Review of Timewise

[Charles Babbage]

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

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4 out of 5 stars

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As boys, many of us weren't as serious with our school work when we were children when compared to girls, but something changed that. That thing could have been meeting a gorgeous female teacher who we took an interest in and then began working hard to impress. This boy in this book is no different.

Ron was an orphan who had little memory of how his early childhood was because he was moved around different foster homes and families. He could remember the names of some of the children he stayed with, but no actual satisfying memory.

Timewise is a novel written by Robert Leet. It is a book that's filled with events that give the book a peculiar taste, which would most definitely attract readers to get hooked on it. One of the unique things that made me like this book was how I could relate to every bit of it, even though I was not an orphan at such a time in my life. There was little or no attention paid to Ron in all the foster homes he grew up in. He was lonely, and there was nothing that gave him joy but the chess club he joined while growing up. Mill Falls Commons was somewhere in Massachusetts where he felt like himself and where nothing mattered but his happiness. He later found out he was good at chess, and that seemed to give him a direction in life.

The most interesting part of all the twists in this book was how everything seemed to take pause when he first met Regina Russo. He was fourteen years old at the time, and like he said in the book, he fell in love. I actually thought that part was funny because it was just a classic thing a fourteen-year-old boy would do. I did so too when I was that age. Regina was a physics professor who taught at Northern University, and she was so beautiful. This made Ron willing to go to extreme lengths just to please her.

What I disliked about this book was the fact that I wasn't able to follow up on some chess terms because I'm not too familiar with the game. Besides that, the book was wonderful. I would rate this book four out of five stars because of my dislike of the book. I did not find any errors, which means the book was exceptionally well-edited. Furthermore, I recommend this book to chess lovers, as they'd find the book extremely relatable.

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[Anusha Thatavarthi]

I read this book and agree with everything you have said. Great review!