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Title: What happened to the thrill?
Review: Timeline is definitely not one of Crichton's best works, but it isn't horrible either. I give brownie points to the author for trying to create a 'thriller' out of theoretical quantum mechanics, but he tried too hard to make such a complex theory accessible to any Joe on the street . I realize that is what bestselling authors are supposed to do to entertain the audience, but it lowered the rank of this book considerably in my mind. While the medeival scenes were often engaging and enjoyable to read, the characters of the students (Kate, Andre, and Chris) were quite annoying and unconvincing. Their adventures were beyond far-fetched and unlikely, and most of their exploits smacked of your typical Saturday morning cartoon where the good guys always end up winning by some miraculous intervention. So, although Crichton is one of my favorite authors, his attempt at quantum time travel in this novel was fairly feeble and unpersuasive.
