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Expiration Date (2010)

by Duane Swierczynski(Favorite Author)

3.77 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0312363400 (ISBN13: 9780312363406)

languge

English

genre

Mystery & Thriller

publisher

Minotaur Books

review 1: I almost set this book aside after the first page and a half, since it appeared to one of those noirish-styled stories, and I just wasn't in the mood. Then the hero time-traveled, and my ears pricked up: I like time travel stories. Unfortunately, the time travel aspect turned out to be the best part, a pretty good line as time travel stories go. But I didn't care for the writing or the dialogue, couldn't really care about the characters, and found too much that didn't feel authentic or credible. Add on top of that some personal aversion to spelling, grammar, and math errors, and I just couldn't get over the hurdle to like this book.
review 2: I was a little dubious of the sci-fi meets pulp crime fiction cross-over, but Swierczynski carries if off with aplomb. T... morehe start is a big, juicy worm baited on a razor sharp hook; one of the best openings I’ve read in quite a while. The story is meticulously plotted and surprisingly credible given the time travel element, and the pacing is high tempo without being rushed. The characterisation is strong and the dialogue snappy and realistic. Unusually, the story is accompanied by some illustrations by Laurence Campbell, who does work for Marvel Comics, and they nicely complement the narrative. The telling went a tiny bit flat in places (I suspect because it was originally written as 12 equal length instalments that were to be serialised in the New York Times before the section was unfortunately dropped), but in all honesty there’s very little to dislike – this is top quality stuff. It’s increasingly difficult for an author to find their own voice and to come up with relatively novel premise - Swierczynski scores on both counts less

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