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A review by larsdradrach
The Anubis Gates by Tim Powers
4.0
A classic Time Travel story.
A fast paced entertaining novel, following Brendan Doyle, expert in English Literature, on a time travel to hear Coleridge speak in 1801.
The story fires on all engines, it's a little like watching a Dr. WHO episode, we have Egyptian sorceress and gods, shapeshifters, monsters, famous poets and a kind of a love story, but somehow Powers manages to keep it all together and bringing it to a satisfactory conclusion.
The story is told in big jumps, which is a little confusing at times, just as you think the story is reaching a climax, we are somewhere else 6 months later and only gradually learns about the conclusion of the previous story line.
Some of the story twists were to obvious and didn't provide the intended surprise.
The story reminded me a little of [b:The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack|7293120|The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne, #1)|Mark Hodder|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327931939s/7293120.jpg|8590363] which i read recently, but where Hodder's novel is pure Steampunk with a little time-travel, Power's is just the opposite.
A fast paced entertaining novel, following Brendan Doyle, expert in English Literature, on a time travel to hear Coleridge speak in 1801.
The story fires on all engines, it's a little like watching a Dr. WHO episode, we have Egyptian sorceress and gods, shapeshifters, monsters, famous poets and a kind of a love story, but somehow Powers manages to keep it all together and bringing it to a satisfactory conclusion.
The story is told in big jumps, which is a little confusing at times, just as you think the story is reaching a climax, we are somewhere else 6 months later and only gradually learns about the conclusion of the previous story line.
Some of the story twists were to obvious and didn't provide the intended surprise.
The story reminded me a little of [b:The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack|7293120|The Strange Affair of Spring Heeled Jack (Burton & Swinburne, #1)|Mark Hodder|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1327931939s/7293120.jpg|8590363] which i read recently, but where Hodder's novel is pure Steampunk with a little time-travel, Power's is just the opposite.