For my first Michael Crichton read, Timeline was alright. It’s summer vacation, so I blazed through the 500 pages in a day, which speaks well for its ability to keep my interest. But although the story had a good premise, great promise, and was a pleasant read it just didn’t pan out fully. It’s not that I came away from the book unhappy or terribly unsatisfied, just that there could have been so much more. Several of the characters introduced at the beginning are never touched upon again, the bad guy really doesn’t seem that bad and yet the good guys inexplicably and coldly murder him at the end in some sort of ironic justice, some of the science seems a little funky (if they’re travelling to alternate universes, why does it suddenly become like linear time travel and effect our universe?), and the ending is a bit predictable and a little dull. I don’t know, I liked the book well enough but it wasn’t anything special and I probably won’t ever revisit it.
Just so you know, the movie version of “Timeline” sucked majorly. It is a real shame you found so much to like about “Eternal Sunshine…” but I am glad you saw something you liked. Have fun at Gabby’s house, enjoy “Episode 3″ (I’ll be seeing it tomorrow at 8:25 am, groan), and let me know how home has changed when you get a chance. I’ll talk to you soon!
Yeah, I haven’t heard anything about the Timeline movie, so I kind of figured. Heh, and looking on IMDB I see “User Comments: Don’t read the book (’cause if you do, this movie stinks)”
Did you not like Eternal Sunshine? I could have sworn you loved it. Oh well, I thought it was terrific and will happily argue the point with you…
I HATED “Eternal Sunshine” and I do not wish to argue about it with you because you’re wrong and nothing I say will change that. :-)