I adored this book and the rest of the series when I was at elementary school. The illusion the books create like you are the main hero of the story and giving you a kind of control over story by making you choose from possibilities makes it a fabulous read.
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2,689 reviews
April 17, 2011
Number 50 of the 'Choose your own adventure' series, Return to the Cave of Time... in these books the reader gets to be the central character by choosing what path the tale follows through a variety of endings...
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1,574 reviews39 followers
July 9, 2013
the adventures that I went through when I was bored I just read these books over and over again you would never get to the end of the story.
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328 reviews4 followers
August 5, 2012
"Choose your own adventure" books are still fun, even reading them as an adult.
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