Timeline by Michael Crichton

Timeline is a science fiction novel by American writer Michael Crichton, his twelfth under his own name and twenty-second overall, published in November 1999. It tells the story of a group of history students who travel to 14th-century France to rescue their professor. The book follows in Crichton's long history of combining science, technical details, and action in his books, this time addressing quantum and multiverse theory.

I didn't buy the idea. I gave up reading the book.

I liked this one! Read it quite some time ago.

Super enjoyable book written for history lovers. It's basically a nonstop action adventure (read: many tenuous plot devices) with a generous helping of historical facts and trivia at every opportunity. Would make an excellent movie or video game.

4 stars because of some flaws but they don't get in the way at all. Check it out

Edit: actually, there is a movie, and it performed abysmally. Also, people hate the characters? I mean, they weren't super great but also this is not meant to be high fiction. The slightly cardboard main characters were more than made up for by history and fun action—which is basically what I expected when I started the book

I read some of the reviews and I have to agree with both the good and the bad. It is not one of Crichton's best but I enjoyed reading it nonetheless. It was a quick and fun read even though the plot had been quite predictable. The ending was kind of disappointing to be honest.