Lost in Time

A somewhat disjointed tale. Time travel in books is tricky to deal with, but actually the time travel aspect in this story was told well. As a geologist I appreciate some of the details taken into account (eg continental drift, change in climate etc). But this time travel adventure was enclosed around a locked room murder mystery, which felt like a completely different book. The contrast was somewhat jarring and the different pace and stakes in the two adventures were often at odds with each other. The end result was that I tended to find myself reading towards one of the two plotlines whilst the other felt largely like it was getting in the way.

The murder mystery was fascinating though - it was very clever in its resolution. I wish more time could have been devoted to the adventures in the Jurassic however - everything there just felt rushed, which ultimately removed a lot of the drama and tension from the setting

Time travel is an interesting subgenre, and there are aspects that have been done extremely well here, but ultimately it all felt somewhat disjointed.