Sean Randall reviewed Time spike by Eric Flint
Review of 'Time spike' on 'Goodreads'
2 stars
I would've enjoyed this more if it had actually gone somewhere, but from the time the Spike happens and we learn there's no way of going back, it's sink or swim for certain and there's no gray area. This means the scenes set in the present with the research team are completely redundant.
As if that wasn't bad enough (nobody likes a story with a predictable ending), the sheer level of proofing needed to make this work publishable put me off:
Glove Department rather than compartment
Clinched teeth, rather than clenched, Crustaceous rather than cretaceous, and Adolph rather than Adolf (Hitler, you know?) all in the one paragraph!
Pepper spay? What on earth is that?
a "grocery story", rather than a store. Really!
* and "the identical sort of look". Grammatical nonsense!
These are just a few of the things I angrily highlighted. Sloppy editing, sloppy plot, interesting characters, just, …
I would've enjoyed this more if it had actually gone somewhere, but from the time the Spike happens and we learn there's no way of going back, it's sink or swim for certain and there's no gray area. This means the scenes set in the present with the research team are completely redundant.
As if that wasn't bad enough (nobody likes a story with a predictable ending), the sheer level of proofing needed to make this work publishable put me off:
Glove Department rather than compartment
Clinched teeth, rather than clenched, Crustaceous rather than cretaceous, and Adolph rather than Adolf (Hitler, you know?) all in the one paragraph!
Pepper spay? What on earth is that?
a "grocery story", rather than a store. Really!
* and "the identical sort of look". Grammatical nonsense!
These are just a few of the things I angrily highlighted. Sloppy editing, sloppy plot, interesting characters, just, and an idea that could've been worth reading in the hands of a decent writer. These aren't there yet