Timeshadow Rider
by Ann Maxwell
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Author: Ann MaxwellEdition: Paperback
Published: 1997-03-01
ISBN: 0786003685
Number of pages: 352
Publisher: Pinnacle
Book Reviews of Timeshadow Rider
Book Review: enjoyable but flawed
Summary: 3 Stars
There are two frustrating things about this book: the first is that there are so many plot holes and the second is that everything is extreme. By extreme I mean, Sharia was the most powerful timeshadow rider in a "million years". Seriously, is a million years really necessary?
The whole book is like that with juvenile extremes. Extreme this, extreme that... it gets tiresome.
The good points are Maxwell's characterizations and some of the intrigue of her ideas of time/then and time/now. Maxwell definitely has good ideas, but it gets overshadowed by the over-the-top writing style.
Also the forbidden love aspect was overdone. We get it. You desire each other, but it is forbidden. It goes on and on and on about it.
Far better books are Maxwell's "Fire Dancer" series although it is an unfinished series of three books. Also "Fire Dancer" has a similar theme of unrequited love although that is not a centerpiece of the book.
I was expecting a bit more from Maxwell... so while this book does have enjoyable elements, it was overall a frustrating experience.
As for plot holes, I can mention a few.
***SPOILER ALERT***
For one thing, how do the Eyes of Za'arain even get stolen? That is totally unbelievable to me.
Another example is when Sharia is knocked out by sleeping gas. She can't heal herself from the gas? She can heal herself while fighting and she can't heal herself while breathing? Such a sudden weakness in her extremely powerful character was not in keeping with her character.
Anyway, the conveniences of the plot were too unbelievable for me.
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