Review of Timewise

Oluwapelumi Rachael · Post by **Oluwapelumi Rachael** » 15 Jul 2022, 16:33

[Following is a volunteer review of "Timewise" by Robert Leet.]

3 out of 4 stars

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Timewise is a fictional book that explores the concept of time travel. Ron Larsen, the main character in the book, is an orphan who spent his childhood being shuffled around various foster homes. At the beginning of the book, Ron is fourteen years old. During this period, Ron enjoyed playing chess in his neighbourhood. He meets Regina Russo, an older lady who seems to know everything about him, at one of his games. Soon after their first encounter, Regina starts teaching physics at Ron's middle school, and this influences Ron to enroll in physics classes in order to impress her.

After graduating from high school, Ron moves from his old neighborhood to West Foxfield. To earn a living, he resorts to working low-paying jobs and playing poker. Months later, Regina, who is now a professor at Northern University, finds Ron and offers to sponsor him through college. Ron accepts the offer and begins to study mathematics. Over the years, Regina slowly introduces Ron to the concept of time travel and tells him about her theories. Eventually, the two team up and conduct many experiments to perfect time travel. Due to the instability of their experiments and the risks associated with time travel, they must keep their research hidden and away from prying eyes.

I enjoyed reading the book from the first-person perspective of Ron. The use of the first-person perspective allowed me to really understand Ron's personality. Without the use of this point of view, I doubt I would have liked Ron because some of his actions in the book were annoying.

One of the things I liked best about the book was the inclusion of romance in its plot. Additionally, I enjoyed the book's vivid descriptions. Robert Leet did a great job of creating an immersive and engrossing story.

There were a few things about Timewise that I didn't enjoy. I didn't like how long it took for the interesting events to begin. More than half of the book focused on aspects of Ron's life that I believe could have been summed up or omitted.

Additionally, the explanation of Regina's ideas was voluminous and quite complex. I felt that this was unnecessary because it would be very confusing for people who have no prior knowledge of physics. At one point, I thought I was reading a physics textbook. Instead of devoting many paragraphs to discussing these theories and boring readers, this section could have been summarized.

For these reasons, I'm giving Timewise a rating of three out of four stars. I strongly believe that the book would have been better off without the inclusion of lengthy scientific theories. Since I found only two errors in the text, I can say that the book has been professionally edited.

I would recommend this book to readers who enjoy science fiction. This book isn't suitable for young readers because of its sexual content and use of profane language.

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Francis Omotayo Aderogbin · Post by **Francis Omotayo Aderogbin** » 05 Aug 2022, 12:21

This is an impressive review. I like that the author added the prolific understanding of Ron about chess and this supported the gravity of his intelligence. The idea of time travel sounds exciting to me.

Israel Abegunde · Post by **Israel Abegunde** » 05 Aug 2022, 15:02

One of the things that I like about the book is the narrative technique used by the author. As you pointed out in your review, the use of first person narrative style helps the reader to know the personality of Ron, the lead character, better. Unlike some fictions wherein the reader judges the characters from the author's perspective, the dialogue and relationships between the characters in this book are a better means of judging characters' roles in the narrative. Also, I like that the author chose his words well. Good review!

Moyin Loveth · Post by **Moyin Loveth** » 05 Aug 2022, 18:19

Ron and Regina seem to share a unique relationship. I have little idea of physics, so I don't think I'll be able to understand this book. Thanks for the honest review.

Precious Oba · Post by **Precious Oba** » 06 Aug 2022, 03:27

I'm not quite sure I'd be interested in the book. I'm not sure who has the romance and with whom.

Jelly_J · Post by **Jelly_J** » 06 Aug 2022, 07:33

This story has a very interesting storyline. From your review, it can be seen that Regina is a very kind person to be able to do all that she did for Ron. I look forward to reading this book; I wonder how their time travel experiments turned out.

Nwaka Chukwuemeka · Post by **Nwaka Chukwuemeka** » 06 Aug 2022, 23:05

Following the title of this book, it will look interesting, and also your review piqued my interest . I must read the book. Great review.

Oyedeji Funmilayo · Post by **Oyedeji Funmilayo** » 07 Aug 2022, 11:43

The plot of the story sounds interesting. Ron and Regina are two interesting characters to watch our for. I would love to read the book, but the high sexual content won't allow me read it. Wonderful review, welldone!!!

Breedbee · Post by **Breedbee** » 09 Aug 2022, 06:26

The book is informative.This is an interesting and explicit review.

Post by **Proof Readar** » 01 Nov 2022, 07:00

I'm impressed by the plot of this book. I will love to explore to explore the time travel information in the book. I love how the author use two different gender as the main Characters who are in even far in social-economic status. Looking forward to read this book.