The river of no return

With all due respect to Miss Ridgway (who, I'm sure, has talent and should continue to produce thought-provoking fiction), this just didn't click with me.

What should have been an interesting exposé of time travel – and the manners in which time itself will defend against such actions – left me utterly disappointed.

15% of the way in, I was hooked.

30% of the way in, I had more questions than answers, but felt okay about it.

65% of the way in, I was starting to grow leery of the fact that (a) we had no real villain thus far, (b) we had yet to explain several key plot points begun earlier, and (c) I was decidedly uncaring toward the main characters and their plights.

80% of the way in, I said, out loud, “This sucks. Nothing's happening.”

90% of the way in, I let out several loud “pssshhh” sounds as random characters showed up and began to explain the plot to me. The magical object is actual the dog that belongs to the granddaughter of the man you thought was a villain, but actually is the guy who's lover you came to know about 3 pages ago! Neat! snore

100%, I said sayonara and went to bed.

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I've heard that this is supposed to be part 1 of a trilogy, but you know what? If part 1 doesn't hook me, why in the world would I care about subsequent parts?? (case in point: [b:Divergent|13335037|Divergent (Divergent, #1)|Veronica Roth|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1328559506s/13335037.jpg|13155899])