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dimch0o's review against another edition
5.0
Невероятна , само това мога да кажа за тази книга. Объркваща , изненадваща и просто финал , който те остава без думи страхотни.
sasper87's review against another edition
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
lwb's review against another edition
4.0
An intricate time-travel/alternative universe tale, well delivered.
lesserjoke's review against another edition
4.0
This novel takes a little while to get going and clearly establish its plot, but it ends up as a mind-trip of the highest caliber. There are essentially three layers of reality that author Iain Pears is playing with here: 1) the twenty-third century, where a brilliant scientist flees her unscrupulous employers in the time machine she's created, 2) the 1960s, where she arrives to find a contemporary of Tolkien and Lewis writing his own pastoral fantasy world inspired by Shakespeare's comedies, and 3) that fictional land itself, which the inventor's device inadvertently manifests as a real place that people can visit. It's a bit like The Rise and Fall of D.O.D.O. crossed with something like Inkheart or Thursday Next, a spy thriller full of meta literary discussions and daft but fun time-travel paradoxes. I recommend it heartily, especially for fans of Steven Moffat's work on Doctor Who.
sticklecat's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.0
benegesserwitch's review against another edition
adventurous
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.5
Content Warnings
Moderate: Addiction, Adult/minor relationship, Violence, Xenophobia, Stalking, and War
Minor: Death, Blood, Dementia, Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
avesmaria's review against another edition
2.0
Featureless writing, thoroughly bland characters, one good plot twist at the end. I can’t believe I got through this big book feeling like I didn’t really know about or care about any of the people in it. Also Anterwold has to be the most boring hypothetical alt-universe ever.
daxie's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
souldentist's review against another edition
hopeful
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
2.25
Genre fiction written by a white dude from Oxford, for sure. The way Pears writes his women in this book is pretty gross - the mathematician character is literally mentally powered by hysteria and her motherly instincts, and the teen girl ends up just supporting a male character's redemption arc.
"What if stories were literally real life" would have been a neat 500 word prompt for a grade schooler but it's groan-worthy by the end of Arcadia.
"What if stories were literally real life" would have been a neat 500 word prompt for a grade schooler but it's groan-worthy by the end of Arcadia.