Review of The Time Stone

[Annelie Werth]

[Following is a volunteer review of "The Time Stone" by Jeffrey Estrella.]

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2 out of 4 stars

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The story begins where a ragged, bloody, and unkempt Dr. Howard Kowalski walks along the beach clutching a five-sided emerald about the size of a man’s hand. How and why this happens remains a mystery as this is just one of the lines in the story that is left dangling without any conclusion. There are a few of these throughout the story.

A regular case of theft turns out to be more, so much so that the FBI gets involved. Their strange occurrences projects get on the case and the reader soon starts seeing why. This is a story about four very unlikely allies and the love and loyalty that transcends space and time while they stand together, facing a threat they know much, yet very little about. It becomes unclear who is a friend and who is foe but together they stand against it all as a unit, figuring what they don’t know out as they go.

What could a Fortune 500 company have to gain from framing innocent people who do not even have homes? The answer to this question is quite surprising and it is one of the things in the story that makes it worth a read. The storyline as a whole is imaginative and entertaining but the author fails to keep the reader’s imagination captive. Some bits are quite bland and the writing is riddled with errors. In some parts, it seems like the author was dabbling in the use of new, lesser-used words but didn’t quite understand the context in which they should be used. Many of the comparisons used didn’t make much sense either.

Despite all of these negatives, there are parts where you are swept away by the pain and fear the characters feel. You cannot help but feel for them as they deal with shock and betrayal around every turn. Even though they are dealing with time travel, time is not always their friend and they find themselves having to make snap decisions throughout the story with varying degrees of success each time.

This book gets 2 out of 4 from me because I believe that other readers may enjoy it more than me and I found the mistakes somewhat distracting. It should intrigue any age group from age 16 but most readers younger than that may find it too long-winded to be entertaining. This would appeal more to hardcore readers than those who just like to relax with a book now and then. As far as Sci-Fi goes the storyline is good but all-in-all a bit too descriptive to my liking.

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The Time Stone
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