Review of Timewise

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

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4 out of 5 stars

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Robert Leet brings Ron Larsen's story to life in Timewise. We are first introduced to the young man when he was fourteen years old. He grew up without kin or a home to call his own. He lived from foster home to the next, and that was the only life he knew. This sort of reality affected every aspect of his young life. He didn't have many great relationships. He wasn't great in school either. The only thing he excelled in was chess. He spent Saturdays playing chess with the elderly men at Mills Falls Commons. Mr. Froiseth was the one to teach him how to play, and Mr. Staling was the one he enjoyed playing with the most.

One day everything about his life started to change. A beautiful woman named Regina Russo came to one of his Saturday afternoon mini-tournaments. She introduced herself and played a little with him. She wasn’t the greatest player he'd faced, but she challenged him in other ways. Regina wanted to transform Ron's life, and she found ways to make sure that that happened.

This story is simply fascinating. It is rooted deeply in science. It is steeped in quantum physics, to be more precise. I found the beginning of the story to fly rapidly through the years. After Ron meets Regina, the author quickly sped through Ron's life until he was done with high school. Then his life began to take a far more interesting form. I enjoyed this part of the story.

Then the story showed Ron in his adult years. This part of the novel was even more interesting than the first part. But the latter part of the novel blew my mind. This isn't one of those novels that are clear about their intentions. It becomes clearer as it progresses, and what it does well is to rope in the reader and put them in a trance. Once Regina started speaking of scientific theories, I was hooked.

I also enjoyed the end because it was open to interpretation. It left me pondering what it meant long after putting the book down. That's excellent writing.

The book does tend to be slow in the middle. This part of the novel will test the reader's patience because it seems like it is going nowhere. This is my only critique, and the only reason I decided to rate the novel 4 out of 5 stars. The book was edited exceptionally well, which I found to be helpful to my reading experience.

I cannot recommend this novel to anyone who doesn't enjoy science. The science themes are way too deep to make it best suited to readers who enjoy science and a bit of sci-fi.

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Timewise
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