Loved this book. Fell in love with the Atlantis series and knew this would be great.Riddle always comes up with these huge, universe-scope themes, but the story plays out with real, down-to-earth, fleshed out characters that you can relate to. I love both of those elements and I loved the characters. In fact, I'd love to see more time-travel novels with these same characters, allowing us to get to know them better, see more of their past, inner workings, etc. They were all interesting and likable, though flawed.Another piece I really liked was how the Alice Carter bit paralleled Harper's life. Very cool.There was a lot to think about here, during the read and afterward. The plot deals heavily with identity, the ability to see how your choices determine your future and how tweaking your decisions tweaks your tomorrow. Riddle is a deep thinker, you can tell that, and he's spent a lot of time thinking about these things. He incorporates his late-night ponderings into his work very well.All in all this is a great read that will make you think twice about the small and large decisions you make here on "this timeline." Well done, A.G. Riddle!! Can't wait to see what's next! Interesting but a LOT of talking; would make a great TV miniseries. Less interesting book. There's a lot of talking in this book. A lot of explaining and talking. It starts out well, but as soon as the initial crash/events happen, mostly everyone just talks about what happened. This is one of those books that sounds better than the execution is. Not that it was bad -- my eyes glazed over in some of the talky parts -- but it's the kind of book that would be far far better as a television series because the visuals would make up for the talky bits and general lack of action. (Or rather, bursts of action and then talking and talking.) The characters don't really discover anything; it's just all explained to them. It's also one of those books where I wish I'd never read the author's note at the end, in which he explains that the book is basically about his personal writing journey. Do you know what I never, never, NEVER want to be told? That I'm reading a fictionalized memoir about a writer. Thanks but no. Give me the fiction. Leave your personal journey out of it. I don't care about you. I care about your characters and I never want an author to replace his characters in my head. BLECH.
What do You think about Departure (2014)?
Intrigue, mystery and love. Fantastic book that was definitely hard to put down.
—ivanskrydlov
Uneven story. Not enough character development and the premise wasn't engaging.
—laxjosh
