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Blake Crouch

Start date: September 2, 2019

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Oct 24, 2020 Susan rated it it was ok

I was kind of annoyed by this book. I can't say why exactly. Blake Crouch is a good writer. I had zero problems with his writing style but I have learned I love Sci-fi but I do not like this kind of Sci-fi. I never saw myself as a space and spaceship kind of person. I prefer that to multiple universes or this kind where a chair can take you back to certain memories.

From this point on I give most of the books main plot and plot twists away so if you plan on reading this book don't read any furth I was kind of annoyed by this book. I can't say why exactly. Blake Crouch is a good writer. I had zero problems with his writing style but I have learned I love Sci-fi but I do not like this kind of Sci-fi. I never saw myself as a space and spaceship kind of person. I prefer that to multiple universes or this kind where a chair can take you back to certain memories.

From this point on I give most of the books main plot and plot twists away so if you plan on reading this book don't read any further then this point or you will get spoiled. I just don't want anyone blaming me for giving away the book and it's plot twists 😉
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It just got a little old after awhile and really repetitive after a while and I was getting kind of bored. That is also when I realized I WAS in fact a space and spaceship kind of girl 🤣🤣

Maybe my rating isn't fair because I found I hated this type of Sci-fi. I'm still giving it 2 stars because I found it lacking and repetitive. I know why but I just wasn't a fan. I'm going to try Dark Matter his other book and if I don't like it then I know Blake Crouch isn't an author for me.

Oh and I HATED the ending of this book. That's the main reason for the 2 star rating. I mean really dude!!!! ...more

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Jan 30, 2023 Dareth McKenna rated it really liked it

This was a pretty awesome read. I liked the way the time travel concept was handled and the limitations made for interesting puzzles and obstacles for the characters. There were still a few plotholes where they didn't exactly explain how the character could be in the time they were and know the things they knew from the future, those details sometimes got a little handwaved. And a couple of really stupid "this is the way it has to be" decisions by characters that added unnecessarily ccontrived " ...more

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