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To answer your questions:jhnews wrote: ↑05 Nov 2020, 23:32 Timewise by Robert Leet attempted to wrap up the story quickly, I felt. How did you feel about the way Louise’s story ended? How do you feel about the buried time machine? (Spoiler alert) Did Regina’s reasoning for ending her life then and there make sense? Would she not have set up her work better to ensure that Ron would continue her experiments?
I also wanted to learn more about the transgender character. Robert Leet left me hanging. I found it s bit sloppy to highlight the character and conclude the chapter in a short instance.lavkathleen wrote: ↑06 Nov 2020, 02:43To answer your questions:jhnews wrote: ↑05 Nov 2020, 23:32 Timewise by Robert Leet attempted to wrap up the story quickly, I felt. How did you feel about the way Louise’s story ended? How do you feel about the buried time machine? (Spoiler alert) Did Regina’s reasoning for ending her life then and there make sense? Would she not have set up her work better to ensure that Ron would continue her experiments?
1.) I love that a transgender character was part of the story; I wish she stayed and had a more important role, though. The ending given to her was concerning! I wish we knew what exactly happened.
2.) I've already mentioned that it was anticlimactic. It was such a waste.
3.) From my perspective, it did. She was already dying from radioactive poisoning, and I guess she also used that to do her (hypothetically) one last experiment—travelling through time herself. It made me sad but... what a way to go, if you ask me.
4.) I haven't thought about that, but that would've been practical and, as a reader, more satisfying. The only downside to that thought is that Ron is mathematician, not a physicist. He may have understood her work on an impressive level, but to continue Regina's work... you have to be Regina yourself or someone better. I guess he got rid of it as he wouldn't be able to continue and make more progress, anyway. Also, he's in too much pain to even go inside the lab.
I brushed it off at first as something normally done to side characters. The author ended it by making it even between Louise and Ron, so I thought it was okay. But you're right, she was kind of used as a mere plot device at the end.Joseph_ngaruiya wrote: ↑06 Nov 2020, 14:42 I also wanted to learn more about the transgender character. Robert Leet left me hanging. I found it s bit sloppy to highlight the character and conclude the chapter in a short instance.
I also wanted to know why Ron kept his feelings a secret. Maybe then I'd he had confessed Regina would have found a better reason to live. Her insecurities and resentment would have scaled down too.
I don't know if there is symbolism in it,but Ron seems to prefer older women. I can attribute that to his nurturing. He grew up with foster adults. His company during chess and poker challenges is presumably older folks. This might have contributed to his likeness.Amber_joslyn wrote: ↑17 Nov 2020, 21:06 Did anyone else find it interesting that the major relationships in Ron's life, were all with women (besides a minimal, business-like relationship with Tom)? Do you think that there is a symbolic relevance to this?
I think that Ron was just surviving for so long that his relationships were ones that were kind of thrust upon him, not something that he sought out. Women would do that if they found him interesting or attractive. Men, not so much. Since he grew up bouncing around from home to home, I'm not sure that he knew how to instigate and develop relationships on his own. I think that's partly why his marriage failed, he didn't know how to reciprocate and keep things growing and fresh. Either that or he recognized that his heart wasn't truly in it to begin with and that it was a marriage of convenience that served them well for a while.Amber_joslyn wrote: ↑17 Nov 2020, 21:06 Did anyone else find it interesting that the major relationships in Ron's life, were all with women (besides a minimal, business-like relationship with Tom)? Do you think that there is a symbolic relevance to this?
lavkathleen wrote: ↑07 Nov 2020, 02:57I agree that this was pretty anticlimactic, but I think part of the allure of Louise was always her mysterious ways. I do wish Leet hadn't made Tony out to be a "bad guy," as I think that kind of makes me want an ending or at least a phone call from Louise saying she separated from him or that there was a misunderstanding (SOMETHING, ANYTHING!?). I feel like if he was introduced earlier and we knew him better, it would have been a satisfactory ending.Joseph_ngaruiya wrote: ↑06 Nov 2020, 14:42 I also wanted to learn more about the transgender character. Robert Leet left me hanging. I found it s bit sloppy to highlight the character and conclude the chapter in a short instance.
It DID wrap up rather suddenly! And then it's all over??? I thought the ending was abrupt and strange and unfortunate. I would have liked to see Ron make future use of Regina's invention.jhnews wrote: ↑05 Nov 2020, 23:32 Timewise by Robert Leet attempted to wrap up the story quickly, I felt. How did you feel about the way Louise’s story ended? How do you feel about the buried time machine? (Spoiler alert) Did Regina’s reasoning for ending her life then and there make sense? Would she not have set up her work better to ensure that Ron would continue her experiments?
Absolutely! I put that in my review, that Ron seemed to bag a lot of gorgeous women! It made it feel like a James Bond story with no average or ugly secondary characters.Amber_joslyn wrote: ↑17 Nov 2020, 21:06 Did anyone else find it interesting that the major relationships in Ron's life, were all with women (besides a minimal, business-like relationship with Tom)? Do you think that there is a symbolic relevance to this?