Con: The writing is over the top, overblown, bombastic, etc. to the point that it becomes distracting (laughable). Some examples: “When he has eaten, it hasn’t been much, not even for him, so hunger should be a relentless inner predator, but it hasn’t been on his trail as if it couldn’t follow him to the past.” “Scrambling around, his past self grabs the notebook that is now speckled with wet parking lot debris and run over with watermarks that resemble rivers on an old world map.” “And then the...

I normally enjoy written works about time travel. I did not at all enjoy this novel. The plot was odd. Worst yet was the author's language and way of presenting situations and occurrences to the reader. I would recommend you save your money, I literally had to force myself to finish the novel.

Aleman takes an excitingly fresh approach to the mechanics of time travel. Instead of using the standard "Back to the Future" or "Terminator" styles of time travel, he appropriates a style where there are seemingly divergent points from the same line, but (as far as the reader knows) when a new divergence is created, the old future ceases to be. This is a remarkably fresh approach as most writers choose to use one of the aforementioned industry standards. My only complaint (which caused the 1 st...

This is probably the most terribly-written book that I have ever come across. I actually stopped reading it three times because of frustration at the style and competence of the author. The sole redeeming factor was that the story was fairly interesting. Funnily, the book seems to have been written in a schizophrenic fashion. You could read several paragraphs, and even a chapter, of reasonable prose, which would suddenly deteriorate into an over-flowery, inept style, almost as if a friend of the...

I must admit that time travel stories usually make my brain hurt: I get caught up in the whole paradox issue and can't focus on the story. Faces in Time doesn't do that at all - Aleman's concept of time travel is logical, clearly explained, and unique. No paradoxes here: if you go back in time, there are now two of you, and your future self may just run into your past self. That's what happens to Chester Fuze, and his past self is not at all happy about the appearance of another version of him.A...

Faces in Time is an original time travel novel. The concept of time travel is unique and makes a lot of sense. Chester Fuze is an interesting and fully developed character. He's a timid former television writer who becomes pretty brave over the course of the journey. It's fun to follow him on his trip through time going after the love of his life Rhonda trying to save her from terrible mistakes that ruin her life. The action scenes are exciting, the love interest is tasteful and very real, and t...

This is a time travel novel for men - Chaz travels back in time to save the movie star that he's been in love with his whole life from the bad decisions that will ultimately ruin her life. What do you know - his time travel machine works and she falls in love with him. (yeah right)What makes this a time travel "thriller" is the fact that Chaz of the present is trying to kill Chaz of the future (to save the world from the paradoxes of time travel). If I ran into a copy of me from the future - I w...

Time travel concepts are mind bending and enjoyable thought provokers. This book took a quirky approach with its plot line. It took a while to get into it, but once there, it was all good.

I was barely able to put this book down for a second. It was very unpredictable. Aleman is a master at weaving different threads into one story line. You get to know all the characters and settings so closely that you feel like you're really there. It was a thrilling book with action and some interesting science. I couldnt put it down, and when I read the last page I wished it wasn't over. I was deeply satisfied with the ending of this book.

Faces in Time was an adventurous, fast paced, time traveling novel. At first I was a little confused with where the plot was going but then after a couple of chapters I was hooked. I enjoyed going through this journey with Chester. He was truly one of my favorite characters. I mean what guy would find a way to go back twenty years just to save a celebrity? Well, evidently Chester would. He was in love with Rhonda and didn't want to see her make a mistake. I also loved the twists and turns becaus...