Time Out of Mind

Not my kind of book, but so clever and engrossing that I wound up finishing it anyway. Too bad the ending didn't get smarter, or the heroes more likable, but I don't regret reading it. In fact, if you do read thrillers, especially Dean Koontz, I think you might get a kick out of this. Lots of details of historical fiction make it interesting, and worth the high number of pages, too.

It is a tiny bit dated, but not in any obtrusive way except once when a character bemoans that there's "no such thing as all-night libraries." All he needed he could have googled.

Some details: I never knew that "vinegar sponges" were an early form of birth control. Not terribly effective, I imagine, but better than nothing. I didn't know about Anthony show more Comstock and "September Morn." I didn't know that Teddy Roosevelt was only 5'10" (and when checking that just now, I learned that Winston Churchill was only 5'6"). show less

a book I continue to think about. I want to find a copy and reread it.
so I reread it. It's not what I remember, which is a ghost story, or timetravel.
Still a good read. Strong writing in a complex plot. I'm intrigued by the POV he used so well.

I have read this book several times. I only save a few of my fiction books but this is one of my keeps. Currently on sale at Amazon for 11 cents as it is out of print so only used copies available on Amazon.