Andrew K. (kuligowskiandrewt) -
I remember watching Warren Beatty's remake of âHeaven Can Waitâ ⦠Leo Farnsworth has been killed, and Joe Pendleton, recently (and incorrectly) deceased is offered the opportunity to take over his body. Taking over someone else's body â someone else's LIFE â someone who isn't using it or CAN'T use it anymore ⦠perhaps a concept like that could be expanded upon, to be explored in more than a 2 1/2 hour movie â¦
Enter author Ceci Giltenan. In âThe Pocket Watchâ, Maggie Mitchell is transported back to 13th century Scotland. She has 60 days to live life, and to right any wrongs she finds with her âhost bodyâ (my words, not the author's). However, there are problems. The folks who crippled and almost killed her host are NOT happy to see that she's up and around â and must decide how best to handle that bit of misfortune (for them, anyway). And the Laird, Logan Carr ⦠is he a temptation to NOT go back at all? Or is he the reason why she should flee back to her own life as soon as possible?? After all, would he even believe what must sound like a far-fetched story, that she comes from a time in the future when some machines fly, and others can travel across the land without a horse or ox pulling it, or â¦
Ms. Giltenan has created a most interesting concept, and shows the start of an interesting universe. Will she limit herself to modern day lasses moving back in time to Scotland? Or will other eras / lands / genders / etc. open themselves up in future tales? For that matter, is it meant to be a one-way trip, or might individuals from the past travel to the future? Perhaps even trading bodies and lives to âsee how the other half livesâ? To be seen ...
RATING: 4 1/2 stars, rounded up to 5 stars. The book was a bit predictable, at least at a high level â the genre almost calls for that! BUT it kept my interest throughout.
Enter author Ceci Giltenan. In âThe Pocket Watchâ, Maggie Mitchell is transported back to 13th century Scotland. She has 60 days to live life, and to right any wrongs she finds with her âhost bodyâ (my words, not the author's). However, there are problems. The folks who crippled and almost killed her host are NOT happy to see that she's up and around â and must decide how best to handle that bit of misfortune (for them, anyway). And the Laird, Logan Carr ⦠is he a temptation to NOT go back at all? Or is he the reason why she should flee back to her own life as soon as possible?? After all, would he even believe what must sound like a far-fetched story, that she comes from a time in the future when some machines fly, and others can travel across the land without a horse or ox pulling it, or â¦
Ms. Giltenan has created a most interesting concept, and shows the start of an interesting universe. Will she limit herself to modern day lasses moving back in time to Scotland? Or will other eras / lands / genders / etc. open themselves up in future tales? For that matter, is it meant to be a one-way trip, or might individuals from the past travel to the future? Perhaps even trading bodies and lives to âsee how the other half livesâ? To be seen ...
RATING: 4 1/2 stars, rounded up to 5 stars. The book was a bit predictable, at least at a high level â the genre almost calls for that! BUT it kept my interest throughout.
