3.25 bintang [Judul Buku Lokal: Chronothon: Lari Menembus Waktu] karya Nathan Van Coops... hmm. Oke. Jadi, mari kita jujur. Saya membaca ini karena sampulnya keren. Benar-benar keren. Apakah itu alasan yang bagus untuk membaca buku? Mungkin tidak. Apakah saya menyesalinya? Tidak juga. Premisnya cukup menarik: lari maraton yang melintasi waktu. Kedengarannya gila, kan? Dan ya, kadang-kadang memang terasa begitu. Alur ceritanya agak tidak merata, dengan beberapa bagian terasa sangat cepat dan y...

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Well, poo. I enjoyed the first book but this one was more less plausible and more ridiculous. The intro set a tone to not believe anything else that happened in the book. The main character did not seem the same. It was like an alternate reality version. Which would have been fine if we were suddenly in a different time line but this story was a continuation of the one that was concluded. *shrug*

This book literally gave me sooo many headaches which i took so much pleasure in each and every one of them - that's what i was/am expecting from a time travel novel, anyway; this adventure, however, compared to books 1 adventure, was 80% visual and 20% dialogue - I was expecting more interaction between the characters and less chasing cos it felt like a non stop chase which, tbh, made me feel tedious and I could tell right away that the pattern would repeat itself, thus, predicting the outcome....

I am so happy to have discovered Nathan Van Coops. This is the second book of his on going time travel series. Benjamin Travers is kind of screwed. He is to compete in the Chronothon, a dangerous--Amazing Race--sort of adventure through various periods of time. He has been suckered into doing this by the mob who has their own agenda. This is a rollicking adventure as we follow Benjamin through out his perils. If you are a fan of the first book, you will be a fan of this one. However, Benjamin is...

Nathan Van Coops's The Chronothon is a long book, seeming even longer if you have trouble following time travel jumps and redos like I do. While it was a swashbuckling adventure of a book, I could have enjoyed it being half the length and with half the betrayals. Seriously, it seemed like everyone and everything was pitted against Ben and those racing in the Chronothon (a marathon of time travel that served as the plot driver of this story and still has my brain screaming "error! error!"). Gosh,...

The ChronothonBy Nathan Van Coops (book two of the series)5 Stars With a strong warning...Ben's time travel adventures continue with Mym, his favorite lady, playing a crucial background role. This time, he finds himself being maneuvered into participating in a rigged and highly unethical intergalactic time travel competition, one for which he is particularly untrained.In terms of well developed characters and an intricate story line that never falls apart, this book was pure pleasure to read. No...

I chose this book as my pick for our monthly book club after randomly selecting the time travel category. I didn't realize that it was the second book in a series until after I finished it, but I had no trouble becoming engrossed in the story. For picking it on a whim just based off a couple of Amazon.com reviews, I'm really glad I did! I'm going to pick up the first book and seeing what I missed and I'm looking forward to book number 3!

In the 2150s, time travel has become commonplace enough that it has become boring. Time travelers know the basic rules of time travel such as how to not to get themselves fused with objects in the past, etc. It seems inevitable in such a society that time travel would eventually develop into an extreme sport. Benjamin Travers doesn’t know it yet, but he’s about to be recruited from the future to join in a Chronothon whether he wants to or not. And it’s not until the end of the game that he begin...

I thoroughly enjoyed this author's first novel, "In Times Like These," and now the second is even better. "The Chronothon" is not simply a continuation of ITLT, but an imaginative standalone story in itself, and a unique tale it is. I've never read a novel quite like this one, in which the writer constructs an entirely new Time Travel science in such credible and enjoyable detail.Equally fascinating is the array of characters in "The Chronothon." Time Travelers come in various forms, sizes, colo...

I've read some good novels this year. This is a great one. It's the sequel to In Times Like These, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading earlier this year. You don't have to have read book one to read book two, as everything you need to know is explained as you go.Nathan Van Coops has done a masterful job of creating a plausible time travel method, as well as ensuring it's not easy for those who wish to use it. As Vladimir Nabokov said, it's the author's job to get their protagonist stuck up a tree...