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A Twist in Time

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Brilliant!

I really admire this author!.there are not to many people that can tell it the way it is without holding back anything and I have to say that Charles Muller is indeed one darn good writer!

To be able to bring you right into the book with him, leaving you with wanting to know more, making you hungry enough that you can't put the book down!

When I watch a movie or read a book I have a way of figuring out how the story is going to unfold..It takes all the excitement out of it. but I want to tell you that Charles Muller pulled the rug right out from under me on this book!..sure there were parts that I figured out but not that many. I enjoyed this book so much.

The author made his characters come alive and with such passion! it certainly had an affect on me and more than once!

At the beginning of this story the author speaks of suicide and boy does he explain it well. I've been there, I know, but what bothers me is the fact that he can explain it so well. Is this book fiction or fact?..seems so no one could explain it that well without feeling it inside!..

I loved his characters though Michael could have used some cheering up!..but Charles Muller got the point across!

I couldn't believe the amount of times that the author took my breathe away..The ending was brilliant! very well written.

What a pleasure it was to read this book. :A Twist in Time" by right should be a best seller. If I could give it a higher score, I would!

I told you people that I would be back and here I am. Get this book, read it, you won't be sorry!

Thank you Charles for such a wonderful book!

Awesome!....You often hear children say, Wow! Awesome!.when they see or hear something that they can't quite believe or they think it's just great!
I believe this book, " A Twist in Time " written by Charles Humphrey Muller, is awesome!!
It brings you through many different feelings that you may or may not have experience at one time or another..but the author will certainly bring you through reliving each of them with him..
From the thoughts of suicide to his deep loneliness, disappointments and depression to finding friends and the excitement of what some of those friends were capable of bringing him, to the point of total shock and bewilderment, sometimes quite enjoyable!!
I was never so surprised as I was when I came to the end of this story. I'm 79 years and I enjoyed this book immensely!..believe me, you are not wasting your time reading this book!
A job well done Mr. Muller!

A book full of emotion and color!

First of all I'd like to say that the words, comment, elaborate, laugh, agree, volunteer, assure, squawk, advise, sigh, and surmise are great words--full of feelings and emotions and sound much better than "said"... I can't seem to find the word bookism in the dictionary and I looked (maybe I missed it)... and I looked at the world map and can't seem to find "No-Wheres-ville" anywhere... I don't think I would want to use my name either after saying I didn't want to sound disparaging!..( I found that one in the dictionary!..it means all sorts of things..but why not just use the word belittle! ). In any case I have to say I found this book very colorful!..I enjoyed it tremendously. I'm not an incredibly bright (or pedantic) person--I just enjoy reading things I can understand, with words that are immediately accessible, not words that I have to look up in the dictionary!

"A Twist in Time" has a great story to it and you don't have to be overly intelligent to understand it... and I find that most people enjoy reading books with colorful words instead of the same mechanical "said" words... This author has great imaginative ability and there's nothing lazy about his thinking or writing...

I find Charles Muller to be a great writer and so does my wife... So keep up the good work Charles, I've read five of your books now and plan on getting more!..and if anyone wants to give constructive criticism to the author, maybe they should give it to Him and not to Her..seeing the author is unmistakably a man. (By the way, even my spell-checker won't let me use the word bookism! Perhaps I should add it to its vocabulary.)

Charles Humphrey Muller came to Scotland from South Africawhere he was a professor of English Literature, with the intention ofbuying a small hotel and concentrating on his writing. He now hasseveral books under his belt, both fiction and non-fiction, and evenruns his own Internet publishing company, Diadem Books.

"A Twistin Time" is the sad story of Michael Grant, a twisted individual,married to the wrong woman and who hates his life. He's depressed andsuicidal. He wonders all the while how his life might have turned outif he had the chance to live it all over again and to make differentchoices.

He is given that chance and we see him apparently makingthe same mistakes with the same girl all over again - but does hereally? All through the 60's we follow the re-run of Michael's lifeand eventually discover that some surprising changes have indeed beenmade.

This book is meticulously written, nothing is left out andwhile the plot seems straight enough, the time-twists can be slightlydisconcerting for the reader. It is well worth the efforthowever. Although there are some explicit and powerful sex-scenes, thenarrative mainly proceeds at a measured pace. It's perhaps not thebook you'd give great-auntie Millie for her birthday, but neverthelessgood adult fiction with an unpredictable, slightly unbelievableending.

This work is meaty and sustaining and could in no way betermed lightweight or frivolous. It's a good, square meal and two vegwhich will give the reader much food for thought and no littleenjoyment...

A Twist in Time by Charles Muller begins on a daring and raucous note with the protagonist Michael talking about his fascination with porn videos - a scene which the author has achieved with the precision pace and timing you would expect of a well-rehearsed comedy actor. The book continues to entertain with sizzling scenes of sexual encounter and prose so packed full of innuendoes and subtleties that you are tempted to read pages again to pick them all up. You certainly feel you are in a master's hands as Muller cleverly and convincingly builds up sexual tension between the protagonist and the manipulative Samantha and goes on to thrill the reader with detailed descriptions of some unusual (and often embarrassing) sexual encounters. Gullible, likeable Michael wins the readers hearts even more when he lets naughty Samantha take full advantage of his naivety and lack of sexual experience. It is at this point in the book you realise that Charles Muller is not merely describing sex for the sake of entertaining. There is clearly a much deeper message in A Twist in Time:- society has not learned a mature way of dealing with human sexuality, turning it too hastily into an act of shame, disgrace and guilt. Sex, which is our human nature, one of our fundamental needs and methods of expressing feelings of love and joy must not be ignored, closeted and twisted into something nasty and dirty.

The story weaves in some interesting comments and ponderings on life, time, religion and the inter-connection of things as it moves on its pleasant-paced and humorous path in time. A touching story of sex which is not just tantalising and exciting, but realistic, down-to-earth, non-pretentious, heart-felt and believable. Though the ending of the book may have been a twist too far, the rest turns and twists in some very amusing and poignant ways.

Once I started A TWIST IN TIME I couldn't put it down! For one thing, it's very sensual, yet frank and open. The characters are all interesting and full of life - I was drawn right in to the story, with much sympathy for Michael, who had to put up with the strange British accents and weather - for a start! And I kept smiling and nodding to myself over several scenes, sometimes ironic and humorous, which thankfully lighten the darker mood of loneliness and pain Michael struggles to surmount.

When I got to the end of the book I had to go back and read again the last two chapters, because I wasn't sure what version was a "replay" and what actually happened. Was that the author's intent?

It's an interesting concept that no matter what we do we can't alter (except in little twists) the end result of our ultimate destiny. I suppose if we don't reach it we'll have to carry on in another realm or reincarnation!