Timekeeper

Actual rating 3.5 stars. So this book is really lovely in so many ways, first and foremost I liked that it had an easy relaxed feel to it, the flow wasn't too rushed but I was drawn in all the same and the premise is just beautiful there were chapters that gave you backstory and mythology and those were my favorites. The romance is cute and very normal, it's just two boys who have found something special and they kiss sometimes. These are great things.

Here are the things I didn't like about it.

It's lacking.

The pace while relaxed and flowy does just that and about 3/4 of the way through the book it gets boring.

Climax? What climax?

The central plot of this book is that Danny's dad is stuck in a town that has “stopped” and he wants to get him back. But where's my conflict? Everything is more or less smooth sailing until the you reach the “plot twist” and even then because of how easy going the rest of the book is you don't feel the punch.

Character development was a little... bland? That's too harsh, they weren't boring, but I felt like they really didn't face any hard choices, nothing REALLY difficult was thrown their way, to make them evolve. They were too likable and their lives too easy.

Yes there is character death but it didn't impact me emotionally in any way, Danny never really has to choose between anything which makes the resolution at the end so flat, no heart flutters or grand cheers because the end was predictable.


So for a nice relaxing read in between more emotionally taxing books this is a good one.