Time Was

Ian McDonald
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Time Was

spoltz
2/3/2019
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First of all, like all the other reviewers have said, this book is not like the blurb provided by the publisher. It's a story about a book collector who tries to solve the mystery of two lost British WWII soldiers who were lovers but disappeared. It is not a romance about the two soldiers. That being said, the book is a disjointed mess with some beautiful prose. I found it difficult to follow at times. It's a novella, only 144 pages and it took me half the book to get acquainted with its form. If you're going to read this book, go in knowing that it's a time travel mystery and that the chapters are all first person POV, but alternate between the book collector and one of the soldiers.

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