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(This is the same review as that submitted for Blackout.)
Willis, Blackout (2010)
Willis, All Clear (2010)
These two titles are best treated as one, for they form a continuous narrative with a break point that appears arbitrary. To call this two-volume set Willis’s magnum opus is to upset any expectations we might have had were we to have been sent back to the 1990s and observed the advent of Doomsday Book, a 225K-word epic that would seem to have set the high point, quantitatively at least, for al ...more
Willis, Blackout (2010)
Willis, All Clear (2010)
These two titles are best treated as one, for they form a continuous narrative with a break point that appears arbitrary. To call this two-volume set Willis’s magnum opus is to upset any expectations we might have had were we to have been sent back to the 1990s and observed the advent of Doomsday Book, a 225K-word epic that would seem to have set the high point, quantitatively at least, for al ...more
I'm torn between giving this novel 3 and 4 stars.
All Clear continues where Blackout left off. Our time traveling protagonists are still stranded in WWII London during the Blitz, and their buddies uptime are still taking a while to notice.
Everything that I said in my Blackout review still stands, but with a few additions.
Pro
1) This is the first happy WWII novel I've read in a long time. The idea of everyone being a hero and doing their bit for the war effort...yeah, it still makes me feel like a ...more
All Clear continues where Blackout left off. Our time traveling protagonists are still stranded in WWII London during the Blitz, and their buddies uptime are still taking a while to notice.
Everything that I said in my Blackout review still stands, but with a few additions.
Pro
1) This is the first happy WWII novel I've read in a long time. The idea of everyone being a hero and doing their bit for the war effort...yeah, it still makes me feel like a ...more
rating: 5.5/5
A wonderfully bittersweet time travel mindfuck that made me cry, laugh, and bite my nails as I tried to piece together puzzle fragments scattered through time. It takes patience to get to the end but the ride (and conclusion) is completely worth it. Just brilliant!
This is a sequel (or a continuation of) Blackout. These books seem to be based on the premise that if it can go wrong, it will. There is some time stream philosophizing, attempts to go home (back to the future!), and a mo ...more
A wonderfully bittersweet time travel mindfuck that made me cry, laugh, and bite my nails as I tried to piece together puzzle fragments scattered through time. It takes patience to get to the end but the ride (and conclusion) is completely worth it. Just brilliant!
This is a sequel (or a continuation of) Blackout. These books seem to be based on the premise that if it can go wrong, it will. There is some time stream philosophizing, attempts to go home (back to the future!), and a mo ...more
Dec 29, 2015
Text Mess
marked it as to-read-owned-books
Apr 10, 2017
Ash
marked it as winners-hugo-nebula
May 05, 2017
EA Solinas
marked it as to-read
