The Time Traders

I had a lot of trouble getting through this book, especially given how short it is. I've never read Andre Norton before, though I knew a little about her life going into this book and think she was an amazing person who did so very much for the genre. Still, I think I might have been better off starting with her fantasy. A dated feel to sci-fi can really ruin it, and the actions of the characters are often nonsensical from a modern perspective. I never really bonded with any of the characters, and that made it a real struggle. I did enjoy the inclusion of a P.O.V. Native American character who was actually really well rounded and not at all stereotypical (again, Andre Norton did a LOT for the genre), but it just wasn't enough to hook me. I see how this set standards for time travel fiction, and its influence is obviously very wide, but it just didn't connect with me.