TIME AND AGAIN
by Jack Finney
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Author: Jack FinneyEdition: Paperback
Format: Bargain Price
Published: 1995-02-01
ISBN: N/A
Number of pages: 400
Publisher: TouchstoneBooks
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Book Review: Dated but good read with a few flaws (Title: Time and Again)
Summary: 4 Stars
I've just finished Time and Again - I won't labor the plot as many others have done so just fine. Very easy time travel piece to read - I was actually surprised at how well I was able to accept the travel - much better than having some stupid, unexplained machine in a dark basement, or perhaps a flying sports car. Very good plot device in Time and Again, and it was unexpected.
Also very good portayal of New York in 1882. It seemed very alive and real to me. The people and scenes came alive in a way I have seldom read. I really enjoyed the numerous tours of Olde New York, and having 'first hand snap shots' in the book was another very novel plot device to make it all the more interesting.
But definitely dated language and social elements. Female office workers are called 'girls' who giggle when men slap their butts, and actually like it. EVERYONE smokes, anywhere they want to. 'Man is destroying the earth' - the standard mantra of the 70's is bored into us at the end. (Sorry Mr. Finney, but when do you think all the environment horrors began? How about the 1880's, the era you want us to believe is so much better?). Humans (read: Americans) are destroying themselves and all of earth, blah blah blah.
And one plot hole, I felt. Kate seems to have been an abandoned thread in the story. She gets more and more involved, and then just completely disappears until the very very last breath of story, and then is dismissed in a couple of sentences. She should have just been left out altogether, I think.
Overall, though, it was a very good book despite the small flaws, dated social concepts, and occasional odd words or descriptions (I lived in the 70s and have never heard the expression 'wash pants' to describe clothes a man would wear to an office... hm...). 4 out of 5 stars.
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