This book had such an interesting plot. I think this is the author's first book, and you could tell in the writing style, but overall I enjoyed it. ( )

This book had so much potential, but the execution the author took killed it, burned its body, and scattered its ashes in the Sahara. ( )

I didn't know how to classify this book that I got off the new books shelf at the library. Is it romance? Fiction? Science fiction? All three? It was weird, at any rate. Does art imitate life, or vice versa? Mental time travel, love between two seriously troubled individuals, murder and greed play a part in Gwendolyn Womack's first novel. I guess that paintings of one's nightmares would either make you rich or make you a pauper. Interesting concept. ( )

Fast paced, incredibly interesting premise, but this book could have used a good editing. There are too many (historic) stories and characters to follow - with no real character development. A member of our book group asked which character we liked best, and everyone sat silent. We didn't know them well enough to like/dislike. It's an easy read, but an abrupt ending, unsatisfying ending. I felt there must be a sequel in the works (which I hate when reading a book) and had to search back through the book to find out who an important resolution character even was. It had potential, but should have been much better. ( )

Very interesting premise (if not truly original) with fascinating dips into history. This book reminded me of the children's chapter book series "The Magic Treehouse" by Mary Pope Osborne, in that as a reader, I was given a glimpse into moments in history that motivated me to do further research. In this book, the two protagonists have lived many past lives (none of them dull or "normal") and one remembers most of them, the other does not. They meet cute and we are then taken on an adventure as there are forces that will try to stop them from being together and from remembering everything...

My problem with the book is that the characters did not feel fully realized and I did not buy their instant attraction. A bigger issue was that the author relied on "telling" rather then "showing" us what happens, how people feel etc. There were endless descriptive cliches that I found very annoying. The ending felt very rushed and purposely left open for a sequel, ugh.

As others have noted, the author did a very good job writing a treatment for a movie, I can easily see this being a better film than it was a novel. ( )