Review: Nostalgic time travel fic
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 10 6, 2012
This novel makes a change from your usual time travel tales as it goes back a few decades rather than centuries. This was the first interesting point which made me consider it worth giving a shot. I'm also particularly interested in 1940s history so this was a bonus for me.Unfortunately the novel doesn't begin well and takes some time to get into which made it initially disappointing and more importantly, because it is quite a short novel there is a sense that the beginning really does need to be a strong as the rest of it as by the time I got into the novel it was heading towards its conclusion. There is also a strange sense of acceptance from the protagonist that he's just happened to have travelled back in time - where's the shock that presumably anybody would feel? The choice of language throughout is also slightly odd, with occasional homonymic errors which unfortunately stuck out for me.The novel presents a nostalgic trip back in time which is extremely interesting and there are elements which are highly entertaining, not least some of the fantastic characters as Heldt really does seem to have a gift for characterisation. My main wish was that the relationship between Joel, our time traveller and his grandma as a young woman was explored in more depth; this is a potentially fascinating element of the tale which I would have enjoyed more of.Not wanting to sound completely negative, I believe this novel is definitely worth a read if you're looking for an intriguing tale about time travel packed with quirky characters. My interest in the 1940s period also meant this novel was more enjoyable for me than it may have been otherwise.Beth Townsend - The Kindle Book Review