DNF at 40%God I wanted to like it. It seemed like such a cool premise and I just wanted to love it so freeking bad.The issue is the characterization of Margo. Holy shite is it bad and problematic. They basically gave her this abusive and traumatic past (at least they hint at it), and most likely want to give her this arc of overcoming that adversity, but she just comes across as insufferable and like she has a princess-complex.Most of the beginning scenes can be boiled down to Margo wants to be ...

I started off captivated by this book, but ended up disappointed.Margo Smith arrives at Time Terminal 86 determined to learn how to become a Time Scout, one of the people who are first through a time string gate and therefore the first to learn what is on the other side. She is younger than she looks and very impatient, creating drama and trouble every place she goes, and does not want to be a mere Time Guide shepherding tourists into the past. No, she wants to do something important!She is look...

Lectures are boring for us too, use over half book "black powder" p 270/ 453. Action is best part. Unstable gate to 1542 p 353 Africa may be their last. Kit, Margo's grandpa, and Malcolm, her sweetheart, rescue "pretty package" p 285, despite danger to selves; Kit may die from shadowing. More than once "laughter went through the crowd at the silly pun" p 278. Not funny if pun has to be stated outright. I didn't get the puns, ever. One is "when the Games open, it will be arena seating" p 278. Huh...

Recipe for Ruin:Take one REALLY GREAT time travel framework.Add one REALLY TERRIBLE main character.Mix in one REALLY CREEPY romance.Yes, Robert Asprin: you ruined it! Or more accurately, your character Margo Smith from the book ruined it!So what's so great about the time travel? It's really unique and well developed. I'll explain some of the premise, because most people quit after the first novel but you get more details as you progress through all of the books in the series.Following a cataclys...

This one's a run-of-the-mill time agent story, in this case the agents are tour guides. In this tale, an experiment gone wrong has resulted in wormholes through time, linking past and present locations. Entrepreneurs have capitalized on the wormholes--called "gates" at their present day end--offering tours of the past to those wealthy enough to afford the trip. Of course, before there can be any thoughts of tourists or tours, someone has to check out these past eras, to set up places for the tou...

Прекрасная концепия, в которой легко делать триллионы историй со смешилками и грустилками, но ужасная реализация из-за невероятно раздражающей женщины на главной героине и невероятно раздражающих мужланах рядом с ней.

Это просто ужасно.

Главная героиня меня раздражала всю книгу, отношения мужчин к ней тоже бесит, вроде в будущем живут, а отношения все равно животные.
Есть вопросы к миру со временем, но в целом построение мне понравилось, оно довольно продумано.

Но в общем и целом, потерянного времени жаль.

Tamam. İdeya gözəldir. Yaradılan "Zaman vağzalı" aləmi, dəqiq qayda-qanunlar sistemi, təsvirlər- əsər üzərində çəkilən əziyyətin, görülən işlərin böyük olduğunun götəricisidir. Bu cür əziyyət isə həmişə təqdirəlayiqdir. Seriya Zaman səyahətlərinin baş verdiyi terminaldan və onların sakinlərinin həyatından bəhs edir. İlk hissə yeni yaradılan keçidləri tədqiq edən və ya keçid yaratmaq üçün kəşfiyyata göndərilən tədqiqtçı- kəşfiyyatçılardan bəhs edir. Deyirəm, bəlkə uşaq vaxtı kitabı oxusaydım, hər...

I expected the lead character to be Kit Carson, it's not. The lead character is a young, stupid teenager who needed strong, loving discipline...badly. Though I disliked her, I liked all the other characters with the exception of one flaw. The guy I'd call the male lead in the story was really interesting and likeable until you realized that his brain was in his crotch. In fact, many of the male characters demonstrated this quality which tells me that's a personal problem the author wrote into hi...

Ugh. The story seemed interesting, and I tried to get at least halfway through, but the stupid girl acts /way/ too childish. When you expect some progress in the storyline, all you get is her annoying attitude. I’m glad I don’t have a physical copy because I’m totally anti-book burning but this one is really asking for it.