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As with all Crichton books, much, much better than the movie. Great science mixed with adventure. Couldn't put it down. Was done with it in two nights. Great. Must read for a Crichton fan.

I absolutely loved this book. My English teacher and my dad both recommended it to me claiming it was a great book, and i was not disappointed. I had trouble putting it down. I would recommend this book to anyone who like to read.

Really, you've gotta give it a try!

Can we go back in time? Maybe. Michael Crichton gives us a way back that could work and what happens if something goes wrong. He also shows that we do not know what the past is really like. We can not just think that the people then would act like we do now. The story moves along at an even pace until the end. Then it speeds up as the clock is ticking down. Will they get back in time? Will the machine hold up? Only time will tell.

Entertaining, like most of Crichton's work, with fascinating technology for time travel, and no constraints about time travelers changing the past. While the story was enjoyable, though, I was surprised that the parts of the book set in the past were the least engaging for me. Too detailed perhaps, and more about political maneuvering instead of people.

Awesome! I really like the sci-fi that feels so real.

Timeline is a solid effort from Chrichton, so if you like his stuff, you will probably enjoy it. He works the time travel angle in a novel way, which is nice and it gives us a great excuse to learn lots of interesting things about the middle ages. The action feels a little "action-movie"-ish, its fast paced, shallow, and sometimes doesn't make that much sense. The characters are about two inches deep. I can complain too much, though. I read the book in three sittings and had a good time with it.

On a side note, the research that he did (or that assistants did) for this book must have been staggering in scale, even supposing that he made a lot of this stuff up.