Four smart stars ★★★★ for Departure-- Five for the first half, three for the second.This novel started out gangbusters, just like the TV show LOST, with action, drama, tragedy, oh-so-many questions, and people you love to hate. I was angry, hungry, cold, exhausted, scared and infuriated right alongside Nick, Harper, Sabrina and rest of the stranded Flight 305 gang. It was exhilarating and torturous.The first half flew by. I HAD TO KNOW what was going on, how they were going to get out of their p...

It seems I’m involved in a conspiracy that spans space and time and a conflict whose outcome will determine humanity’s fate in two separate universes. Oh, is that all? Flight 305 from New York to London runs into a little space-time turbulence and finds itself, or a piece of itself, anyway, in an English lake. Help should be along shortly, right…um, right? The passenger list included five people of interest. Venture capitalist and take charge sort Nick Stone has done nicely in tech and is en ...

3.5 of 5 stars at The BiblioSanctum http://bibliosanctum.com/2015/08/06/a...I was actually first introduced to Departure as an audio title (given how often I browse for interesting new titles to listen to, it was pretty hard to miss how often it popped up on the popular science fiction and fantasy audiobook lists). What I didn’t know, was that the book itself was originally self-published. The news of its success must have caught on though, because I just learned recently too that HarperCollins ...

I don't exactly know how to feel about this book or its implications. It's propulsive and exciting reading on one hand, and a manifesto for changes I regard as religious in their scope and ambition on another; I do not believe in the essential goodness of Humanity or imagine we are capable of such changes a Riddle proposes on any time scale that will save us from Doom. The idea of medical immortality scares me witless because only the lowest, vilest scum will have it, and that can never, ever en...

This soooo reminded me of the time when reading Dan Brown was fun for me. That was quite a while ago. Oh how time has passed...

Like an action flick in theatre - you go in, semi-shutting off your brain, ready to be “entertained” and that’s it. And you won’t be disappointed that it’s light on all fronts. Hey but it’s quick!

I like this book very much! It's exactly my kind of genre, it has everything I want in a book. It's futuristic, adventuristic, it has mystery, opponent sides, a bit of romance (cause love runs the world :p) and a PLANE CRASH. For me this is what makes this book awesome and enjoyable.
I like Nick but I didn't really like Harper, she's kinda dull, or is it because I don't like people incapable of making a decision, i don't know.
If you're looking for a good summer read I recommend this :)

With over a million copies sold and about 85% of reviewers giving this 4 to 5 stars, I was expecting something much better. At the minimum, I was hoping for a mindless page-turner for the masses. The book did start out as a page-turner, but I'm surprised the masses gave it such high marks in the end. Did they turn off their brains when the got about halfway through and decide to just accept whatever the author threw at them? Sometimes I can do that, but it's harder to do so when reading with a g...

By page 15, I was well and truly sick of Nick fucking Stone. It didn't get much better from there. Warning for some slight cursing. I picked this book up because physics is my jam and I really like stories about a ragtag bunch of people having to learn to rely on each other to survive. (Also the cover is absolutely amazing.) This is not that book. This is "I'm going to pretend this book is harder science fiction than it actually is for no reason and also, rather than everyone learning to rely on...

Dear God this man is clever. As a fan of The Origin Mystery, I downloaded this book the second I found out it existed. And Riddle did not disappoint. The plot was fun, the characters interesting and relatable, and in his usual fashion, the science was complex but understandable and realistic. It really does make you think: how does it go from here? Loved every second. Totally recommend.

This is the last book I'll read simply because it's "free to members of Amazon Prime" and "rated highly by a bunch of meatheads I don't know".