Unfortunately I seem to have enjoyed this read a lot less than the rest of my MacHalo buddies. I really wanted to like it, based on trusted buddy reviews, but nope.The premise: fascinating. Especially the part about history fighting to preserve itself, like a living entity.The characters: a brilliant variety of realistic freaks.The storyline: fast-paced and creative. So what's the problem? The writing. If I had to describe it in one word (and this is just what I refer to it in my head; please do...

Second time reading it, and actually loved it even moreSecond Rating : *** 4.44 ***Best example of rapid cycling manic-depressive storytelling ever😃👍“Thinking carefully is something that happens to other people” First Rating: *** 4 ***A buddy read with the MacHalo Freaks:) We believe that discovering history is the new sex!!! At least, this is what Max, Madeleine Maxwell, the young historian from the St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research, would like us to believe:) I kind of agree with h...

💀 DNF at 6%. Because no. Just no.

If you want the real thing, get yourself a copy of To Say Nothing of the Dog. Because this book right here?

At some point last year, I must have been on a kick to enter tons of Goodreads Giveaways in the hopes I'd get a bunch of free books. Included in that over-zealous moment was Just One Damned Thing After Another by Jodi Taylor. I tend to get lucky in terms of winning a giveaway once each month, and earlier this year, I won this book. When I received the email, I looked the book up as I couldn't remember anything about it... and for the life of me, I couldn't understand why I picked it given it's s...

The title unfortunately describes the way this book is plotted. Things happen, and they are sort of loosely slung-together, with very little sense of time passing (at one point the protagonist notes she's known another character for five years, and I genuinely thought only a single year had passed since their meeting at the beginning of the novel) and with absolutely no character development. No characters at all, really: Taylor's creations seem to turn on a dime, depending on whatever the plot ...

What a surprisingly delightful Time Travel novel!I mean, if it wasn't for the great characters, and there were a ton of them, this book was still full of snark right down to the foundations. (And even sometimes under the foundations!) But even so, no one could hold a candle to Maxwell. I've never read a character so simultaneously dense about sex and love and so very, very brilliant and adaptable than her, while all the while being brainy, clumsy, and eventually able to go out and kick ass with ...

Light, fun and adventurous time travel romp. Just don't think too hard about it and you'll have a great time. :)3.5 stars. Final review, first posted on Fantasy Literature:Just One Damned Thing After Another was a wild roller coaster ride! It’s a time travel tale, but doesn’t care to get hung up on the theory or mechanics of it. The plot careens wildly around from place to place and event to event, and I just raced around with it. Mostly it’s about the adventures ― explosions! dinosaurs! conspir...

Madeleine Maxwell has had two pivotal moments in her life to date. Her second moment arose after a former teacher suggested applying for a job as a Historian at St. Mary’s Institute of Historical Research. During the interview, St. Mary’s is cagey about the exact nature of their work, but once Maxwell accepts the job, she discovers they are historians who use time travel to correct historical inaccuracies. St. Mary’s has a certain eccentricity about it that appeals to her own rebellious nature:“...

Rating: 4* of fiveThe Publisher Says: “History is just one damned thing after another” - Arnold Toynbee A mapcap new slant on history that seems to be everyone's cup of tea... Behind the seemingly innocuous façade of St Mary's, a different kind of historical research is taking place. They don't do 'time-travel' - they 'investigate major historical events in contemporary time'. Maintaining the appearance of harmless eccentrics is not always within their power - especially given their propensity f...

I am angry with this book. I so wanted to like it. It is not one of those one stars where you just can't get hooked by the story, and leave it after 30 pages. It started out so well. But there are gaps in the storyline, the caracters are sketchy at the best, sometimes doing things that are not in line with their previous caracteristics. The plot is oveer 5 years but there is no developement. And you don't get a real explanation as to why somebody did something. I mean, there is some explanation,...