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Title: this time-travel mystery could not hold on to my interest
Review: Based on these reviews, most readers have loved this novel, and I can see why. It combines so many things - time travel, mystery, romance, science, and above all, humor. All those pieces appeal to me, but they never came together into a story I cared about. The people and era (England, late 1800's) never truly came alive to me, and that is the most important feature of a good time travel book to me. There was a British intellectual humor to this, and I know that all my friends who love Monty Python would love the humor here. But that's not me. I expect that most people who choose to read this novel will like it a lot. But if you look for a more character-based realism or the humor does not resonate quickly with you, this novel may fall short, like it did with me.
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