The Chatterbooks reading group met on 19 July to discuss
Niel Bushnell’s ‘Timesmith’. The group
thought that Bushnell’s idea of time travel into the past was clever but at
times quite confusing. Time travel in the book happens through Sorrowlines, the
channels that connect every gravestone with the date of the person’s death. Although
the characters could see their future selves and the future selves of people
they knew the Chatterbooks members were unable to properly identify with them because
the plot was somewhat complicated. Some members even went so far as to say that
the book should be pitched at an older reading group. However, the group might
have enjoyed it more if they had read the first book in the series before
reading this one. Try it for yourself… the mysterious storyline certainly made
Sophie Luo keep reading till the end. Those who got to the end of the book also
commented on the unusual ending. We won’t say anyone more.
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| Sophie Luo's review of Timesmith by Niel Bushnell |
