The Lost Time Accidents
by John Wray
science fiction (perhaps)
copyright 2016
gave up trying to read, in June 2018
rated 4/10: bad but could be read
I lasted maybe twenty pages then gave up. In my opinion, absolute rubbish. I *think* that the author is attempting "literature" and is happy to ignore "entertainment".
The back cover quotes a review of, "this spectacular rattlebag of a novel." That quote covers the main points of this book:
: (
n)
1. a rattle made out of a bag containing small objects,
2.
an assortment, variety. (
adj)
rattly, shaky, ramshackle.
If the reviewer meant, "rattly, shaky, ramshackle" then, yes. After, admittedly, just 20 pages, that is my opinion. Perhaps the reviewer meant "ratbag"? Ratbag: "a stupid, eccentric, or disagreeable person". No, it's not that bad.
The book -- pages 1 to 20 -- and that review raise similar thoughts: What on earth is it all about ?!
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
... Agamedes Consulting / Problems ? Solved
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"What a trial it is to submit to the whim of fools." … Captain Trumane, The Waking Fire
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