Like the first one, this book also considers the paradoxes of time travel in a fixed timeline but in this case it focuses more on the psychology of the people involved. The narrative is also quite different with frequent jumps forwards and backwards in time. Even though the main events take place in the early 2000s, we still get some interesting improvements on the technology shown in the previous book, courtesy of the time travelers. There are also some clever ideas on how the past, present and future events are connected, some unexpected changes to some people from last time we saw them and we still get lots of action and mystery.

For some reason we never learn much about the hunted scientist, but I guess that is not a major problem and I didn't find it affected my enjoyment of the book. Having said that, I did feel that this one was somewhat less powerful than the previous one. I can't really point to something, besides maybe the ending dragging on a bit and that I already knew some of the backstory of Saskia. Still recommended though, especially if you loved the first one. ( )

Since this is Book 2 in this series, I read 'Deja Vu' first, for continuity purposes. Although time travel is a very exciting concept for me, I found myself lost in both books frequently. By the middle of 'Flashback', the story seemed more focused, more flowing, but I still was lost at times. One thing I would have liked is to have the endings of the chapters be a little more complete. It was almost as if the author was thinking of what he wanted to say, but didn't put it all on the page. Even though the main characters were fairly well developed, I didn't really feel I 'knew' them. When I did begin to know a character, the scene would switch & not be picked up at the same place again. Since I become part of the book when I read it, completing the threads are quite important to me. I was left with many unfinished pathways. I would not recommend this book because it was not a good read to me. That said, I believe the topic is great & it possibly could develop into a good series. ( )

Let me say first that this was a great concept for a book. It started off slow but soon picked up pace. As some have said it was a little hard to keep the story straight throughout the book. It was a challenging read, it made you work your brain unlike a lot of other books I've read. And for me that was a good thing. But I think the problem for me first was the way it jumped around so much. It felt like the author was trying to tell this story w/ one breath instead of slowing down here & there & giving just a little more detail or depth into some characters & relationships & story lines. Second, for me personally, I don't read books w/ same sex relationships. And I'm not sure I saw the reasoning behind that relationship unless it gets told more in the next book in the series. It could have easily been a friend relationship in my opinion. Third, and probably because I did not read the first book in the series, I felt like I was thrown into an already established world and was playing catch-up & trying to guess to fill in pieces of the story. Saying that, this is not a bad book. It is a good book. The author has great ideas & direction for his series I believe. I enjoyed reading it in spite of the problems I had with it. He pulled me into the world he created & I wanted to finish it in one sitting (although I didn't or should I say couldn't w/ demands of husband & kids lingering) I'm sure we will hear more from this talented author. Would I recommend this book? Im sorry to say no, based on my personal preferences that I don't read same sex relationship books.

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An interesting story, but hard to keep track of the story line. It has so much information, I could not keep it all straight. ( )

An exciting well and written SCI-FI type novel, well away from my usual favourite genre of murder mystery books. This book had some extensive research, requires readers to think, but is well worth the effort. In this regard it is one of the very, very few new books that I will keep and read again in future years. In regard to the German and Spanish sentences, I think the author could have provided Translations as Footnotes, but with electronic epub and .mobi versions, and readers changing font size , this is a real technical challenge. Given that the majority of devices can access on line translation what's the big deal, or are we really so xenophobic? On the contrary this book opens our minds to the world of paradox and thus embraces the thought-provoking ideas of Zeno. ( )