Will Entrekin

This is one of those books that seduced me, despite the fact that I wasn't sure how I felt about it. Much I was interested in the characters, and interested in going forward, there were moments where it felt too heavy-handed and stylized, and where I wished there was more attention to depth of character, and less to message and impression. Yet, somewhere around the midway point, I found myself fully sucked in. The things that seemed too stylized or that had seemed overwritten early on suddenly seemed to fit the book perfectly, and it was surprising me at moments so that, simply, I wanted to keep going.

Granted, some of the twists were predictable, and I still think that there were a lot of sections where a few sentences less would have made for a more powerful work, and I'd still like to know the characters a bit better... but, on the whole, I'm actually glad to have stumbled onto it. Since I tend to either love or hate works that deal with time travel, that's saying quite a bit--generally, I come to them with skepticism, and expecting more of a headache than enjoyment, much as I may be interested in one. And some, it's true, have sucked me in so that I've loved every minute of them. This one, though, was a surprise.

The slow, stylized start moving on to the twists and the fast-moving last third pushed me toward enjoying the read more and more, the further in I got. I think it probably could have been a few thousand words shorter, and that the ending might well have been condensed, but in general, I'm glad to have found it and, what's more, I could see myself recommending it on to other readers.… (plus d'informations)