Review – Paradox Bound by Peter Clines (3/5 stars)
Reading Level: Adult
Genre: Science Fiction
Length: 384 pages
Publisher: Crown
Release Date: September 26, 2017
ISBN-13: 978-0553418330
Stand Alone or Series: Stand Alone
Source: eGalley through NetGalley.com
Rating: 3/5 stars
“Nothing ever changes in Sanders. The town’s still got a video store, for god’s sake.
So why doesn’t Eli Teague want to leave?
Not that he’d ever admit it, but maybe he’s been waiting—waiting for the traveler to come back. The one who’s roared into his life twice before, pausing just long enough to drop tantalizing clues before disappearing in a cloud of gunfire and a squeal of tires. The one who’s a walking anachronism, with her tricorne hat, flintlock rifle, and steampunked Model-A Ford.
The one who’s being pursued by…something.
So when the mysterious traveler finally reappears, Eli’s determined that this time, he’s going to get some answers. But his hunt soon yields far more than he bargained for, plunging him headlong into a dizzying world full of competing factions and figures straight out of legend.
To make sense of the mystery at its heart, he must embark on a breakneck chase across the country and through two centuries of history—with nothing less than America’s past, present, and future at stake.”
I got a copy of this book through NetGalley to review. This was an okay read, but my least favorite book by Clines. The whole book is basically a big car chase through history/time and gets repetitive.
I thought the idea of traveling through history was a good one and enjoyed how that contrasted with the idea of traveling through time. The main goal of the story was finding the Dream; and this was a bit obscure and ambiguous. Additionally, the constant car chases got repetitive.
Overall this was an okay read and had some different ideas in it. I liked the idea of traveling through history versus time. However, in the end the story ended up being strangely repetitive, a bit ambiguous, and boring. As I said, not my favorite Clines read. I would recommend “14” or his “Ex-Heroes” series over this book.
This book goes towards the following reading challenges:
– Goodreads Reading Challenge
– Mount TBR Reading Challenge
