
The Map of Time
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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James Langton
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By:
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Felix J. Palma
Set in Victorian London, with characters real and imagined, The Map of Time boasts a triple play of intertwined plots in which a skeptical H. G. Wells is called upon to investigate purported incidents of time travel and to save lives and literary classics, including Dracula and The Time Machine, from being wiped from existence. What happens if we change history? Félix J. Palma explores this question in The Map of Time, weaving a historical fantasy as imaginative as it is exciting—a story full of love and adventure that transports listeners to a haunting setting in Victorian London for their own taste of time travel.
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Deeply disappointing
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Entertaining read
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Almost gave up a few times
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The opening chapter is a lengthy monologue about committing suicide, delivered in a way that falls just short of glorifying the action. The character in question comes across as very rational but completely resigned that this is their best option.
In the middle of the third chapter there's a rather vivid sex scene that I frankly wouldn't be comfortable with my daughter reading until she were at *least* twice her current age. Oh, and the sex scene involves a prostitute whose husband is sitting in the next room.
At this point I had obviously decided not to get the book for my precocious tween, but having never before quit an Audible title partway through, I kept listening for my own sake.
By the time (about an hour and a half in) that the narrative got into details of Jack the Ripper's particular acts of mutilation, I simply lost patience with the story myself, and the grandiloquent style of the audio performance was a major contributing factor to this.
Mea culpa for not reading the synopsis more carefully and for not recognizing from the cover that this isn't a YA title (which is where it had been shelved by the vendor).
Please take my three stars with a grain of salt, as I've listened to less than 10% of this title.
Definitely not for the young 'uns
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James Langton does his usual excellent job of narrating, surpassing what he has been given to elevate.
If you prefer your novels told in the style of an author from the 1800's, where the entire book is either all descriptive retelling of events already settled, or presented in a series of letters with no immediacy, then this may satisfy. Unfortunately the title sums it up, or perhaps gives a warning; would you rather venture to exotic destinations by looking at a map, or, immerse yourself in actual travel. This is the former.
And it's a shame - the themes here are terrific: the conundrum of time travel and changing history, love across time, class barriers shattered for love, giving up all for a noble cause. After a few of these doors open on nothing, you start to dread the next door when it appears. Or perhaps" become annoyed" is better description, knowing where it will lead.
By modern standards, Wells, Verne, Stoker et al and their works can seem stilted in their tell-to-show ratio, but there is a reason they are still in the pantheon of great and influential authors. I don't think this book however will stand the test of time.
Might have been fine if written 150 years ago
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Worth the time
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Felix Palma did a great job of really capturing the "air" of Victoria London. His method of interweaving stories kept my interested and I was pleasantly surprised at how they wove into one another.James Langton, did a fantastic job bringing this story to life. Where Palma captures London with words, Langton captures the Victorian feel with his tone and pacing.
The story itself is just plan fun. With Jake the Ripper, H.G. Wells, and a method of travel to the future, how can you go wrong.
The constant tease of is it real or not in the story, keeps you reading to find out.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who is a fan of early science fiction stories. It's well worth you time and money.
Great time travel book that keeps you guessing
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too long by half
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The sad part is that the autthor does display and immense talent with the first part of the book and if he had only stuck with it instead of trying to turn the story into something it was never intended to be I would have easily given this book 5 stars.
Listen to part one, then listen to something else.
A Brilliant Begining That Led To A Mediocre End
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The style of the narration was entertaining. The first part was annoying and I almost turned it off but once you got to part two the story really started to flow.What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
It is creative and I really like the plot devices used.What do you think the narrator could have done better?
I think the tempo was a little slowWas The Map of Time worth the listening time?
honestly I listed to it in double time.Entertaining with OK plot
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