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Anne ✨ Finds Joy's Reviews > Time and Again

Time and Again
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This is a well loved book by many, and I'd received multiple recommendations for it, so I was pretty excited to begin, but sadly, this book wasn't a good match for me.

There were two things that got in the way of my enjoying it more. Firstly, the main character (Si Morley) felt lacking in personality. He told us the story, but it was all "tell" with little emotion. It became tiresome listening to detail after detail of someone's day, like: "I woke up. Then I got dressed. Then I brushed my teeth. Then I went out. Then I stopped at the corner....". (insert yawning emoji here)

Secondly, the plot moved along far too slowly, and did not evoke enough fascination for me to be drawn in. The long descriptions of 1800's NYC life would be more interesting for a reader with more knowledge/interest in NYC, which isn't me. The time travel concept was interesting to ponder, but the book took too long to get to the heart of the story, with the elements of mystery and romance it was setting up for. (insert second yawning emoji here)

Listening to this on audio did not help, as the narrator was pretty monotone, and didn't put any punch into the characters. I sped up the audio, but the story continued plodding along. When I did a check to see how much more of the book was left, I was quite surprised to see that I was already over 50% of the way through, and still not loving it.

I'm thinking this might be a better 'read' than a 'listen'. A book to read when you have time to appreciate the descriptions, and can be patient for the plot to take hold. But I've been reading a lot of fast-paced books lately, and I guess that's more my mood right now. So, I'm gonna chalk this one up to being 'wrong book at wrong time'. DNF @ 56%

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Reading Progress

January 31, 2018 – Shelved

January 31, 2018 – Shelved as:to-read

February 16, 2018 – Shelved as:to-read

March 20, 2018 –Started Reading

March 26, 2018 – Shelved as:dnf

March 26, 2018 –Finished Reading

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