Rating: 4/5
Review:
Very enjoyable
I enjoyed Just One Damned Thing After Another a lot. I’ve come to
this series late after a recommendation and I’ll certainly be
reading more.
The plot is very well summarised in the publisher’s blurb – and could have been awful but certainly isn’t. Time-travelling through history wouldn’t normally get me rushing to read a book, but this has an excellent narrative voice in Max (Dr. Madeleine Maxwell) and an excellent balance of wit, intelligence, suspense, imagination and genuine historical interest. Jodi Taylor writes very well, I found myself very invested in Max’s fate and I enjoyed most of the book very much indeed.
It’s not perfect. I could have done without a rather graphic and gratuitous sex scene, some of the come-uppances were a bit over-staged and convenient and so on, but overall I thought it was a great read. I’m looking forward to more.
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