Dispel Illusion
Ratings24
Average rating4.3
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Ratings24
Average rating4.3
Sometimes being wrong is the right answer. Nick Hayes's genius is in wringing out the universe's secrets. It's a talent that's allowed him to carve paths through time. But the worst part is that he knows how his story will end. He's seen it with his own eyes. And every year that passes, every breakthrough he makes, brings him a step closer. Mia's accident is waiting for them both in 2011. If it happens then he's out of choices. Then a chance 1992 discovery reveals that this seeker of truth has been lying to himself. But why? It's a question that haunts him for years. A straw he clings to as his long-awaited fate draws near. Time travel turns out not to be the biggest problem Nick has to work on. He needs to find out how he can stay on his path but change the destination. Failure has never been an option, and neither has survival. But Nick's hoping to roll the dice one more time. And this new truth begins with a lie.
Series
3 primary booksImpossible Times is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 2019 with contributions by Mark Lawrence.
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When I read the first book, I gave it six stars. For me, the whole series is six stars. I really liked this set of books and I will be reading them again.
I wanted to write something witty and insightful about the Impossible Times series, but I am not going to bother. What I am going to say is that these three books have worked themselves into my favourite books of all time list.
The final novel in Mark Lawrence's Impossible Times trilogy wraps up the story Nick and his invention of time travel. There were a fair number of story lines to tie up (like how Demus came to travel back in time in the first place) and the book does an admirable job of linking these things back. Mark's writing is as always very engaging and the cast of characters that have been built up in this Impossible Times series are likable.
This was the weakest of the three book in the trilogy - mostly because it lost the tight scope of the first two books. This is probably due to the need to wrap everything up in a relatively short novel. When the first novel gives you the answer to what happens to the main character in the end it guides things a bit more and leaves open less surprises. This, I feel, is frequently a challenge with time travel books!
This is still a highly enjoyable book, mostly because of Mark's writing which flow effortlessly from the page and encourages you to keep reading. I devoured this book in the space of one day! A satisfying ending to a highly enjoyable trilogy of books.
