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Bad writing about bad people
No matter how much the author tries to justify modern adults having sex with thirteen-year-olds (and he goes on and on in his attempts to justify it), this book spends a lot of time with powerful people exploiting the powerless, sexually and in other ways. It's poorly written on many levels, and clearly never saw the attention of an editor. (Seriously. "Flair" is not a verb. "Flare" is what a match does when you light it. This single error happens several times, and there are many more like it.) It has almost none of the qualities that make a well written time travel story interesting to read. I gave up on it a third of the way through, which means I overpaid substantially for the book in my time and attention, even though I got it for free during a recent promotion. Skip this work.
January 2016 · Kindle Store · verified purchase
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