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1.0 out of 5 stars
Book description should have mentioned that it is Christian fiction., October 13, 2011
If I had realized this was a religious book, I would not have downloaded it even for free. Please post accurate descriptions of your books.
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9 of 12 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Crashes and burns, October 23, 2011
To be clear, this isn't just another one-star review because it's a surprise evangelism book. The story actually starts out fairly decently written, with an intriguing premise and thorough character development. But as soon as the time-travel happens, it's like a new author took over, one with no time to devote to the actual plot that's supposed to be the main focus of the book because he's too busy stuffing it with as much Christian preaching as possible.
[Potential spoilers ahead]
After all the careful buildup, suspension of disbelief is thrown out the window in order to move the seemingly now inconvenient plot along as fast as possible. Daniel's parents are established to be paying a significant portion of his tuition, and have saved up $2000 in savings bonds for him - but they don't do more than ask him if he's sure when he wants to drop out and cash out that savings to move to Florida? In less dialog than it takes to fill the Kindle screen, a NASA engineer accepts some 19-year-old kid's claim that he's a time-traveler and invites him to church?
I was expecting there to be more to stopping the Endeavor explosion, since that seemed to be the point of the whole buildup. But instead, a computer is hacked, a few e-mails sent out, meetings are held, and the launch is delayed, all in a few pages! Great, now there's plenty of space to copy and paste one of those evangelistic pamphlets and change the names to those of our main characters!
If you're looking to be preached at, there are plenty of websites that will get right to the point, or you can find a local church. If you're looking for an entertaining and well written science fiction story, this book is not for you. If you're looking for the crushing disappointment when a book develops a storyline for a long time, only to suddenly crash to a halt with "and then he woke up and it was all a dream, so let's talk about something else now," this may be the book you're looking for.
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Draws you in, October 17, 2011
More religious than I was expecting, but a sweet love story nonetheless. The characters and dialogue are well-developed, and you can feel the emotions of the lead couple as they go through their trials. Highly recommended.
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