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Clockwiser (2012)

by Elle Strauss(Favorite Author)

3.97 of 5 Votes: 4

languge

English

genre

Romance

publisher

ESB Publishing

series

Clockwise

review 1: Clockwiser was a great sequel. The cliches are thrown out the window and we no longer have to deal with the typical high school drama since the cheerleader is out of the picture. The book is divided between the point of views of Casey and her brother Tim, who accidentally gets transported to the past and left behind by Casey. This book was so much more chilling and more exciting. More was at stake, with a war taking place in the 1860s and Tim getting involved. Casey has to find him and bring him back to the present. I liked the character growth in Tim and thought the addition of his point of view brought something different to the story. The only thing that was slightly annoying was that some relationships that formed in this book were shallow and I didn't like how it took... more one guy who takes interest in Casey to get in between Casey and Nate and make them fight. I would've preferred if they went through some more meaningful hurdle. Nonetheless, Clockwiser was a very enjoyable read.
review 2: I gave the benefit of the doubt when I was grading the first book – Clockwise. However, now I can say that Clockwiser fully deserves its five.The plot continues. Casey and Nate are still a couple, although Nate has already been in college and Casey is a bit worried that he might find a new girlfriend there. Also, some extra problems between those two add colour to the novel. There are all other people to whom we are used to, especially Lucinda and the Watsons, and there is this cute new guy: Chase. Tim got his own part of the story and the next part evolves around Willie. Casey is stuck in between them, and she’s trying to make both ends meet. Not everything ends that well but the story is gripping.What I like most about it, is quick pace, the focus on action instead dull descriptions, as well as an original idea. The author proved to be a brilliant and quick learner and the technique of writing is noticeably improved. Although I didn’t mind the way the romance was evolving in Clockwise (nothing like one of those pretentious love stories), the method of leading the story could have been improved. Clockwiser, on the other hand, is more reliable in setting up the story.I found attractive the way memory works in the book, how the main characters recall events from the past, how they try to go into the future. I also found one idea quite inspirational and this is where we perversely move to some drawbacks of the novel. Playing around with time and the investigation into the possibility of cheating the timeline was a great idea and quite well led. However, I think it was not exhausted in a way that it could have been. I also didn't find very convincing the explanation of why it had to be that way – but it led me to my own interesting conclusions. Also, the author still has some minor problems when connecting some ideas from different parts of the book. It might be thinking alike but I knew where the story was going once I read a hint about some irrelevant signs (or at least it was meant to be shown as that), and I think the conception was to surprise the reader with an unexpected twist of events – which just didn’t work for me.Those are just minor problems and they don’t stop you from enjoying the story. I was reading till the very late hours at night, just couldn't put the book down. If you found the first novel amusing, you can pick up this one and you won't regret your decision. less

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